Launceston City vs Devonport City preview

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Competition: Australia Npl Tasmania
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 06:30 (UTC)

Launceston City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 19 points behind Devonport City.

Insights:
  • Launceston City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Npl Tasmania
  • Devonport City have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Npl Tasmania

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!

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Launceston City form and stats

The story so far in the Npl Tasmania for Launceston City at their home stadium is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Launceston are returning here after visiting Olympia Warriors in a Npl Tasmania game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Clarence Zebras in a game that was won 2-0.

Launceston has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Launceston have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Devonport City form and stats

Devonport City have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 18 points collected from 7 Npl Tasmania games. 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat is the record so far. Things are running smoothly for Devonport City who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Kingborough Lions.

Devonport won their last game, 7-0 versus Clarence Zebras played at home. As mentioned above, Devonport was the only team on the pitch versus Clarence Zebras in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Glenorchy Knights.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Devonport manager R. Coghlan as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Avondale Heights.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 19 goals in 7 league games away this season. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Devonport as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The latest head to head encounter ended Devonport City - Launceston City 2-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: one - zero - eight (Launceston City wins - draws - Devonport City wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Launceston City missing players

Devonport City missing players

Launceston City Devonport City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 1 Played P 2 7 17
7 5 0 Won W 1 6 13
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
9 3 1 Lost L 1 1 2
24 13 0 Scored S 2 19 48
36 10 1 Conceded C 2 5 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 78% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 88%
59% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 59%
53% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 35%
47% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 24%
53% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 35%
12% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 57% 53%
35% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 14% 12%
 
4.1 5.6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 11.2 10
7.9 8 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.5 2.9
1.2 0.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.4 10.9 5 Shots (avg) S ( 2 13.3 12.9
4.2 4.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7.8 6.3
34% 32% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 44%
Key stats in Npl Tasmania this season:
  • Devonport City have created more than twice as many corners as Launceston City.
  • Devonport City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Devonport City have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Npl Tasmania
  • Devonport City have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Npl Tasmania
  • Devonport City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Npl Tasmania
  • Devonport City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Npl Tasmania
  • Devonport City have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Npl Tasmania
  • Devonport City have the most clean sheets (4) away in Npl Tasmania
  • Devonport City have the most clean sheets (9) in Npl Tasmania
  • Devonport City have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in Npl Tasmania
  • Devonport City have the the best goal difference (+37) in Npl Tasmania
  • Devonport City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Devonport City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Devonport City is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Launceston City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Npl Tasmania
  • Launceston City have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Npl Tasmania
  • Launceston City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Launceston City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Devonport City 17 13 2 2 48 11 10 7 2 1 29 6 7 6 0 1 19 5 37 41
2 Glenorchy Knights 17 12 4 1 49 16 7 6 1 0 20 2 10 6 3 1 29 14 33 40
3 South Hobart 16 9 4 3 39 19 7 4 1 2 19 10 9 5 3 1 20 9 20 31
4 Kingborough Lions 16 7 3 6 29 31 7 3 1 3 14 15 9 4 2 3 15 16 -2 24
5 Launceston City 17 7 1 9 24 36 9 5 1 3 13 10 8 2 0 6 11 26 -12 22
6 Clarence Zebras 17 4 3 10 28 46 7 2 1 4 14 19 10 2 2 6 14 27 -18 15
7 Olympia Warriors 17 4 2 11 25 41 9 2 1 6 15 24 8 2 1 5 10 17 -16 14
8 Riverside Olympic 17 0 3 14 21 63 11 0 3 8 13 40 6 0 0 6 8 23 -42 3

Read more about Npl Tasmania

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.