A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Croydon Kings fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Para Hills Knights's 12th place in the table will show on the pitch.
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!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Croydon Kings form and stats
20 points is a decent return from 9 Npl South Australian games here at Jack Smith Park for Croydon Kings. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Ever since the Cumberland United game Croydon has been unbeatable here at Jack Smith Park producing four straight wins. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.
Croydon's last game was hosting Adelaide Comets (placed 1st) and winning 3-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting NE MetroStars and winning 5-1.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 9 games), Croydon's attacking play is working. Croydon's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Para Hills Knights form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Para Hills Knights, who have the fewest scored goals (15) in Npl South Australian, so far with only 0 points returning home. The records show 0-0-9 (win-draw-lose). The manager is not happy with the away performances in the Npl South Australian so far, as all 9 matches have been lost. Knights are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Adelaide United || fixture. A depressing nine defeats in a row for Knights in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Modbury Jets.
Knights play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Adelaide Raiders (placed 6th). A loss against Campbelltown City was the result prior to that, in a home game.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Para Hills Knights as the away team, we found three results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and three defeats. The outsiders lost two of these games by at least two goals.
The attacking power of Knights when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Knights, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Para Hills Knights - Croydon 2-1. Last five meetings between the teams: Croydon won zero, Para Hills Knights won two and three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Croydon Kings missing players
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| Croydon Kings | Para Hills Knights | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 38 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 20 | 33 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 78% |
| 78% | 78% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 56% |
| 44% | 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 28% |
| 28% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 11% |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | 50% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 181 | 92 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 77 | 140 |
| 100 | 54 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 34 | 63 |
| 38% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 18% | 24% |
- Croydon Kings has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Npl South Australian
- Croydon Kings has the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Npl South Australian
- Croydon Kings has the most matches over the total-line (14) in Npl South Australian
- Croydon Kings has the most points (20) at home in Npl South Australian
- Croydon Kings have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Croydon Kings have scored more than double the goals of Para Hills Knights.
- Croydon Kings haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Croydon Kings is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Para Hills Knights has the fewest points (0) away in Npl South Australian
- Para Hills Knights has the fewest scored goals (15) in Npl South Australian
- Para Hills Knights has the fewest scored goals (6) away in Npl South Australian
- Para Hills Knights has the most conceded goals (20) away in Npl South Australian
- Para Hills Knights has the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Npl South Australian
- Para Hills Knights has the the worst goal difference (-14) away in Npl South Australian
- Para Hills Knights has the the worst goal difference (-18) in Npl South Australian
- Para Hills Knights have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Para Hills Knights have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Para Hills Knights have lost all their away matches so far.
- Para Hills Knights have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Para Hills Knights haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Para Hills Knights is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 34 |
| 2 | Croydon Kings | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Campbelltown City | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | NE MetroStars | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| 5 | Cumberland United | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -5 | 28 |
| 6 | Adelaide Raiders | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -1 | 25 |
| 7 | Adelaide City | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Adelaide Olympic | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Adelaide United || | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | Modbury Jets | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -17 | 16 |
| 12 | Para Hills Knights | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 8 |