It's still early in the Northern Nsw season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Weston Bears - Charlestown City Blues preview!
Weston Bears and Charlestown City Blues 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.
Weston Bears form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Northern Nsw game of the season here at Rockwell Automation Park. Last season these fans witnessed 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss from Weston Bears's 10 home games.
Weston Bears manager and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Adamstown Rosebuds (placed 7th) in the Northern Nsw. In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Lambton Jaffas.
At Rockwell Automation Park, Weston Bears has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Charlestown City Blues form and stats
It's not happening yet for Charlestown City Blues on their Northern Nsw travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? With two straight losses from their last two away games, Charlestown are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
There were no winners in Charlestown's previous match, a Northern Nsw home game that ended 1-1 vs Lake Macquarie (placed 9th). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Edgeworth Eagles's place.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Charlestown City Blues has managed 1 goal and let in 4 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Weston won five, Charlestown City Blues won four and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Weston Bears missing players
Charlestown City Blues missing players
| Weston Bears | Charlestown City Blues | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 7.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 6.7 |
| 5.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 8.3 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 6 | 3.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | 8 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 11 | 41 |
| 22 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 23% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 13% |
| Weston Bears | Last season | Charlestown City Blues | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 44 | 18 | Scored | S | 19 | 35 | ||
| 33 | 12 | Conceded | C | 11 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 95% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 85% | ||
| 75% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 60% | ||
| 50% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 40% | ||
| 30% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 15% | ||
| 85% | 90% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 45% | ||
| 15% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 35% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 25% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 6.9 | ||
| 6.3 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 225 | 116 | Total Shots | T S | 100 | 227 | ||
| 111 | 60 | Shots on Target | S O | 58 | 121 | ||
| 36% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 22% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Broadmeadow Magic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Maitland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Hamilton Olympic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Lambton Jaffas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Weston Bears | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Adamstown Rosebuds | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Charlestown City Blues | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 9 | Lake Macquarie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 10 | Valentine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maitland | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 43 |
| 2 | Lambton Jaffas | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 38 |
| 3 | Edgeworth Eagles | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | Broadmeadow Magic | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 38 |
| 5 | Weston Bears | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 37 |
| 6 | Charlestown City Blues | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 36 |
| 7 | Hamilton Olympic | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets II | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -12 | 21 |
| 9 | Lake Macquarie | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 34 | -31 | 12 |
| 10 | Valentine | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 60 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 30 | -32 | 12 |
| 11 | Adamstown Rosebuds | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -23 | 11 |