Game week two of the Npl Tasmania season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the South Hobart - Launceston City preview:
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
South Hobart form and stats
The hosts won their first Npl Tasmania game here at Darcy Street Ground, lifting spirits. Home statistics for South Hobart last season were 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses from 7 games.
Hobart's last game was hosting Clarence Zebras (placed 8th) and winning 6-2. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Riverside Olympic that ended 1-1.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Hobart played a great game against Clarence Zebras and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Early season league goal statistics from South Hobart's 1 home game: 6 goals, 2 conceded.
Last season, South Hobart's league statistics were 7 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Npl Tasmania. Over these 14 matches they scored 30 goals and conceded 24. Playing at home last season South Hobart managed 3-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 16 conceded.
Launceston City form and stats
The attacking players of Launceston have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 368 minutes.
Launceston might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Devonport City proved too strong as Launceston City slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Mitsubishi Park. A 0-2 defeat away at Clarence Zebras before that.
Let's have a look at how Launceston City performed last season in the Npl Tasmania: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 1 victory, 1 draw and 12 defeats. In total they scored 13 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 0 and lost 6 with 6/14 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last nine meetings between the teams: Hobart won eight, Launceston City won zero and one draw. nine games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.South Hobart missing players
Launceston City missing players
| South Hobart | Launceston City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 86% | 86% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| South Hobart | Last season | Launceston City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 14 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 30 | 19 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | ||
| 24 | 16 | Conceded | C | 14 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 93% | ||
| 71% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 79% | ||
| 57% | 86% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 43% | ||
| 43% | 71% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 7% | ||
| 71% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 64% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 9.6 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.9 | 6.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 42% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | South Hobart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Kingborough Lions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Devonport City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Glenorchy Knights | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Launceston City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 6 | Olympia Warriors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Riverside Olympic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | Clarence Zebras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 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 | Devonport City | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 40 |
| 2 | Glenorchy Knights | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 24 | 31 |
| 3 | South Hobart | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Kingborough Lions | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 23 | -8 | 21 |
| 5 | Olympia Warriors | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Clarence Zebras | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 23 | -12 | 14 |
| 7 | Riverside Olympic | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | -15 | 9 |
| 8 | Launceston City | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -19 | 4 |