Adelaide Raiders will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Croydon Kings.
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!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Adelaide Raiders form and stats
The story so far in the Npl South Australian for Adelaide Raiders at their home stadium (Croatian Sports Centre) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Adelaide here at Croatian Sports Centre, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
A nice win for Adelaide Raiders last time playing, versus Adelaide Blue Eagles. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Campbelltown City (1-2).
The Adelaide fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. From these home matches, Adelaide have conceded only 7 goals.
Croydon Kings form and stats
Playing away, Croydon Kings have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Npl South Australian this season.
Croydon failed to get anything from their last game, a Npl South Australian home match vs Campbelltown City (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-2. A 0-1 defeat away at Adelaide United || before that.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Croydon are regular goalscorers on their travels. Croydon's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Croydon Kings - Adelaide 2-1 earlier this season. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Adelaide victory, one draw and two Croydon Kings wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Adelaide Raiders missing players
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| Adelaide Raiders | Croydon Kings | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 28 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 20 | 42 |
| 27 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 95% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 43% | 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 76% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 38% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 30% | 24% |
| 52% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 81% |
| 33% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 19% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 200 | 90 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 96 | 221 |
| 92 | 45 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 49 | 119 |
| 30% | 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 41% | 35% |
- Adelaide Raiders has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Npl South Australian
- Adelaide Raiders has the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Npl South Australian
- Croydon Kings has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Npl South Australian
- Croydon Kings has the most matches over the total-line (16) in Npl South Australian
- Croydon Kings have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- 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 | Adelaide Comets | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 43 |
| 2 | NE MetroStars | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 21 | 41 |
| 3 | Campbelltown City | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Croydon Kings | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 36 |
| 5 | Adelaide Raiders | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 31 |
| 6 | Adelaide City | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Cumberland United | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -13 | 28 |
| 8 | Adelaide Olympic | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 24 |
| 10 | Adelaide United || | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 23 |
| 11 | Modbury Jets | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | -24 | 16 |
| 12 | Para Hills Knights | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 27 | -23 | 11 |