Gold Coast Knights perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Eastern Suburbs Brisbane can look both up and down from their 9th position.
It's no vacation for neither Gold Coast Knights nor Eastern Suburbs Brisbane as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Gold Coast Knights form and stats
Seven points from three Npl Queensland home games is a great start for Gold Coast Knights, who are hoping to build on that form here at Gold Coast Croatia Sports Centre.
Knights manager G. Piddick and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Queensland Lions (placed 1st) in the Npl Queensland. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Moreton Bay United that ended 1-1.
Goals decide football matches and Knights are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches. From these home matches, Knights have conceded only 2 goals.
Eastern Suburbs Brisbane form and stats
Four points from two away games for Eastern Suburbs Brisbane, meaning one draw and one victory in the Npl Queensland so far.
Brisbane won their last game, 2-0 versus Peninsula Power played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Redlands United.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Brisbane as the away team, we found one results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and one defeat. The outsiders lost one of these games by at least two goals.
It's early days yet, but Eastern Suburbs Brisbane has scored 5 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Knights won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Eastern Suburbs Brisbane has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zeroTop Goalscorers
  A. Yango 3 goals |  M. Brown 2 goals | J. Walker 1 goals |
Gold Coast Knights missing players
Eastern Suburbs Brisbane missing players
| Gold Coast Knights | Eastern Suburbs Brisbane | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 5.8 | 6.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | 44 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 20 | 55 |
| 57 | 26 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 32% | 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 45% | 41% |
- All of Eastern Suburbs Brisbane's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Gold Coast Knights's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Eastern Suburbs Brisbane have not yet lost a game away.
- Eastern Suburbs Brisbane have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Eastern Suburbs Brisbane have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Eastern Suburbs Brisbane haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Gold Coast Knights has the fewest conceded goals (3)
- Gold Coast Knights has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1)
- Gold Coast Knights has the most scored goals in the first half (11)
- Gold Coast Knights have not yet lost a game.
- Gold Coast Knights have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queensland Lions | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 18 | 14 |
| 2 | Gold Coast Knights | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 14 |
| 3 | Brisbane Roar II | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 4 | Olympic | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | Gold Coast United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Peninsula Power | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | Moreton Bay United | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 8 | Brisbane City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Eastern Suburbs Brisbane | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Redlands United | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | -17 | 7 |
| 11 | Capalaba | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 12 | Brisbane Strikers | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -3 | 5 |
| 13 | Magpies Crusaders | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 2 |
| 14 | SC Wanderers | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -12 | 1 |