The league table in Npl South Australian tells a story about these teams so far, with Adelaide Olympic leading Croydon Kings by 4 points. Match preview to follow:
Adelaide Olympic 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.
Adelaide Olympic form and stats
Adelaide Olympic have played 3 Npl South Australian games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Adelaide are returning here after visiting Modbury Jets in a Npl South Australian game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Adelaide Blue Eagles.
The Adelaide manager G. Tsonis has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. Adelaide's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Croydon Kings form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Npl South Australian for Croydon Kings with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
The manager was unhappy after their last game, a Npl South Australian match played at their home ground Polonia Reserve. Croydon Kings suffered a 1-3 loss to Cumberland United (placed 5th). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Adelaide City's place.
Croydon find the net regularly in their away games. 3 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. Croydon struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Adelaide wins - draws - Croydon Kings wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Adelaide Olympic missing players
Croydon Kings missing players
| Adelaide Olympic | Croydon Kings | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.6 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1.3 | 3.1 |
| 1.1 | 1.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 89 | 30 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 33 | 83 |
| 47 | 19 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 14 | 42 |
| 28% | 32% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 29% |
- Adelaide Olympic have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Adelaide Olympic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Croydon Kings's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Croydon Kings has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Croydon Kings have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Croydon Kings have scored in all their matches so far.
- Croydon Kings have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Croydon Kings have yet to win a game away.
- Croydon Kings 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 | NE MetroStars | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 | Adelaide Raiders | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | Adelaide Olympic | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Adelaide Comets | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Cumberland United | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 6 | Adelaide City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Campbelltown City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Modbury Jets | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 9 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Croydon Kings | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Para Hills Knights | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Adelaide United || | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 6 |