It?s no Cognito write up, but you definitely are on point Lofty, two crunch games await us.
Cannot see Dudley nor Suns dropping points until they clash once more.
Swansea 1-1 Uni
Cardiff 1-4 Olympic
Westlakes 0-5 Dudley
Suns 4-0 Minmi
Warners Bay 2-2 Azzurri
Kotara 1-2 Mayfield
I didn't even want to try compete with Cognito haha, but thought it was worth noting! Going to be an exciting end to the season with plenty still to be decided.Originally Posted by MurderOnZidanesFloor
Swansea 6th vs. Uni 10th
- Reverse fixture (Uni 3-1)
- Uni have now lost 5 games in a row.
- These two teams have never drawn a match in their 13 ZPL games.
- Uni are winless in their 8 away games this season. This winless streak extends to 17 games (16 losses and a draw). Their last away win was against Garden Suburb in round 18, 2016.
- Swansea have conceded 13 goals in their last 4 games.
Cardiff 12th vs. Olympic 7th
- Reverse fixture (Olympic 4-0)
- Olympic have lost their last three games.
- 7 of Cardiff’s 8 points (88%) this season have come at home.
- Cardiff games are averaging the league’s highest goals per game rate at 5, while Olympic are averaging the league lowest goals per game rate at 3.4.
- Cardiff has the league worst defense, conceding 63 goals in 13 games (3.4 per game)
West Lakes 8th vs. Dudley 1st
- Reverse fixture (Dudley 3-1)
- Dudley’s winning streak extends to 15 games in a row.
- Dudley have returned to being the league highest goal scorers with 51 goals in 17 games (3 per game).
- Dudley have won all three matches between these two with a combined score of 17-2.
Suns 2nd vs. Minmi 11th
- Reverse fixture (Suns 2-0)
- Suns winning streak extends to 7 games in a row.
- Minmi have lost all 8 of their away games this season.
- Suns have only been kept scoreless at home in 1 of their last 23 games.
- Minmi have conceded 24 goals in their 7 away games this season (3.4 goals per game)
W. Bay 4th vs. Azzuri 9th
- Reverse fixture (W. Bay 5-0)
- Azzuri are winless in their 9 away games this season (2 draws and 7 losses).
- W. Bay have only conceded 8 of their 25 goals at home this season (32%).
- Azzuri have the leagues worst attack, scoring only 21 goals in 17 games.
- W. bay have won the last 3 fixtures between these two teams with a combined score of 10-1.
Kotara 3rd vs Mayfield 5th
- Reverse fixture (Mayfield 3-1)
- Kotara have won 6 of their 8 homes games this season.
- Only 1 point separates these teams on the table.
- These two teams have drawn 5 of their 11 ZPL matches played (45%).
- Those 11 matches have resulted in 1 Kotara win, 5 draws and 5 Mayfield wins.
- Kotara have been kept scoreless in only 1 of their last 17 games.
- Mayfield have scored 11 goals in their last 3 games.
ZPL Stats
- There have been no draws in the last three rounds (18 games). The last draw was 22 games ago.
- There have only been 5 draws in the last 54 games (9%).
- The 85 games this season has resulted in 50 home wins (59%)
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Some very deep dives there, brilliant stuff.
Great summary but you forgot to give your tips
Cog - great read and we all thank you.
Mindblowing how much teams seem to struggle with away games!
Just a couple of small ones, feel free to ignore. I just wanted to let you know incase they were oversights - Azzurri has two R's, and Westlakes is just one word without a cap.
Kind regards
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Or just how much stronger and more comfortable teams are at home. There's a massive difference in ground quality, sizes, slopes.... etc. Certain grounds suit certain teams. We don't have massive crowds in local league, but home support always helps a little too.
Westlakes vs Dudley
3rds 0-6
Res 1-3
1st 2-3
Suns v Minmi
Firsts 3-0
Ressies 4-1
Thirds 6-1
W Bay vs Azzurri
1sts 3-0
Res 4-1 (I think?)
3rds 3-2
The run of no draws continues!
Swansea closing the gap on the top 5 and with massive games against Dudley, Kotara, Westlakes and Warners Bay. Should they get the points required in those games it will be a big effort and deserving place in the finals.
Kotara with just 1 win from their last 6 games face Olympic, Swansea, Minmi and Suns. The big game at Swnasea will have a lot to say on how things finish.
Premiership race could have a potentially exciting finish as well. Suns will have to win out for the rest of the season (which will include having to beat Dudley) and hope one of the other teams can at the very least jag a draw off the Thistles. Will then come down to GD.
I can't see a team winning the Grand Final from 4th or 5th. That would require winning 4 straight games including beating both Dudley and the Suns. You also have to factor in the more games the higher chance of injury and suspension with card hungry referees around finals time.
What about the race for the wooden spoon and the relegation battle? Azzuri are safe. The Uni could find themselves in trouble if Cardiff defeat Minmi this Sunday.
Cardiff lose and they are odds on to be relegated..
Azzurri ZL1 might save Cardiff from being relegated anyway. They need just 1 point from the last two to confirm the Premiership. Unless the Automatic spot goes to second who currently is Croatia
If Azzurri ZPL end up safe and Azzurri ZL1 finish first, is it more fair to still enforce the bottom team to be relegated and bring up a team that didn't actually earn promotion?
Or do the bottom ZPL have their blushes saved since the ZL1 winner is unable to come up?
No one will go down, unless they ask for it this year. Promotion/Relegation comes in next year.
Or have I missed something.
Completely agree with this. Personally I think the grand final winner will either be Dudley or Suns however if the likes of Warners Bay, Mayfield, Kotara & Swansea are to have any chance they will need to finish in that 3rd place position.
If you finish last in a 12 team competition you should be relegated no matter what.... Azzurri ZL1 might go and play somewhere else? Their socials do indicate they label themselves as FC Novacastria. Maybe they could just play as FC Novocastria and stay under the Azzurri banner to allow the both to stay in the competition.
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