The league table in Npl South Australian tells a story about these teams so far, with Adelaide Comets leading Modbury Jets by 18 points. Match preview to follow:
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Adelaide Comets form and stats
Adelaide Comets, who have the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Npl South Australian, are steadily winning Npl South Australian games and points here at SA Athletics Stadium. 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games.
In their previous game, the manager T. Tsiounis led his Adelaide to a defeat in the Npl South Australian match away at Croydon Kings. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at SA Athletics Stadium. Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Adelaide Raiders.
The Adelaide manager T. Tsiounis has got the team scoring with 16 from 8 home games in the league. From these home matches, Adelaide have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Modbury Jets form and stats
There's been little loot from Modbury Jets's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Npl South Australian. Modbury Jets, who have the most conceded goals (37) in Npl South Australian, only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
The manager was unhappy after their last game, a Npl South Australian match played at their home ground Smith Partners Stadium. Modbury suffered a 1-5 loss to NE MetroStars (placed 4th). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Adelaide City.
Modbury lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Modbury have scored 10 goals in 8 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Modbury Jets, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Modbury Jets - Adelaide Comets 1-0.Adelaide Comets missing players
Modbury Jets missing players
| Adelaide Comets | Modbury Jets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 34 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| 22 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | 37 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 67% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 44% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 39% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 17% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 61% |
| 39% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 22% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 223 | 114 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 89 | 189 |
| 91 | 49 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 34 | 77 |
| 37% | 33% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 29% | 26% |
- Adelaide Comets has the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Npl South Australian
- Adelaide Comets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Adelaide Comets haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- All of Modbury Jets's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Modbury Jets has the most conceded goals (37) in Npl South Australian
- Modbury Jets has the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Npl South Australian
- Modbury Jets have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Modbury Jets have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Modbury Jets haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Adelaide Comets | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 34 |
| 2 | Croydon Kings | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Campbelltown City | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | NE MetroStars | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| 5 | Cumberland United | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -5 | 28 |
| 6 | Adelaide Raiders | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -1 | 25 |
| 7 | Adelaide City | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Adelaide Olympic | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Adelaide United || | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | Modbury Jets | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -17 | 16 |
| 12 | Para Hills Knights | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 8 |