Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sutherland Sharks & NWS Spirit 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.
Sutherland Sharks form and stats
Sutherland participated in NSW FFA Cup Preliminary the last season, where they reached the 5th round.2-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the New South Wales numbers at home for Sutherland Sharks so far this season.
Sutherland Sharks drew their last game, also a home match. Sydney II was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
In the game before, an away victory in the New South Wales match versus Bulls Academy with a 2-1 scoreline.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sutherland Sharks handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 0 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the New South Wales game versus Sydney Olympic in only three days. This game is also played here at Seymour Shaw Park.
The lack of attacking qualities in Sutherland means that they have only scored {2 goals} in 7 league home games, less than half a goal per match. From these home matches, Sutherland Sharks have conceded only 6 goals.
NWS Spirit form and stats
Last season their NSW FFA Cup Preliminary adventure ended in the 7th round.NWS Spirit have only collected 5 points from their away games in the New South Wales, after 1-2-3 (6 played).
NWS Spirit won their last game, 1-0 versus Western Sydney W. II played at home.
Preceding that game, the 0-5 loss visiting APIA Leichhardt Tigers's place.The schedule is very tough for Spirit now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A New South Wales game at Bulls Academy is waiting in only three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting NWS Spirit as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. NWS Spirit have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Brown 4 goals |  R. Darko 3 goals | M. Cahill 3 goals |
Sutherland Sharks missing players
NWS Spirit missing players
| Sutherland Sharks | NWS Spirit | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 35 | 14 | Scored | S | 17 | 40 | ||
| 37 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 35 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 6.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 1.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 5 | ||
| 38% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | ||
| 9.7 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 34 |
| 2 | Rockdale City Suns | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Marconi Stallions | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 28 |
| 4 | Sydney United | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | St George City FA | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Sydney II | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Blacktown City | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | Sydney Olympic | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | Sutherland Sharks | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 21 |
| 10 | Wollongong Wolves | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | NWS Spirit | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 18 |
| 12 | Central Coast II | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Manly United | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Mt Druitt Town | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Western Sydney W. II | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 16 | Bulls Academy | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 10 |
