It's early days in the Npl South Australian and both NE MetroStars and Adelaide City are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Npl South Australian game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Adelaide Blue Eagles. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
NE MetroStars form and stats
The story so far in the Npl South Australian for NE MetroStars at their home stadium (T.K. Shutter Reserve) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Happy days for NE MetroStars in their previous game, a Npl South Australian match away at Cumberland United (placed 12th) that ended with a 8-0 victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to Adelaide Olympic (0-3).
As mentioned above, NE MetroStars "killed" Cumberland United in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the NE MetroStars at home in the league. 0 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Adelaide City form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Npl South Australian away game of the season. During their previous season 11 away games resulted in 0 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.
Adelaide City has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Adelaide Blue Eagles for a Npl South Australian game that ended a draw (1-1). That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Cumberland United.
Adelaide City have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
NE MetroStars-Adelaide City H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: NE MetroStars three wins, Adelaide City four wins, zero draws. two of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).NE MetroStars missing players
Adelaide City missing players
| NE MetroStars | Adelaide City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 2.5 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | 9 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 8 | 32 |
| 17 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 47% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| NE MetroStars | Last season | Adelaide City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 52 | 25 | Scored | S | 14 | 29 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Conceded | C | 28 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 59% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 45% | ||
| 32% | 55% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 23% | ||
| 60% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 59% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 27% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 302 | 155 | Total Shots | T S | 112 | 202 | ||
| 160 | 86 | Shots on Target | S O | 50 | 95 | ||
| 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Modbury Jets | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Adelaide City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Adelaide United || | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Campbelltown City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | NE MetroStars | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | Adelaide Olympic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Para Hills Knights | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Adelaide Comets | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Croydon Kings | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Adelaide Raiders | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Cumberland United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -11 | 0 |