Croydon Kings will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind NE MetroStars.
Croydon Kings and NE MetroStars 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.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Croydon Kings form and stats
Croydon Kings have played 5 Npl South Australian games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Croydon Kings in their previous game, a Npl South Australian match away at Adelaide Olympic (placed 5th) that ended with a 4-2 victory. Ahead of that match, Croydon Kings lost 1-3 at home to Cumberland United.
A goal frenzy last time out for Croydon, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Adelaide Olympic. Fun stuff to watch!
Croydon Kings have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jack Smith Park with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Croydon have conceded 9 from these games.
NE MetroStars form and stats
The seven points NE MetroStars have gathered from their first three away trips in the Npl South Australian is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
MetroStars's last game was the home draw against Adelaide United || (2-2). Preceding that game was the away victory against Campbelltown City with the score of 1-0.
The NE MetroStars manager R. Saraceno has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 9 goals in 3 league matches away. NE MetroStars are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 0 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three Croydon victories, two draws and two NE MetroStars wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Croydon Kings missing players
NE MetroStars missing players
| Croydon Kings | NE MetroStars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 9 | 20 |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 89% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 78% |
| 78% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 44% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 22% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.7 | 4.1 |
| 3.3 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 93 | 50 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 29 | 110 |
| 48 | 28 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 21 | 62 |
| 33% | 32% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 43% | 32% |
- All of Croydon Kings's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Croydon Kings has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Croydon Kings has the most matches over the total-line (7)
- Croydon Kings have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Croydon Kings have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Croydon Kings have scored in all their matches so far.
- Croydon Kings haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- NE MetroStars has the fewest conceded goals (0) away
- NE MetroStars has the most scored goals (20)
- NE MetroStars has the the best goal difference (+9)
- NE MetroStars has the the best goal difference (+9) away
- NE MetroStars have not yet lost a game away.
- NE MetroStars have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- NE MetroStars is in the best form (3-3-0)
| 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 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Adelaide Comets | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Adelaide Raiders | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Campbelltown City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | Adelaide Olympic | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Cumberland United | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 13 |
| 7 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Croydon Kings | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Adelaide City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Modbury Jets | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 11 | Adelaide United || | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | Para Hills Knights | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 7 |