- Hakoah Sydney City East are 11th in New South Wales League 1, Prospect United FC are 14th.
- Hakoah’s last 5 league games: W1, D3, L1.
Style clash to produce open game
Hakoah Sydney City East and Prospect United FC play a completely different type of football and their contrasting styles should ensure that Sunday’s game is an open, end-to-end contest.
Hakoah are a more typical club side that play a technical, possession-based game where players are encouraged to play through the thirds, build from the back, and overload the wide areas. Their game is all about changing the pace and they have proven to be a very tough team to beat in the second half of matches.
Prospect’s approach is much more pragmatic and compact. They are not an expansive side by any means and sit in deep with lines of players across the pitch. They aim to be organised enough to avoid losing the ball in dangerous positions and will look to counter-attack or create goals from set pieces.
Hosts should have the edge
Hakoah Sydney City East are unbeaten in their 2 home games this season, drawing both of those matches, while Prospect have lost 2 of their 3 away trips in New South Wales League 1 (D1, L2).
That poor away record should worry the visitors and we’re taking the hosts to win on Sunday, with Prospect not looking convincing enough to take anything from the match.
Both teams have struggled so far this term with Hakoah 11th in the table on 7 points from 6 games and Prospect 14th on 3 from the same number of matches. This is a crucial game for the visitors who are adjusting to League One football following their promotion and they know that they need to start collecting points to move away from the relegation zone.
Hakoah have drawn their 2 home matches so far and they have conceded just 1 goal per game at home this campaign. Given Prospect’s defensive record on the road, the ‘Over 2.5 goals’ market looks incredibly short at 1.41, but we think the odds on this game make sense as Hakoah are 1.72 favourites and Prospect are listed as 3.76 outsiders.
No player from either team really jumps out at us from the recent reports and we’re content to take the match result for our main selection on this New South Wales League 1 clash.
