Croydon Kings vs South Adelaide Panthers match preview

Competition: Australia Npl South Australian
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 05:30 (UTC)
Venue: Polonia Reserve (2000 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and 12th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Croydon Kings and South Adelaide Panthers 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.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Croydon Kings form and stats

Croydon Kings, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Npl South Australian, must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three games here at venue. Croydon Kings are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row. Croydon Kings have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The home team returns to Polonia Reserve after sharing the points with Adelaide United || on their last time out; the Npl South Australian game ended 1-1. Preceding that game was the home draw versus NE MetroStars that ended 1-1.

Croydon Kings are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 3 goals in 3 matches. Croydon Kings have only conceded 2 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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South Adelaide Panthers form and stats

No points yet away for South Adelaide Panthers, from their first 3 matches. It's looking increasingly bleak for South Adelaide Panthers who now has to deal with a six game losing streak. Adelaide Olympic was the last time a defeat was avoided. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in South Adelaide Panthers's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Two away games in a row for South Adelaide Panthers, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Adelaide Blue Eagles in the Npl South Australian. The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Adelaide Comets.

South Adelaide Panthers have scored 3 goals on their travels this season, 3 away games. There are big problems for the South Adelaide Panthers defense as they have conceded 12 goals in 3 away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 1 - 0 - 1 (Croydon Kings wins - draws - South Adelaide Panthers wins).

Croydon Kings missing players

South Adelaide Panthers missing players

Croydon Kings South Adelaide Panthers
Total Home Statistic Away Total
6 3 Played 3 6
9 3 Scored 3 6
4 2 Conceded 12 22
100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100%
83% 67% Over 1.5 100% 100%
17% 0% Over 2.5 100% 100%
17% 0% Over 3.5 100% 100%
0% 0% Over 4.5 67% 50%
67% 67% Both teams to score 67% 67%
33% 33% Clean Sheet 0% 0%
0% 0% Failed To Score 33% 33%
Key stats this season:
  • Neither of the teams have played a single 0-0 game.
  • Croydon Kings has scored in all of their 3 home matches.
  • South Adelaide Panthers has failed to keep a clean sheet in 6 matches.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Adelaide Blue Eagles 6 4 2 0 17 8 4 2 2 0 11 5 2 2 0 0 6 3 9 14
2 Campbelltown City 6 3 1 2 15 10 4 2 0 2 9 5 2 1 1 0 6 5 5 10
3 Croydon Kings 6 2 4 0 9 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 1 2 0 6 2 5 10
4 Adelaide Raiders 6 3 1 2 13 9 3 0 1 2 2 6 3 3 0 0 11 3 4 10
5 Adelaide United || 6 3 1 2 13 9 3 1 1 1 8 7 3 2 0 1 5 2 4 10
6 NE MetroStars 6 3 1 2 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 2 12 8 4 10
7 Adelaide Olympic 6 3 1 2 11 10 4 3 0 1 9 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 10
8 Adelaide Comets 6 3 1 2 9 10 3 1 1 1 4 6 3 2 0 1 5 4 -1 10
9 Adelaide City 6 2 3 1 12 12 4 2 1 1 7 7 2 0 2 0 5 5 0 9
10 Para Hills Knights 6 1 2 3 6 11 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 -5 5
11 West Adelaide 6 0 1 5 7 17 1 0 0 1 2 7 5 0 1 4 5 10 -10 1
12 South Adelaide Panthers 6 0 0 6 6 22 3 0 0 3 3 10 3 0 0 3 3 12 -16 0

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