The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Queensland Lions are in the 8th position while the guesting Magpies Crusaders worry at 13th.
- Queensland Lions have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- 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!
These teams have little in common geographically as Magpies Crusaders have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Queensland Lions form and stats
When playing at home in the Npl Queensland, Queensland Lions have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games. The Queensland manager D. Sime might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The Queensland crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to SC Wanderers here at Lions FC Stadium in a Npl Queensland match.
Before that, Queensland played out a draw 3-3 when visiting Eastern Suburbs Brisbane.Queensland Lions can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 13 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Magpies Crusaders form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Npl Queensland travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats. It's all red in the travel logs of Crusaders, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-2 against Redlands United in their previous game.
A 0-3 loss hosting Logan Lightning before that.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Crusaders as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. For Magpies Crusaders, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Queensland-Magpies Crusaders H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Queensland Lions four wins, Magpies Crusaders zero wins, zero draws. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Queensland Lions missing players
Magpies Crusaders missing players
| Queensland Lions | Magpies Crusaders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 21 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 73% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 73% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 60% | 70% |
| 55% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 73% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 6.7 | 6.2 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 4 | 5.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.5 | 15 | 25 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 8.8 | 6.9 |
| 7.4 | 8 | 17 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 3.1 |
| 32% | 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 19% | 29% |
- Magpies Crusaders have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Magpies Crusaders haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Queensland Lions have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Queensland Lions have scored more than double the goals of Magpies Crusaders.
- Queensland Lions 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 | Peninsula Power | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 30 | 30 |
| 2 | Brisbane Roar II | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 26 |
| 3 | Gold Coast Knights | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Olympic | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 21 |
| 5 | Moreton Bay United | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Logan Lightning | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | SC Wanderers | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Queensland Lions | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 | Eastern Suburbs Brisbane | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | Capalaba | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 21 | -20 | 13 |
| 11 | Gold Coast United | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Redlands United | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -18 | 6 |
| 13 | Magpies Crusaders | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -22 | 6 |
| 14 | Brisbane Strikers | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 26 | -36 | 0 |