ECU Joondalup vs Gwelup Croatia SC match preview

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Competition: Australia Npl Western Australia
Competition: Sat 22.August
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: ECU Joondalup A (1000 seats)

Struggling ECU Joondalup will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Gwelup Croatia SC in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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ECU Joondalup form and stats

ECU Joondalup have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Npl Western Australia. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

ECU Joondalup enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Rockingham City's place. The match ended 4-0. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Bayswater City the opponent.

As mentioned above, Joondalup "killed" Rockingham City in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

ECU Joondalup are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Joondalup A in their league games, having scored an impressive 9 goals in 3 matches. Joondalup have conceded 4 in these home matches.

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Gwelup Croatia SC form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the the best goal difference (+15) in Npl Western Australia, on their Npl Western Australia travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Croatia delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Perth (placed 11th) in their previous match; a Npl Western Australia game. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Cockburn City's place.

Gwelup Croatia SC create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 14 goals in 5 travels. Croatia have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

ECU Joondalup missing players

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ECU Joondalup Gwelup Croatia SC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 3 1 Played P 1 5 9
3 2 1 Won W 1 4 6
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
5 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
17 9 6 Scored S 5 14 23
13 4 1 Conceded C 0 5 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 89%
67% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 67%
44% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 44%
11% 33% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 60% 44%
67% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 56%
22% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 33%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 11%
 
4 4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 4.5
5.9 5.3 10 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.2 5.4
2.2 3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.2 1.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
110 29 14 Total Shots T S 0 31 81
50 14 8 Shots on Target S O 0 16 35
34% 64% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 56% 51%
Key stats in Npl Western Australia this season:
  • All of ECU Joondalup's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • ECU Joondalup haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gwelup Croatia SC has the most points (12) away
  • Gwelup Croatia SC has the most points from losing position (9)
  • Gwelup Croatia SC has the the best goal difference (+15)
  • Gwelup Croatia SC has the the best goal difference (+9) away
  • Gwelup Croatia SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gwelup Croatia SC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Gwelup Croatia SC have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Gwelup Croatia SC 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 9 7 1 1 19 8 5 5 0 0 12 2 4 2 1 1 7 6 11 22
2 Gwelup Croatia SC 9 6 2 1 23 8 4 2 2 0 9 3 5 4 0 1 14 5 15 20
3 Bayswater City 9 4 3 2 16 13 4 2 2 0 5 2 5 2 1 2 11 11 3 15
4 Sorrento 9 4 2 3 23 21 5 2 1 2 9 11 4 2 1 1 14 10 2 14
5 Cockburn City 9 4 2 3 12 10 3 2 1 0 7 4 6 2 1 3 5 6 2 14
6 Inglewood United 9 4 2 3 16 15 5 3 1 1 9 7 4 1 1 2 7 8 1 14
7 Armadale 9 4 0 5 19 21 5 1 0 4 8 14 4 3 0 1 11 7 -2 12
8 Balcatta 9 2 5 2 15 14 6 2 3 1 12 10 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 11
9 ECU Joondalup 9 3 1 5 17 13 3 2 0 1 9 4 6 1 1 4 8 9 4 10
10 Perth Glory II 9 3 1 5 12 19 5 3 0 2 10 11 4 0 1 3 2 8 -7 10
11 Perth 9 2 2 5 11 16 4 0 0 4 2 8 5 2 2 1 9 8 -5 8
12 Rockingham City 9 0 1 8 7 32 5 0 1 4 4 18 4 0 0 4 3 14 -25 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.