It's advantage Adelaide Blue Eagles so far with their 1st position in the Npl South Australian table, welcoming Croydon Kings who are placed 6th.
Adelaide Blue Eagles and Croydon Kings should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Adelaide Blue Eagles form and stats
The story so far for Adelaide Blue Eagles, who have the most scored goals (18) in Npl South Australian, at their home stadium (Marden Sports Complex) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Adelaide Blue Eagles has recorded two wins in a row here at Marden Sports Complex, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.The fans are hoping that Adelaide Blue Eagles will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Npl South Australian game against Adelaide Comets. Previous to that game, a home match hosting South Adelaide Panthers in a game that was won 4-0.
Goals are plentiful at Marden Sports Complex this season as Adelaide Blue Eagles has scored 11 goals here in 4 attempts. Adelaide Blue Eagles's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Croydon Kings form and stats
Croydon Kings, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Npl South Australian, are doing rather OK so far in their away games, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses). Sharing is caring, but Croydon Kings are perhaps overdoing it with their five draws in a row. Visiting Croydon Kings has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.Croydon Kings's last game was the home draw against South Adelaide Panthers (3-3). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Adelaide United || that ended 1-1.
Croydon Kings have scored more than twice per away game on average, an impressive attacking display. They have 6 goals from 3 away matches. It's not easy to score on Croydon Kings as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
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| Adelaide Blue Eagles | Croydon Kings | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | Played | 3 | 7 |
| 18 | 11 | Scored | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | 5 | Conceded | 2 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 86% |
| 86% | 75% | Over 2.5 | 33% | 29% |
| 71% | 75% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 25% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 14% |
| 86% | 75% | Both teams to score | 67% | 71% |
| 14% | 25% | Clean Sheet | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | 3.3 | 5 |
| 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.7 | 4.9 |
| 2.9 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
- Neither of the teams have played a single 0-0 game.
- Croydon Kings is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
- Croydon Kings has scored in all of their 3 away matches.
- Adelaide Blue Eagles has scored in all of their 4 home matches.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 2 | Adelaide United || | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Adelaide Olympic | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Adelaide Comets | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | Campbelltown City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Croydon Kings | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Adelaide Raiders | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | NE MetroStars | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Adelaide City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Para Hills Knights | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 11 | West Adelaide | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 4 |
| 12 | South Adelaide Panthers | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -16 | 1 |
