Adelaide Raiders vs Sturt Lions match preview

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Competition: Australia Npl South Australian
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 05:30 (UTC)
Venue: Croatian Sports Centre (1000 seats)

The Npl South Australian season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Adelaide Raiders and Sturt Lions promises to be an interesting one.

Insights:
  • Adelaide Raiders have the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in Npl South Australian

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!

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Adelaide Raiders form and stats

Adelaide Raiders are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two Npl South Australian games here at Croatian Sports Centre.

A good away victory last time out for Adelaide Raiders, who won 3-0 against Cumberland United (placed 6th). Nobody expected Adelaide Raiders to beat Cumberland United in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath.

Before that, Adelaide drew at home versus Adelaide City.

Adelaide Raiders has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 6 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Sturt Lions form and stats

Sturt Lions are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Npl South Australian. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Sturt, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Sturt failed to get anything from their last game, a Npl South Australian home match vs Adelaide City (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-1.

Prior to that result Sturt won their away game at Adelaide Blue Eagles. The scoreline was 3-2.

Sturt Lions have the goal stats of 5-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Adelaide Raiders missing players

Sturt Lions missing players

Adelaide Raiders Sturt Lions
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 2 Played P 0 2 4
2 0 0 Won W 0 2 2
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 1
7 3 3 Scored S 0 5 6
6 6 6 Conceded C 0 3 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
25% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 75%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.8 5.5 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 6
3.8 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3.5
47% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 62% 43%
Key stats in Npl South Australian this season:
  • Adelaide Raiders have the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in Npl South Australian
Adelaide Raiders Last season Sturt Lions
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
23 11   Played P   11 22
9 6   Won W   0 5
7 3   Drew D   3 4
7 2   Lost L   8 13
30 14   Scored S   11 24
29 7   Conceded C   31 48
96% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 95%
74% 55%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 82%
39% 27%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 64%
22% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   64% 45%
9% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 18%
48% 36%   BTTS BTTS   55% 55%
35% 55%   Clean Sheets C S   9% 14%
22% 18%   Failed to Score F T   45% 36%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 1.9
5 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
9.5 8.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.3 10.3
4.2 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 5.1
31% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 21%

  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 4 3 1 0 11 6 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 2 0 0 7 3 5 10
2 Adelaide City 4 3 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 5 3 3 10
3 Adelaide Raiders 4 2 1 1 7 6 2 0 1 1 3 6 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 7
4 Sturt Lions 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 7
5 South Adelaide Panthers 4 2 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 6
6 Cumberland United 4 2 0 2 8 8 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 6
7 Adelaide United || 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 6
8 NE MetroStars 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 5
9 Croydon Kings 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
10 Campbelltown City 4 0 2 2 6 8 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 2 0 4 4 -2 2
11 Adelaide Olympic 4 0 2 2 5 10 2 0 1 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 -5 2
12 Adelaide Blue Eagles 4 0 0 4 4 9 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 2 5 -5 0
Last season 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 22 14 2 6 45 24 11 8 1 2 23 9 11 6 1 4 22 15 21 44
2 Campbelltown City 22 13 4 5 36 27 11 7 2 2 20 13 11 6 2 3 16 14 9 43
3 NE MetroStars 22 12 5 5 52 32 11 6 3 2 27 20 11 6 2 3 25 12 20 41
4 Croydon Kings 22 11 3 8 42 32 11 7 2 2 22 15 11 4 1 6 20 17 10 36
5 Adelaide Raiders 22 9 7 6 30 27 11 6 3 2 14 7 11 3 4 4 16 20 3 34
6 Adelaide City 22 8 7 7 27 23 11 6 2 3 15 11 11 2 5 4 12 12 4 31
7 Cumberland United 22 9 4 9 31 43 11 4 2 5 17 29 11 5 2 4 14 14 -12 31
8 Adelaide Olympic 22 8 4 10 32 32 11 4 3 4 22 20 11 4 1 6 10 12 0 28
9 Adelaide Blue Eagles 22 6 9 7 25 27 11 5 5 1 13 6 11 1 4 6 12 21 -2 27
10 Adelaide United || 22 5 9 8 26 30 11 3 4 4 11 15 11 2 5 4 15 15 -4 24
11 Modbury Jets 22 4 4 14 23 48 11 3 1 7 10 21 11 1 3 7 13 27 -25 16
12 Para Hills Knights 22 3 2 17 18 42 11 3 2 6 12 15 11 0 0 11 6 27 -24 11

Read more about Npl South Australian

The National Premier Leagues (NPL) is the second level of football in Australia. It has eight regional divisions in which the number of teams vary. In total close to 100 teams compete in the NPL. It is currently not possible to promote to the A-League, but there is a relegation system in most divisions.