Struggling Eastern Suburbs Brisbane will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Gold Coast Knights in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Eastern Suburbs Brisbane form and stats
Eastern Suburbs Brisbane's results here at Heath Park in the Npl Queensland have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
It's back home for Brisbane, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating SC Wanderers away with the result 5-3. Heartbreak before that as Brisbane lost 0-4 at Peninsula Power's place.
A goal frenzy last time out for Brisbane, with a total of 8 goals in the match against SC Wanderers. Fun stuff to watch!
Eastern Suburbs Brisbane can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 19 times. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Brisbane with 19 goals conceded in these matches.
Gold Coast Knights form and stats
5-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gold Coast Knights in their Npl Queensland matches away.
Two travels in a row for Knights, whose manager G. Piddick could celebrate last time after the Npl Queensland win against Gold Coast United. Before that, Knights secured a home win against Queensland Lions with the score 2-1.
Knights have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 21 goals from 10 away matches. Knights have conceded 14 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Gold Coast Knights - Brisbane 2-2 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Eastern Suburbs Brisbane won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Gold Coast Knights has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zeroTop Goalscorers
  J. Macuace 9 goals |  A. Yango 5 goals | J. Balarezo 5 goals |
Eastern Suburbs Brisbane missing players
Gold Coast Knights missing players
| Eastern Suburbs Brisbane | Gold Coast Knights | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 37 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 15 | 21 | 42 |
| 42 | 19 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 85% |
| 60% | 67% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | 65% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 40% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 30% | 20% |
| 85% | 78% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 65% |
| 5% | 11% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 30% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 218 | 97 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 46 | 116 | 234 |
| 101 | 41 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 59 | 125 |
| 37% | 46% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 36% | 34% |
- All of Eastern Suburbs Brisbane's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Eastern Suburbs Brisbane has the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Npl Queensland
- Eastern Suburbs Brisbane have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Eastern Suburbs Brisbane 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 | Olympic | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 26 | 46 |
| 2 | Peninsula Power | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 46 |
| 3 | Queensland Lions | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 40 | 40 |
| 4 | Gold Coast Knights | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 18 | 39 |
| 5 | Moreton Bay United | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 22 | -6 | 28 |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar II | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Brisbane Strikers | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | -5 | 25 |
| 8 | SC Wanderers | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 21 | -7 | 22 |
| 9 | Gold Coast United | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -8 | 21 |
| 10 | Eastern Suburbs Brisbane | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 23 | -5 | 20 |
| 11 | Capalaba | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 32 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 31 | -23 | 20 |
| 12 | Brisbane City | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -17 | 16 |
| 13 | Redlands United | 21 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 26 | 63 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -37 | 16 |