Game week two of the Npl South Australian season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Adelaide United || - Croydon Kings preview:
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Adelaide United || form and stats
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Adelaide Olympic that ended 0-0.
Last season, Adelaide United ||'s league statistics were 5 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Npl South Australian. Over these 22 matches they scored 26 goals and conceded 30. Playing at home last season Adelaide United || managed 3-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 15 conceded.
Croydon Kings form and stats
A loss against Adelaide City was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Let's have a look at how Croydon Kings performed last season in the Npl South Australian: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 6 with 20/17 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Adelaide one win, two draws and Croydon Kings one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Adelaide United || missing players
Croydon Kings missing players
| Adelaide United || | Croydon Kings | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Adelaide United || | Last season | Croydon Kings | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 24 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Scored | S | 20 | 45 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 35 | ||
| 86% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 50% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 71% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 38% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 21% | ||
| 36% | 18% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 75% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 41% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 9.4 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 28% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cumberland United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | South Adelaide Panthers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Adelaide City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sturt Lions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Adelaide Raiders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Adelaide Comets | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | NE MetroStars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Campbelltown City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Croydon Kings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Adelaide United || | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Adelaide Olympic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 |