Round 17 of the Northern NSW NPL brings together Newcastle Olympic and Broadmeadow Magic at Darling St Oval. The Reserve Grade of both teams are sulking over defeats from the previous round while in First Grade Broadmeadow Magic appear stronger on paper.
Newcastle Olympic and Broadmeadow Magic have played 13 games and in Reserve Grade the boys in blue are in 1st spot on 30 points while the visitors in 3rd place on 23 points. Olympic witnessed a 10 game winning streak come to an end when they were narrowly defeated in the previous round 1-0 by Maitland. Magic went down 1-0 to Lambton Jaffas midweek and have only 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in their past five games.
The break caused by 3-4 weeks of wash out fixtures due to the weather has certainly affected the momentum of both teams. Despite where they sit on the table when these two teams meet any result is possible as the matches are a local derby!
In the fixture at Magic Park earlier in the season Magic dominated play in the first half and pulled away to a 2-0 lead before Olympic reversed the domination and won the match 4-2! Both teams are similar in attack but in defence Magic have leaked in 7 more goals than Olympic!
Given that it is a derby and given that both lost last week, both teams will be out to restore their pride! Will Olympic return to their winning ways and make it a double against their arch-rival or will Magic avenge the 4-2 loss on home soil from earlier in the year?
Kick off at 12:00pm on Sunday 29th June 2025 at Darling St Oval
Newcastle Olympic and Broadmeadow Magic First Grade appear to have some difference between them on paper! Newcastle Olympic are in 5th spot on the table with 18 points while Broadmeadow Magic are in 2nd spot on 34 points! An incredible 16 point gap exists between the two teams and while Magic have had only one loss and one draw all season, winning all the rest, Olympic have not won since Round 8 on the 11th April!
In the fixture between the two teams earlier in the year Olympic lost 2-1 at Magic Park despite dominating play! Since then Magic have continued to show a level of consistency that has made the competition a two horse race with Edgeworth. Olympic on the other hand have found scoring difficult of late resulting in them accumulating 6 draws, the equal highest of the competition!
Regardless of position on the table and statistics all games between these two teams are a derby and any result is possible.
Will Olympic break the ice and win their first game since April or will Magic continue their journey at the top by defeating their rival at Darling St Oval?
Kick off at 2:00pm on Sunday 29th June 2025 at Darling St Oval
Source: Tom Tsamouras
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