Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Blacktown City & Sutherland Sharks face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NSW FFA Cup Preliminary. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Blacktown City form and stats
Blacktown City was eliminated in the 7th round last season in the NSW FFA Cup Preliminary.16 points is a decent return from 8 New South Wales games here at Lily's Football Centre for Blacktown City. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Blacktown City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Sydney Olympic. Heartbreak for Blacktown City in their last match as Sydney Olympic's O'Donovan scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
A New South Wales defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Wollongong Wolves.Blacktown are traveling soon after this match as the New South Wales match at Rockdale City Suns awaits in four days.
The Blacktown City manager Crittenden has got the team scoring with 17 from 8 home games in the league. Blacktown City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sutherland Sharks form and stats
Last season their NSW FFA Cup Preliminary adventure ended in the 5th round.Playing away, Sutherland Sharks have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the New South Wales this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Wollongong Wolves with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that result Sutherland won their away game at North Shore Mariners in the New South Wales. The scoreline was 2-1.The schedule is very tough for Sutherland Sharks now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A New South Wales game at Marconi Stallions is waiting in only three days.
Sutherland find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. Sutherland Sharks struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these contenders: Blacktown won eight, Sutherland Sharks triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Smylie 8 goals |  H. Aoyama 3 goals |  J. Andrew 3 goals |
Blacktown City missing players
Sutherland Sharks missing players
| Blacktown City | Sutherland Sharks | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 17 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 15 | ||
| 59 | 43 | Scored | S | 14 | 37 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Conceded | C | 17 | 48 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 60% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 6 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.5 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 42% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 30% | ||
| 9 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sydney II | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | Rockdale City Suns | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Sydney Olympic | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Manly United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Marconi Stallions | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 7 | Blacktown City | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Wollongong Wolves | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Sydney United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 10 | Sutherland Sharks | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 9 |
| 11 | Mt Druitt Town | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 6 |
| 12 | North Shore Mariners | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -15 | 5 |
