Home advantage could prove decisive in Moreton Bay United - Brisbane City battle

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Competition: Australia Npl Queensland
Competition: Fri 28.Jul
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Wolter Park (1000 seats)

It's looking great for Moreton Bay United so far, with the 3rd spot in the Npl Queensland table and looking forward to facing Brisbane City (who are in 5th).

Insights:
  • Moreton Bay United have the most points (23) at home in Npl Queensland
  • Brisbane City have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Npl Queensland

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Moreton Bay United form and stats

23 points is a decent return from 10 Npl Queensland games here at Wolter Park for Moreton Bay United. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Moreton Bay United lost their last game at SC Wanderers (placed 10th) after a 2-3 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated through four league games.

Ahead of that match, Moreton Bay United won a home game hosting Redlands United (2-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Moreton handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 11 most recent league games highlights that 10 of them had goals from both sides.

Moreton Bay United can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 24 times.

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Brisbane City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Npl Queensland travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Brisbane City love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

258 minutes! That's how long the Brisbane goalkeeper Riley Stent and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Two away games in a row for Brisbane City, whose manager Dodd could celebrate last time after the win against Eastern Suburbs Brisbane. As you can tell from the results above, Brisbane was very dominant against Eastern Suburbs Brisbane, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Doolan, Bolton (2) and Chiba providing the goals.

Prior to that result Brisbane City won their away game at Gold Coast Knights. The scoreline was 1-0.

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

Brisbane City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 8 away games so far. Brisbane City have conceded 9 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Brisbane City - Moreton 2-2 was the scoreline in these contenders' latest H2H fixture, played this season. Moreton Bay United-Brisbane City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Moreton Bay United six wins, Brisbane City two wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Moreton Bay UnitedM. Walters
M. Walters
14 goals
Brisbane CityM. Thurtell
M. Thurtell
9 goals
Brisbane CityK. Bolton
K. Bolton
6 goals

Moreton Bay United missing players

Brisbane City missing players

Moreton Bay United Brisbane City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 10 2 Played P 3 8 18
9 7 2 Won W 1 4 8
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
5 1 0 Lost L 2 3 6
38 24 5 Scored S 4 14 36
23 10 1 Conceded C 7 9 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 62% 83%
72% 70% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 56%
44% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 44%
22% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 17%
72% 70% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 25% 44%
22% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 39%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 17%
 
5.3 5.7 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 5.9 6.8
5.4 4.3 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 3.9 4.4
2 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.2 2.2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.3 13.2 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 14.1 14.6
4.8 6.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 6.1 6.3
44% 39% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 29% 32%
 
12.4 12.6 17.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 10.8 9.6
5.2 5.1 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.3 4.8 4.4
Key stats in Npl Queensland this season:
  • Brisbane City have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Npl Queensland
  • Brisbane City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Moreton Bay United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Moreton Bay United have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Moreton Bay United have the most points (23) at home in Npl Queensland
  • Moreton Bay United have the most scored goals (24) at home in Npl Queensland
  • Moreton Bay United have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Npl Queensland
  • Moreton Bay United 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 Gold Coast Knights 18 12 4 2 38 17 9 5 2 2 18 10 9 7 2 0 20 7 21 40
2 Gold Coast United 18 10 5 3 25 14 9 5 3 1 11 6 9 5 2 2 14 8 11 35
3 Moreton Bay United 18 9 4 5 38 23 10 7 2 1 24 10 8 2 2 4 14 13 15 31
4 Queensland Lions 18 8 6 4 33 25 10 4 3 3 21 17 8 4 3 1 12 8 8 30
5 Brisbane City 18 8 4 6 36 23 10 4 3 3 22 14 8 4 1 3 14 9 13 28
6 Rochedale Rovers 18 8 2 8 29 27 9 5 1 3 16 13 9 3 1 5 13 14 2 26
7 Peninsula Power 18 6 6 6 24 29 10 2 3 5 11 18 8 4 3 1 13 11 -5 24
8 Brisbane Roar II 18 7 2 9 24 27 11 6 0 5 15 15 7 1 2 4 9 12 -3 23
9 Redlands United 18 6 4 8 26 27 9 3 3 3 10 12 9 3 1 5 16 15 -1 22
10 SC Wanderers 18 6 4 8 19 29 8 3 1 4 10 16 10 3 3 4 9 13 -10 22
11 Olympic 18 3 3 12 19 34 4 0 2 2 1 5 14 3 1 10 18 29 -15 12
12 Eastern Suburbs Brisbane 18 2 2 14 18 54 9 0 0 9 6 28 9 2 2 5 12 26 -36 8

Read more about Npl Queensland

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.