Football betting preview: Lambton Jaffas favourites when Lake Macquarie visits

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Competition: Australia Northern Nsw
Competition: Sat 26.September
Match begins: 04:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arthur Edden Oval (2000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Lambton Jaffas are in the 5th position while the guesting Lake Macquarie worry at 9th.

Lambton Jaffas and Lake Macquarie should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Lambton Jaffas form and stats

2 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Lambton Jaffas have to build on here at Arthur Edden Oval in the Northern Nsw.

Lambton Jaffas drew their last game, 1-1 away at Weston Bears (placed 6th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Charlestown City Blues.

Lambton Jaffas are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found two matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew zero and lost zero.

Goals are plentiful at Arthur Edden Oval in the league this season as Lambton has scored 15 goals here in 6 home games. Lambton Jaffas are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 6 played).

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Lake Macquarie form and stats

0-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lake Macquarie, who have the fewest points (1) away in Northern Nsw, in their Northern Nsw matches away. It's looking increasingly bleak for Macquarie who now has to deal with a six game losing streak. Adamstown Rosebuds was the last time a defeat was avoided. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Lake Macquarie are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

The manager was unhappy after their last game, a Northern Nsw match played at their home ground Macquarie Field. Macquarie suffered a 2-3 loss to Broadmeadow Magic (placed 2nd). A 2-6 defeat away at Hamilton Olympic before that.

You'll want to know how Lake Macquarie managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found five similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and five home wins.

Macquarie are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Macquarie can't defend away. 16 goals have been scored by the opposition in 5 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Lake Macquarie - Lambton 0-1, played this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's eight Lambton victories, zero draws and one Lake Macquarie win. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

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Lambton Jaffas Lake Macquarie
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 2 5 10
4 2 1 Won W 0 0 1
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 1
4 2 0 Lost L 2 4 8
21 15 6 Scored S 2 6 10
17 12 3 Conceded C 7 16 25
91% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
55% 83% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 70%
55% 83% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 40%
27% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 40% 30%
55% 83% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 70%
27% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
27% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 3.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
133 78 36 Total Shots T S 30 63 100
72 43 21 Shots on Target S O 18 32 44
24% 35% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 19% 18%
Key stats in Northern Nsw this season:
  • All of Lake Macquarie's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lake Macquarie has the fewest points (1) away in Northern Nsw
  • Lake Macquarie has the most conceded goals (16) away in Northern Nsw
  • Lake Macquarie has the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Northern Nsw
  • Lake Macquarie has the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Northern Nsw
  • Lake Macquarie have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Lake Macquarie have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Lake Macquarie have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lake Macquarie have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Lake Macquarie have yet to win a game away.
  • Lake Macquarie haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lake Macquarie is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Lambton Jaffas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lambton Jaffas have scored more than double the goals of Lake Macquarie.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Edgeworth Eagles 11 10 0 1 23 6 5 5 0 0 10 1 6 5 0 1 13 5 17 30
2 Broadmeadow Magic 11 8 1 2 28 13 5 4 0 1 12 5 6 4 1 1 16 8 15 25
3 Hamilton Olympic 11 5 2 4 21 18 6 2 1 3 15 13 5 3 1 1 6 5 3 17
4 Maitland 11 5 1 5 21 15 6 3 1 2 12 5 5 2 0 3 9 10 6 16
5 Lambton Jaffas 11 4 3 4 21 17 6 2 2 2 15 12 5 2 1 2 6 5 4 15
6 Weston Bears 11 4 3 4 18 18 6 3 1 2 10 8 5 1 2 2 8 10 0 15
7 Charlestown City Blues 10 4 2 4 11 10 4 1 1 2 3 3 6 3 1 2 8 7 1 14
8 Valentine 10 3 2 5 10 23 5 1 1 3 5 14 5 2 1 2 5 9 -13 11
9 Lake Macquarie 10 1 1 8 10 25 5 1 0 4 4 9 5 0 1 4 6 16 -15 4
10 Adamstown Rosebuds 10 1 1 8 9 27 5 0 1 4 3 13 5 1 0 4 6 14 -18 4

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The National Premier Leagues (NPL) is the second level of football in Australia. It has eight regional divisions in which the number of teams vary. In total close to 100 teams compete in the NPL. It is currently not possible to promote to the A-League, but there is a relegation system in most divisions.