The Olympic & Gold Coast Knights managers B. Cahn and G. Piddick are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Npl Queensland league table.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Olympic and Gold Coast Knights.
Olympic form and stats
3 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Olympic have to build on here at Goodwin Park in the Npl Queensland.
The spoils were shared in Olympic's previous game, also at home. Visiting Gold Coast Knights (placed 4th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Eastern Suburbs Brisbane and winning 2-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Olympic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Olympic as a small favourite), we find six games. Olympic has won two of these, drawn one and lost three.
Olympic has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. From these home matches, Olympic have conceded only 6 goals.
Gold Coast Knights form and stats
Gold Coast Knights's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Gold Coast Knights, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Npl Queensland, collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the Npl Queensland. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Olympic (placed 2nd) in their previous outing. The Npl Queensland match ended in a draw 1-1. Before that, Knights secured a home win against Gold Coast United with the score 3-0.
The Knights manager G. Piddick has got the team scoring on the road, with 17 away goals in 7 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Knights in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Olympic - Gold Coast Knights 1-1 entered in the official records. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's zero Olympic victories, two draws and three Gold Coast Knights wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Olympic missing players
Gold Coast Knights missing players
| Olympic | Gold Coast Knights | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 17 | 33 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 93% |
| 71% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 80% |
| 59% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 60% |
| 47% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 13% |
| 53% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 60% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 40% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 14% | 7% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.4 | 5.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 173 | 73 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 78 | 170 |
| 95 | 43 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 45 | 93 |
| 35% | 23% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 35% |
- Gold Coast Knights has the fewest conceded goals (14) in Npl Queensland
- Gold Coast Knights has the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Npl Queensland
- Gold Coast Knights have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Olympic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Olympic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Olympic is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 34 | 34 |
| 2 | Olympic | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 17 | 34 |
| 3 | Peninsula Power | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Gold Coast Knights | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 30 |
| 5 | Brisbane Roar II | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Moreton Bay United | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | -5 | 22 |
| 7 | Capalaba | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 24 | -13 | 20 |
| 8 | Gold Coast United | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 9 | Brisbane Strikers | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 10 | Eastern Suburbs Brisbane | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | SC Wanderers | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -10 | 14 |
| 12 | Brisbane City | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | -14 | 14 |
| 13 | Redlands United | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 21 | -33 | 13 |