The Paddocks: Para Hills Knights vs Cumberland United Npl South Australian preview

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Competition: Australia Npl South Australian
Competition: Sat 31.October
Match begins: 08:30 (UTC)
Venue: The Paddocks (1000 seats)

Para Hills Knights hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 11 points and a 12th position in the Npl South Australian table. Visiting Cumberland United holds 7th place with 28 pts.

Para Hills Knights and Cumberland United 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.

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

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Para Hills Knights form and stats

3-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Npl South Australian numbers at home for Para Hills Knights, who have the fewest scored goals (18) in Npl South Australian, so far this season.

Para Hills Knights faced defeat in their previous match, away at Adelaide Olympic (0-4). Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Modbury Jets.

As you see from the result above, Knights suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Para Hills Knights are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Para Hills Knights's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cumberland United form and stats

Playing away, Cumberland United have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Npl South Australian this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Cumberland as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Adelaide Blue Eagles match.

Cumberland's previous game was their home loss versus Adelaide Comets (0-4). Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting NE MetroStars's place.

Cumberland lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

Cumberland United find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Cumberland in these games.

Head 2 Head

Para Hills Knights and Cumberland United have met before this season: Cumberland United - Knights 2-1.

Para Hills Knights missing players

Cumberland United missing players

Para Hills Knights Cumberland United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
3 3 0 Won W 2 4 8
2 2 0 Drew D 1 2 4
16 5 3 Lost L 0 4 9
18 12 0 Scored S 6 13 30
41 14 5 Conceded C 2 14 43
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
81% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 81%
62% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 71%
33% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 43%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 24%
48% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 57%
10% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 19%
48% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 1.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.7 1.6
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
156 75 23 Total Shots T S 30 89 205
70 34 10 Shots on Target S O 18 35 90
26% 35% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 37% 33%
Key stats in Npl South Australian this season:
  • Para Hills Knights has the fewest scored goals (18) in Npl South Australian
  • Para Hills Knights have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

  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 21 14 1 6 44 23 10 8 0 2 22 8 11 6 1 4 22 15 21 43
2 NE MetroStars 21 12 5 4 51 30 11 6 3 2 27 20 10 6 2 2 24 10 21 41
3 Campbelltown City 21 12 4 5 34 26 10 6 2 2 18 12 11 6 2 3 16 14 8 40
4 Croydon Kings 21 11 3 7 42 30 11 7 2 2 22 15 10 4 1 5 20 15 12 36
5 Adelaide Raiders 21 8 7 6 28 27 10 5 3 2 12 7 11 3 4 4 16 20 1 31
6 Adelaide City 21 8 6 7 26 22 11 6 2 3 15 11 10 2 4 4 11 11 4 30
7 Cumberland United 21 8 4 9 30 43 11 4 2 5 17 29 10 4 2 4 13 14 -13 28
8 Adelaide Olympic 21 8 3 10 32 32 11 4 3 4 22 20 10 4 0 6 10 12 0 27
9 Adelaide Blue Eagles 21 5 9 7 23 26 10 4 5 1 11 5 11 1 4 6 12 21 -3 24
10 Adelaide United || 21 5 8 8 26 30 10 3 3 4 11 15 11 2 5 4 15 15 -4 23
11 Modbury Jets 21 4 4 13 22 46 11 3 1 7 10 21 10 1 3 6 12 25 -24 16
12 Para Hills Knights 21 3 2 16 18 41 10 3 2 5 12 14 11 0 0 11 6 27 -23 11

Read more about Npl South Australian

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.