Npl South Australian match prediction: Little separates Cumberland United and Adelaide Olympic in quality

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Competition: Australia Npl South Australian
Competition: Sat 26.September
Match begins: 05:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bailey Reserve (3000 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Npl South Australian table so far. Here's the Cumberland United - Adelaide Olympic latest:

Cumberland United and Adelaide Olympic 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.

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Cumberland United form and stats

3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Npl South Australian numbers at home for Cumberland United, who have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Npl South Australian, so far this season. The Cumberland manager might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Happy days for Cumberland United in their previous game, a Npl South Australian match away at Modbury Jets (placed 11th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Preceding that match was the home game against Croydon Kings that was lost 1-4.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cumberland United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won zero, drawn one and lost zero.

Cumberland United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bailey Reserve with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Cumberland having conceded 20 goals here at Bailey Reserve so far.

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Adelaide Olympic form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Npl South Australian travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

Adelaide go into this game after a win, the home game against Adelaide Blue Eagles that ended 1-0. Preceding that, the 2-4 home loss versus Modbury Jets.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Adelaide Olympic in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Adelaide, zero draws and one defeat.

Adelaide Olympic have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Adelaide have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Adelaide Olympic - Cumberland United 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Cumberland United one win, one draw and Adelaide Olympic zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Cumberland United missing players

Adelaide Olympic missing players

Cumberland United Adelaide Olympic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 1 Played P 2 8 16
7 3 0 Won W 0 4 6
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 3
6 3 0 Lost L 2 4 7
24 13 1 Scored S 0 9 24
30 20 1 Conceded C 3 8 24
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
75% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 62%
69% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
38% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 38% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 50%
25% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 25%
31% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 38% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
151 76 7 Total Shots T S 28 90 166
66 38 3 Shots on Target S O 11 38 76
36% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 32%
Key stats in Npl South Australian this season:
  • Adelaide Olympic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Cumberland United has the most conceded goals (20) at home in Npl South Australian
  • Cumberland United has the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Npl South Australian
  • Cumberland United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cumberland United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 16 10 1 5 29 19 7 5 0 2 12 7 9 5 1 3 17 12 10 31
2 NE MetroStars 16 8 5 3 37 21 9 5 3 1 23 14 7 3 2 2 14 7 16 29
3 Campbelltown City 16 9 2 5 27 22 8 5 1 2 16 11 8 4 1 3 11 11 5 29
4 Croydon Kings 16 8 3 5 30 25 8 5 2 1 15 12 8 3 1 4 15 13 5 27
5 Cumberland United 16 7 3 6 24 30 8 3 2 3 13 20 8 4 1 3 11 10 -6 24
6 Adelaide City 16 6 5 5 18 15 8 5 1 2 12 8 8 1 4 3 6 7 3 23
7 Adelaide Raiders 16 5 7 4 22 20 7 2 3 2 7 6 9 3 4 2 15 14 2 22
8 Adelaide Olympic 16 6 3 7 24 24 8 2 3 3 15 16 8 4 0 4 9 8 0 21
9 Adelaide Blue Eagles 16 5 6 5 20 20 8 4 3 1 10 4 8 1 3 4 10 16 0 21
10 Adelaide United || 16 3 6 7 22 28 8 2 2 4 9 14 8 1 4 3 13 14 -6 15
11 Modbury Jets 16 4 3 9 18 31 9 3 1 5 9 14 7 1 2 4 9 17 -13 15
12 Para Hills Knights 16 2 2 12 13 29 8 2 2 4 7 10 8 0 0 8 6 19 -16 8

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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.