Launceston City vs Kingborough Lions: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Australia Npl Tasmania
Competition: Sat 12.September
Match begins: 06:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mitsubishi Park (1000 seats)

Launceston City hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 1 point and a 8th position in the Npl Tasmania table. Visiting Kingborough Lions holds 4th place with 12 pts.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

It's quite the trip for Kingborough Lions when visiting Launceston City as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.

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Launceston City form and stats

Three Npl Tasmania home games done for Launceston City, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches.

Launceston faced defeat in their previous match, away at Glenorchy Knights (0-3). Before that, Launceston drew at home versus Clarence Zebras.

Launceston City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Launceston with 6 goals conceded in these matches.

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Kingborough Lions form and stats

Kingborough Lions are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Npl Tasmania, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

Kingborough Lions's last game was the home draw against Devonport City (1-1). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Olympia Warriors that ended 3-3.

Kingborough are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. There are big problems for the Kingborough Lions defense as they have conceded 9 goals in 3 away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Kingborough Lions - Launceston 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Launceston four wins, two draws and Kingborough Lions one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Launceston City missing players

Kingborough Lions missing players

Launceston City Kingborough Lions
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 1 3 7
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
6 2 0 Lost L 0 1 1
7 4 0 Scored S 2 5 13
16 6 0 Conceded C 1 9 13
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 57%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 43%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 67% 43%
71% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 57%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 14%
 
4.4 5.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3 3.7
5.6 5.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6 5.6
2.3 2.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.1
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
55 30 0 Total Shots T S 14 26 71
22 13 0 Shots on Target S O 7 13 31
32% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 38% 42%
Key stats in Npl Tasmania this season:
  • All of Kingborough Lions's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Launceston City's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Kingborough Lions has the most dropped points from leading position (6)
  • Kingborough Lions have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Kingborough Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Launceston City has the fewest scored goals (7)
  • Launceston City has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1)
  • Launceston City has the most conceded goals in the first half (10)
  • Launceston City has the the worst goal difference (-9)
  • Launceston City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Launceston City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Launceston City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Launceston City have yet to win a game.
  • Launceston City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Launceston City is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 7 6 1 0 11 4 3 3 0 0 5 2 4 3 1 0 6 2 7 19
2 Glenorchy Knights 7 5 0 2 16 7 3 3 0 0 11 3 4 2 0 2 5 4 9 15
3 South Hobart 7 4 0 3 13 9 3 2 0 1 9 5 4 2 0 2 4 4 4 12
4 Kingborough Lions 7 3 3 1 13 13 4 2 2 0 8 4 3 1 1 1 5 9 0 12
5 Olympia Warriors 7 3 1 3 15 13 4 3 1 0 12 6 3 0 0 3 3 7 2 10
6 Clarence Zebras 7 1 2 4 9 15 4 1 0 3 2 5 3 0 2 1 7 10 -6 5
7 Riverside Olympic 7 1 2 4 10 17 4 0 1 3 4 8 3 1 1 1 6 9 -7 5
8 Launceston City 7 0 1 6 7 16 3 0 1 2 4 6 4 0 0 4 3 10 -9 1

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.