Cockburn City favourites for feisty fight facing ECU Joondalup

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Competition: Australia Npl Western Australia
Competition: Sat 26.September
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dalmatinac Park (1000 seats)

Cockburn City and ECU Joondalup are both riding high in the Npl Western Australia with their 3rd and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Cockburn City form and stats

Cockburn City, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Npl Western Australia, have played 5 Npl Western Australia games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Sorrento here at Dalmatinac Park, Cockburn has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

Cockburn drew their last game, 1-1 away at Sorrento. Before that, Cockburn had a home game versus Armadale which ended with a victory 4-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cockburn City handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and zero defeats.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (12 in 5 games), Cockburn's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Cockburn have conceded only 4 goals.

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ECU Joondalup form and stats

There's been little loot from ECU Joondalup's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Npl Western Australia. ECU Joondalup only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Gwelup Croatia SC in their previous outing. The Npl Western Australia match ended in a draw 1-1. A 1-2 defeat away at Floreat Athena before that.

We have checked recent matches where Joondalup have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, three draws and four defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far ECU Joondalup have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. Joondalup have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was ECU Joondalup - Cockburn 2-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Cockburn two wins, two draws and ECU Joondalup two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Cockburn City missing players

ECU Joondalup missing players

Cockburn City ECU Joondalup
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 8 15
9 6 2 Won W 0 1 7
3 1 0 Drew D 1 2 2
3 0 0 Lost L 2 5 6
28 19 4 Scored S 3 10 33
14 7 2 Conceded C 5 12 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 93%
47% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 73%
33% 57% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 40%
20% 43% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
47% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 67%
33% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 27%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 7%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.9 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.6 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
172 90 29 Total Shots T S 33 101 188
82 42 11 Shots on Target S O 13 43 90
34% 45% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 23% 37%
Key stats in Npl Western Australia this season:
  • Cockburn City has the fewest conceded goals (10) in Npl Western Australia
  • Cockburn City has the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Npl Western Australia
  • Cockburn City has the most matches under the total-line (8) in Npl Western Australia
  • Cockburn City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Cockburn City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cockburn City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cockburn City have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Cockburn City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cockburn City is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • ECU Joondalup has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Npl Western Australia
  • ECU Joondalup 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 Floreat Athena 12 9 1 2 26 13 6 6 0 0 15 3 6 3 1 2 11 10 13 28
2 Gwelup Croatia SC 12 8 2 2 35 14 6 4 2 0 19 6 6 4 0 2 16 8 21 26
3 Cockburn City 12 7 2 3 20 10 5 4 1 0 12 4 7 3 1 3 8 6 10 23
4 ECU Joondalup 12 6 1 5 25 16 6 5 0 1 17 7 6 1 1 4 8 9 9 19
5 Sorrento 12 5 3 4 29 27 6 3 1 2 13 13 6 2 2 2 16 14 2 18
6 Bayswater City 12 5 3 4 22 21 7 3 3 1 12 9 5 2 0 3 10 12 1 18
7 Inglewood United 12 5 2 5 19 20 6 3 1 2 9 9 6 2 1 3 10 11 -1 17
8 Armadale 12 5 0 7 26 29 6 2 0 4 13 16 6 3 0 3 13 13 -3 15
9 Perth Glory II 12 4 1 7 17 29 6 4 0 2 12 12 6 0 1 5 5 17 -12 13
10 Perth 12 3 3 6 17 20 6 1 1 4 7 10 6 2 2 2 10 10 -3 12
11 Balcatta 12 2 5 5 16 22 6 2 2 2 11 10 6 0 3 3 5 12 -6 11
12 Rockingham City 12 1 1 10 12 43 6 0 1 5 4 21 6 1 0 5 8 22 -31 4

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.