The season is still fairly new and the Npl South Australian table has to be read with caution. So far NE MetroStars find themselves in 6th position and Croydon Kings are placed 7th.
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.
NE MetroStars form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Npl South Australian game of the season here at T.K. Shutter Reserve. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses from NE MetroStars's 11 home games.
NE MetroStars has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Croydon Kings form and stats
The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Npl South Australian.
It's early days yet, but Croydon Kings has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's two MetroStars victories, two draws and five Croydon Kings wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.NE MetroStars missing players
Croydon Kings missing players
| NE MetroStars | Croydon Kings | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15 | 11 |
| 3.3 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| NE MetroStars | Last season | Croydon Kings | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 24 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 53 | 28 | Scored | S | 20 | 45 | ||
| 36 | 24 | Conceded | C | 17 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 70% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 71% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 38% | ||
| 35% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 21% | ||
| 70% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 75% | ||
| 26% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 9% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 12.7 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.5 | ||
| 7.2 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Sturt Lions | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Adelaide City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Cumberland United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | South Adelaide Panthers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | NE MetroStars | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Croydon Kings | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Adelaide Raiders | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Adelaide United || | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Campbelltown City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Adelaide Olympic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 12 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 44 |
| 2 | Campbelltown City | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 43 |
| 3 | NE MetroStars | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 20 | 41 |
| 4 | Croydon Kings | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 36 |
| 5 | Adelaide Raiders | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | Adelaide City | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | Cumberland United | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -12 | 31 |
| 8 | Adelaide Olympic | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Adelaide United || | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | Modbury Jets | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 27 | -25 | 16 |
| 12 | Para Hills Knights | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 27 | -24 | 11 |