Northern Nsw preview: Can Maitland edge out victory against Edgeworth Eagles?

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Competition: Australia Northern Nsw
Competition: Sat 15.Jul
Match begins: 04:30 (UTC)
Venue: Cooks Square Park (3000 seats)

2nd position in the Northern Nsw table for Maitland so far, a good performance. The match-going ticketholders pray for more glory as 6th-placed Edgeworth Eagles visit Cooks Square Park.

Insights:
  • Maitland have the most scored goals (54) in Northern Nsw
  • Edgeworth Eagles have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Northern Nsw

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Maitland form and stats

All-inclusive Northern Nsw statistics at home this season for Maitland are 4-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Maitland has won nine games in a row. The Hamilton Olympic match was the last time out without a victory.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 201 minutes.

Maitland's last game was hosting Lake Macquarie (placed 12th) and winning 9-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Maitland played a great game against Lake Macquarie and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Broadmeadow Magic.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Maitland have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 2 and lost 5.

Goal party? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 10 most recent league matches with this team has seen three or more goals.

Maitland are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (25 goals in 9 games). It's worth mentioning that 16 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Edgeworth Eagles form and stats

The visitors are W5-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Northern Nsw.

Edgeworth are travelling again after losing away to Cooks Hill United in their previous match (1-2). That loss was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points.

Before that, Edgeworth Eagles secured a home win against New Lambton with the score 1-0.

Edgeworth Eagles are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.

Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 12 of this club's last 13 league matches.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Edgeworth are regular goalscorers on their travels. Edgeworth Eagles have conceded 16 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the squads played each other earlier this season; Edgeworth Eagles - Maitland 2-2. Last ten meetings involving these sides: Maitland won four, Edgeworth Eagles were winners in five and we saw one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

MaitlandM. Thompson
M. Thompson
2 goals
MaitlandS. Pratt
S. Pratt
1 goals

Maitland missing players

Edgeworth Eagles missing players

Maitland Edgeworth Eagles
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 10 18
11 4 0 Won W 0 5 9
3 2 1 Drew D 2 2 4
4 3 1 Lost L 1 3 5
54 25 0 Scored S 5 23 36
19 9 1 Conceded C 7 16 26
94% 89% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 78% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
83% 78% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 70% 67%
56% 56% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 39%
33% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 40% 28%
61% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 78%
33% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 17%
11% 22% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
6.2 5.9 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 5 5.1
4.5 4.1 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5.3 5.4
2.2 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.5 12.7 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.6 10.9
6.6 6.1 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 5.4 5.2
45% 45% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 43% 39%
 
8.1 8.1 11 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 10 9.8
4 3.7 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 3.8 4.2
Key stats in Northern Nsw this season:
  • All of Edgeworth Eagles's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Edgeworth Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Edgeworth Eagles have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Edgeworth Eagles have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Northern Nsw
  • Edgeworth Eagles have the most points from losing position (12) in Northern Nsw
  • Edgeworth Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Maitland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Maitland have the most scored goals (25) at home in Northern Nsw
  • Maitland have the most scored goals (54) in Northern Nsw
  • Maitland have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Northern Nsw
  • Maitland have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Northern Nsw
  • Maitland have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in Northern Nsw
  • Maitland have the the best goal difference (+35) in Northern Nsw
  • Maitland is in the best form (6-0-0) in Northern Nsw

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Charlestown City Blues 18 12 2 4 31 18 9 5 1 3 17 9 9 7 1 1 14 9 13 38
2 Maitland 18 11 3 4 54 19 9 4 2 3 25 9 9 7 1 1 29 10 35 36
3 Lambton Jaffas 18 10 4 4 41 24 9 4 3 2 18 11 9 6 1 2 23 13 17 34
4 Broadmeadow Magic 18 10 3 5 45 25 9 5 1 3 20 12 9 5 2 2 25 13 20 33
5 Weston Bears 18 9 5 4 38 26 9 3 4 2 21 19 9 6 1 2 17 7 12 32
6 Edgeworth Eagles 18 9 4 5 36 26 8 4 2 2 13 10 10 5 2 3 23 16 10 31
7 Hamilton Olympic 18 8 3 7 30 31 10 5 0 5 19 20 8 3 3 2 11 11 -1 27
8 Cooks Hill United 17 6 4 7 31 27 7 3 2 2 17 12 10 3 2 5 14 15 4 22
9 Valentine 18 6 4 8 26 29 10 3 2 5 13 15 8 3 2 3 13 14 -3 22
10 Adamstown Rosebuds 17 4 2 11 21 40 9 2 1 6 10 20 8 2 1 5 11 20 -19 14
11 New Lambton 18 2 3 13 17 50 10 1 1 8 9 31 8 1 2 5 8 19 -33 9
12 Lake Macquarie 18 1 1 16 17 72 8 1 0 7 9 28 10 0 1 9 8 44 -55 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.