Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sydney United & Rockdale City Suns face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NSW FFA Cup Preliminary. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is a local derby, usually meaning added pressure and significance.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sydney United and Rockdale City Suns.
Sydney United form and stats
Last season their NSW FFA Cup Preliminary adventure ended in the 4th round.Sydney United's results here at Sydney United Sports Center in the New South Wales have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Happy days for Sydney in their previous game, a fixture away at Wollongong Wolves that ended with a 4-3 victory. A goal frenzy last time out for Sydney United, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Wollongong Wolves. Fun stuff to watch!
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a New South Wales home game that ended 2-2 versus APIA Leichhardt Tigers.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sutherland Sharks are coming to town in four days.
Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Sydney United have allowed the opposition to score 15 goals here at Sydney Sports Center.
Rockdale City Suns form and stats
Last season their NSW FFA Cup Preliminary adventure ended in the 7th round.3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Rockdale City Suns playing as the away team in the New South Wales this season.
Rockdale City Suns haven't scored a league goal in the last 188 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Rockdale City Suns in their previous game as they lost hosting Blacktown City, 0-3.
The game before that, in the New South Wales, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Manly United.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sydney Olympic in just four days.
Rockdale have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Sydney United victories, five draws and three Rockdale City Suns wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Urosevski 6 goals |   P. Antelmi 5 goals | C. Payne 5 goals |
Sydney United missing players
Rockdale City Suns missing players
| Sydney United | Rockdale City Suns | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 45 | 16 | Scored | S | 26 | 51 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Conceded | C | 16 | 34 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 24% | ||
| 6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 12.5 | ||
| 5.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | ||
| 34% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | ||
| 12.4 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 10.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Marconi Stallions | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Blacktown City | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Sydney Olympic | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Rockdale City Suns | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Manly United | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Wollongong Wolves | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Sydney United | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -11 | 14 |
| 10 | Sutherland Sharks | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -10 | 9 |
| 11 | Mt Druitt Town | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 6 |
| 12 | North Shore Mariners | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -19 | 5 |
