Another action-packed fixture in Npl Queensland as Olympic welcome Magpies Crusaders

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Competition: Australia Npl Queensland
Competition: Sat 03.July
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Goodwin Park (1500 seats)

Olympic greet Magpies Crusaders with expectations of taking all three points. Will they? Read our preview!

Insights:
  • Olympic have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Npl Queensland
  • Magpies Crusaders have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Magpies Crusaders have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Olympic form and stats

Olympic, who have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Npl Queensland, are steadily winning Npl Queensland games and points here at Goodwin Park. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Goodwin Park after three straight home wins.

Happy days for Olympic in their previous game, a Npl Queensland match away at Redlands United (placed 12th) that ended with a 3-1 victory.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Logan Lightning.

Olympic are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Goodwin Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 18 goals in 6 matches. Olympic have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.

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Magpies Crusaders form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Magpies Crusaders so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-5 (win-draw-lose). A depressing five defeats in a row for Crusaders in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Brisbane Strikers.

The manager T. Ballantyne was unhappy after their last game, a Npl Queensland match played at their home ground Sologinkin Oval. Magpies Crusaders suffered a 1-2 loss to Brisbane Strikers (placed 14th).

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Gold Coast United.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Crusaders as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. Crusaders are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 5 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Magpies Crusaders - Olympic 2-3. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Olympic, zero draws and one win for Magpies Crusaders. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.

Top Goalscorers

OlympicD. Leck
D. Leck
12 goals
OlympicS. Brady
S. Brady
7 goals
OlympicJ. Lofthouse
J. Lofthouse
4 goals

Olympic missing players

Magpies Crusaders missing players

Olympic Magpies Crusaders
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 3 Played P 1 6 13
8 4 3 Won W 0 1 2
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 1 5 11
37 18 15 Scored S 0 5 11
13 1 0 Conceded C 4 17 39
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 85%
69% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 85%
62% 33% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 62%
38% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 38%
46% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 54%
46% 83% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 8%
15% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 17% 38%
 
5.9 6.5 8.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.5 3.7
2.5 1.7 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.2 5.2
1.2 0.8 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.2 11.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.2 6.8
5.7 6 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 2.9
50% 50% 88% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 29%
Key stats in Npl Queensland this season:
  • Magpies Crusaders have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Magpies Crusaders haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Olympic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olympic have scored more than double the goals of Magpies Crusaders.
  • Olympic have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Npl Queensland
  • Olympic have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Npl Queensland
  • Olympic have won at least twice as many corners 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 Peninsula Power 13 13 0 0 42 7 5 5 0 0 22 3 8 8 0 0 20 4 35 39
2 Olympic 13 8 3 2 37 13 6 4 1 1 18 1 7 4 2 1 19 12 24 27
3 Gold Coast Knights 15 9 0 6 26 20 8 5 0 3 15 11 7 4 0 3 11 9 6 27
4 Brisbane Roar II 13 8 2 3 46 17 6 4 1 1 24 6 7 4 1 2 22 11 29 26
5 Moreton Bay United 14 8 2 4 40 29 7 4 1 2 14 15 7 4 1 2 26 14 11 26
6 Queensland Lions 14 6 5 3 39 24 7 3 2 2 18 12 7 3 3 1 21 12 15 23
7 SC Wanderers 12 7 1 4 25 25 5 5 0 0 17 7 7 2 1 4 8 18 0 22
8 Logan Lightning 14 5 3 6 25 28 7 2 2 3 10 14 7 3 1 3 15 14 -3 18
9 Eastern Suburbs Brisbane 13 5 3 5 21 24 8 4 1 3 17 17 5 1 2 2 4 7 -3 18
10 Gold Coast United 12 5 1 6 23 19 6 2 1 3 10 10 6 3 0 3 13 9 4 16
11 Capalaba 14 4 2 8 20 43 7 3 2 2 14 19 7 1 0 6 6 24 -23 14
12 Redlands United 14 2 0 12 16 42 7 2 0 5 10 21 7 0 0 7 6 21 -26 6
13 Magpies Crusaders 13 2 0 11 11 39 7 1 0 6 6 22 6 1 0 5 5 17 -28 6
14 Brisbane Strikers 14 1 0 13 11 52 8 0 0 8 6 23 6 1 0 5 5 29 -41 3

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.