Points have been hard to come by for Grange Thistle so far, and that also applies to North Star. These hardened teams pray for some crucial points here.
- Grange Thistle have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- North Star have the fewest scored goals (11) in Queensland Premier League 2
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
These are full days for the host team, as they had a game only three days ago in the Queensland Premier League 2. Thankfully the previous game, versus Samford Rangers, was also a home game here at Lanham Park. The away team is better rested.
Grange Thistle form and stats
Grange Thistle have played 5 Queensland Premier League 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-4 (wins-draws-losses). Three consecutive losses here at Lanham Park is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
The Grange Thistle crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Samford Rangers here at Lanham Park.
Before that match, a win away at Samford Rangers.The Grange Thistle fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Thistle have let the opposition score 17 times, an average of more than three per game.
North Star form and stats
North Star have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Queensland Premier League 2, after 1-1-5 (7 played). With the North Star losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Home advantage was not enough for North Star in their previous game as they lost hosting Holland Park Hawks, 0-3.
Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Taringa Rovers's place.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the North manager as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Samford Rangers.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far North Star have scored 10 goals in 7 league games away. North Star can't defend away. 25 goals have been scored by the opposition in 7 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above. When North Star is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Taringa Rovers, Virginia United and North Star.
Head 2 Head
This is what happened when the participants faced each other earlier this season; North Star - Thistle 1-0. Head to head numbers (for the previous five meetings): Grange Thistle won three games, one match ended with a draw and North Star got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / threeGrange Thistle missing players
North Star missing players
| Grange Thistle | North Star | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 14 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 24 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 25 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 86% | 67% |
| 44% | 80% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 43% | 33% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 86% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 14% | 22% |
| 5.7 | 3.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.4 | 8.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.3 | 10.8 |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 35% | 35% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 24% |
| 11.1 | 13.4 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 15 | 13.9 |
| 6.3 | 7.6 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 10 | 7.7 | 7.2 |
- All of Grange Thistle's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of North Star's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Grange Thistle have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Grange Thistle have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Grange Thistle have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Grange Thistle have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Grange Thistle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- North Star have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- North Star have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- North Star have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- North Star have the fewest scored goals (11) in Queensland Premier League 2
- North Star 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 | Surfers Paradise Apollo | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 32 | 31 |
| 2 | Albany Creek Excelsior | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 26 |
| 3 | Holland Park Hawks | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Samford Rangers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | Magic United | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | WDSC Wolves | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Souths United | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -12 | 10 |
| 8 | Coomera Colts | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 25 | -10 | 9 |
| 9 | Taringa Rovers | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -7 | 8 |
| 10 | Grange Thistle | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -10 | 7 |
| 11 | North Star | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 25 | -17 | 7 |
| 12 | Virginia United | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 32 | -21 | 7 |
