Valentine v Hamilton Olympic preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Australia Northern Nsw
Competition: Sun 11.October
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Croudace Bay Soccer Fields (1000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Croudace Bay Soccer Fields haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Valentine languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting Hamilton Olympic will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

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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Valentine form and stats

Valentine's struggle is real here at Croudace Bay Soccer Fields with only 4 points collected from 6 Northern Nsw games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-4.

The Valentine fans got no joy from their last match, a Northern Nsw game also here at Croudace Bay Soccer Fields: A 0-1 defeat against Maitland (placed 3rd). Before that, Valentine played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Adamstown Rosebuds.

Valentine have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. As for conceded goals, Valentine's unpleasant statistic is 15 goals surrendered.

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Hamilton Olympic form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Hamilton Olympic playing as the away team in the Northern Nsw this season.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-0 against Adamstown Rosebuds in their previous game. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Edgeworth Eagles.

Hamilton are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Hamilton have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Hamilton Olympic - Valentine 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Valentine zero wins, five draws and Hamilton Olympic four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Valentine missing players

Hamilton Olympic missing players

Valentine Hamilton Olympic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 2 5 12
3 1 0 Won W 2 3 6
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
6 4 1 Lost L 0 1 4
12 5 0 Scored S 3 6 23
26 15 4 Conceded C 1 5 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 83%
58% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 67%
58% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 58%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
42% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 58%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 33%
42% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 8%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
95 30 0 Total Shots T S 9 46 143
37 16 0 Shots on Target S O 6 21 69
24% 12% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 24% 30%
Key stats in Northern Nsw this season:
  • Hamilton Olympic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Valentine has the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Northern Nsw
  • Valentine have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Valentine have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Valentine have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Valentine haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 12 10 0 2 24 8 5 5 0 0 10 1 7 5 0 2 14 7 16 30
2 Broadmeadow Magic 12 8 1 3 28 15 5 4 0 1 12 5 7 4 1 2 16 10 13 25
3 Maitland 13 7 1 5 24 16 7 4 1 2 14 6 6 3 0 3 10 10 8 22
4 Hamilton Olympic 12 6 2 4 23 18 7 3 1 3 17 13 5 3 1 1 6 5 5 20
5 Charlestown City Blues 12 6 2 4 14 10 6 3 1 2 6 3 6 3 1 2 8 7 4 20
6 Lambton Jaffas 12 5 3 4 24 17 7 3 2 2 18 12 5 2 1 2 6 5 7 18
7 Weston Bears 13 5 3 5 21 19 7 4 1 2 13 8 6 1 2 3 8 11 2 18
8 Valentine 12 3 3 6 12 26 6 1 1 4 5 15 6 2 2 2 7 11 -14 12
9 Adamstown Rosebuds 12 1 2 9 11 31 6 0 2 4 5 15 6 1 0 5 6 16 -20 5
10 Lake Macquarie 12 1 1 10 10 31 5 1 0 4 4 9 7 0 1 6 6 22 -21 4

Read more about Northern Nsw

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.