Game week two of the NPSL season and the sides have had a few days to digest the first fixture. Here's the best Georgia Storm - North Alabama pre-match guide:
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Georgia Storm form and stats
The previous season, Georgia Storm's league results were 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, providing 2nd spot in the NPSL. Over these ten matches they scored 26 goals and conceded 9. Performing at their own stadium in the former season Georgia Storm generated 3-1-1 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 2 conceded.
In their previous game, led his Georgia to a defeat away at LSA Limeño. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here.
Heartbreak before that as Georgia Storm lost 1-2 at Georgia Revolution's place.North Alabama form and stats
Let's have a look at how North Alabama performed last season in the NPSL: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats. In total they scored 13 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 0 and lost 4 with 7/13 goals scored/conceded. A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the NPSL, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats from 5 matches.
Two trips in a row for Alabama, whose coach could celebrate last time after the win against Apotheos.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Metro Louisville.2 goals so far away for North Alabama, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the former two meetings): Georgia Storm won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and North Alabama got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneGeorgia Storm missing players
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| Georgia Storm | North Alabama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia Storm | Last season | North Alabama | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 12 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 29 | 21 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 13 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 60% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 40% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 30% | ||
| 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 70% | ||
| 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Appalachian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | North Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | LSA Limeño | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Apotheos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | Georgia Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 6 | Georgia Revolution | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Georgia Revolution | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 25 |
| 2 | Georgia Storm | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 17 |
| 3 | Appalachian | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | LSA Limeño | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 5 | North Alabama | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 7 |
| 6 | Metro Louisville | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 23 | -22 | 7 |
