On paper it looks like advantage Eastern Lions in this fixture vs Northcote City, but the away side will resist to the bitter end. Here's the Tipsway match preview!
- Northcote City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Victoria Dockerty Cup game only four days ago.
Eastern Lions form and stats
5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Victoria Premier League 2 numbers at home for Eastern Lions so far this season. Eastern have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus Kingston City last time out and are looking for a victory here.
In the match before that, Eastern Lions hosted Moreland Zebras and drew the game 0-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Eastern have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.
The Eastern Lions fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Eastern Lions have conceded only 8 goals.
Northcote City form and stats
Playing away, Northcote City have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Victoria Premier League 2 this season.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Victoria Dockerty Cup home loss versus Melbourne Knights with 1-3 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Bulleen Lions.Northcote City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Observe that 13 of this club's 15 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.
Northcote have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 12 goals have been scored. Northcote City struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also met each other previously this campaign: Northcote City - Eastern Lions 4-1.
Eastern Lions missing players
Northcote City missing players
| Eastern Lions | Northcote City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 31 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 30 |
| 30 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 31 |
| 89% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 74% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 84% |
| 58% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 79% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 37% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 58% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 74% |
| 32% | 44% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 21% |
| 21% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 5.9 | 7.6 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| 2.3 | 3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 10.2 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 8.3 | 8.8 |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 36% | 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 44% | 44% |
| 9.4 | 9.1 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 11 | 10.7 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
- Northcote City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kingston City | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 34 |
| 2 | Western United II | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Preston Lions | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | Dandenong City | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Eastern Lions | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 30 |
| 6 | Manningham United Blues | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 28 |
| 7 | Langwarrin | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 36 | 42 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -6 | 28 |
| 8 | Melbourne City II | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 16 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Werribee City | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | Northcote City | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Brunswick City | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -7 | 23 |
| 12 | Moreland Zebras | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -10 | 21 |
| 13 | Bulleen Lions | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -2 | 20 |
| 14 | Pascoe Vale | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -15 | 20 |
