Delightful dogfight as daring Balcatta duels with determined Bayswater City

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Competition: Australia Npl Western Australia
Competition: Sat 15.August
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: Percy Doyle Reserve A (1000 seats)

Balcatta will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Bayswater City.

It's no vacation for neither Balcatta nor Bayswater City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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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Balcatta form and stats

2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Balcatta have to build on here at Percy Doyle Reserve A in the Npl Western Australia.

An away draw last time out for Balcatta, facing Sorrento in a game that ended 2-2. Ahead of that match, Balcatta lost 2-3 at home to Gwelup Croatia SC.

A disappointing finish for Balcatta in their match versus Sorrento as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Balcatta handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and one defeat.

Goals decide football matches and Balcatta are scoring many of them at home; 10 on target from 5 league matches. Balcatta have conceded 8 from these games.

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Bayswater City form and stats

2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Bayswater City playing as the away team in the Npl Western Australia this season.

Bayswater played 1-1 against ECU Joondalup in their previous match. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Armadale.

Bayswater are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of two matches.

Bayswater have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 9 goals from 4 away matches. For Bayswater, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Balcatta-Bayswater City H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Balcatta two wins, Bayswater City one win, zero draws. three of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Balcatta missing players

Bayswater City missing players

Balcatta Bayswater City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 5 2 Played P 3 4 8
2 2 0 Won W 2 2 4
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 2
2 1 1 Lost L 1 2 2
13 10 5 Scored S 7 9 14
12 8 6 Conceded C 5 9 11
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
62% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 25%
25% 40% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 50% 25%
75% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 75%
25% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.6 4.2 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 6.6
6.1 7.2 10 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.2 4.5
2.1 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 4 4 4
 
65 39 11 Total Shots T S 36 47 82
31 19 7 Shots on Target S O 18 22 38
42% 53% 71% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 41% 37%
Key stats in Npl Western Australia this season:
  • All of Bayswater City's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Balcatta has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4)
  • Balcatta has the most dropped points from leading position (9)
  • Balcatta has the most scored goals in the first half (9)
  • Balcatta have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Balcatta haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Bayswater City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Bayswater City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bayswater City have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Bayswater City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bayswater 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 Gwelup Croatia SC 8 6 1 1 22 7 3 2 1 0 8 2 5 4 0 1 14 5 15 19
2 Floreat Athena 8 6 1 1 18 8 4 4 0 0 11 2 4 2 1 1 7 6 10 19
3 Bayswater City 8 4 2 2 14 11 4 2 2 0 5 2 4 2 0 2 9 9 3 14
4 Cockburn City 8 4 2 2 12 9 3 2 1 0 7 4 5 2 1 2 5 5 3 14
5 Armadale 8 4 0 4 18 17 4 1 0 3 7 10 4 3 0 1 11 7 1 12
6 Sorrento 8 3 2 3 18 20 5 2 1 2 9 11 3 1 1 1 9 9 -2 11
7 Inglewood United 8 3 2 3 12 14 5 3 1 1 9 7 3 0 1 2 3 7 -2 11
8 Balcatta 8 2 4 2 13 12 5 2 2 1 10 8 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 10
9 Perth Glory II 8 3 1 4 11 14 4 3 0 1 9 6 4 0 1 3 2 8 -3 10
10 ECU Joondalup 8 2 1 5 13 13 3 2 0 1 9 4 5 0 1 4 4 9 0 7
11 Perth 8 2 1 5 10 15 4 0 0 4 2 8 4 2 1 1 8 7 -5 7
12 Rockingham City 8 0 1 7 7 28 4 0 1 3 4 14 4 0 0 4 3 14 -21 1

Read more about Npl Western Australia

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.