Victoria Premier League 2 game preview and facts: Northcote City fight Brunswick City

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Competition: Australia Victoria Premier League 2
Competition: Fri 07.Jul
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: John Cain Memorial Reserve (2000 seats)

Northcote City are hosting Brunswick City for yet another vital fixture following their 1-3 result against Melbourne Knights.

Insights:
  • Northcote City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brunswick City have won significantly less corners away then at home.

This should be an exciting match with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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Northcote City form and stats

3-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Victoria Premier League 2 numbers at home for Northcote City so far this season.

Northcote's previous fixture was also a home event, the loss 1-3 versus Melbourne Knights (in Victoria Dockerty Cup).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Bulleen Lions that ended 0-0.

Take note: 12 of the latest 15 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each team.

A decent goal production from Northcote City in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Northcote City have conceded 17 from these games.

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Brunswick City form and stats

4 wins, 0 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Brunswick City playing as the away team in the Victoria Premier League 2 this season. It's a growing despair in Brunswick as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Brunswick City's previous game was their home loss versus Kingston (1-3).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Moreland Zebras's place.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Brunswick have scored 13 goals in 10 league games away. Brunswick City struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Brunswick City - Northcote 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Northcote City one win, two draws and Brunswick City one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Northcote City missing players

Brunswick City missing players

Northcote City Brunswick City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
7 3 1 Won W 1 4 7
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 2
9 5 1 Lost L 2 6 11
30 18 3 Scored S 3 13 26
31 17 3 Conceded C 6 18 35
95% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
84% 90% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 70% 75%
79% 90% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 60% 65%
37% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 30%
16% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 15%
74% 80% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 65%
21% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 10% 10%
11% 10% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 25%
 
5.3 5.4 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.3 4.5
5.4 6.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.7 5.8
2.7 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.6
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.8 9.3 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 10.1 9.9
3.6 4.1 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.4 3.6
44% 44% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 38% 36%
 
10.7 10.4 11 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 11.4 11.2
4.1 4.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.2 4.3
Key stats in Victoria Premier League 2 this season:
  • Brunswick City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Brunswick City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Northcote City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 20 11 4 5 42 27 10 6 2 2 20 12 10 5 2 3 22 15 15 37
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 20 9 7 4 33 26 10 3 4 3 14 14 10 6 3 1 19 12 7 34
4 Dandenong City 20 10 3 7 30 23 10 7 1 2 19 9 10 3 2 5 11 14 7 33
5 Eastern Lions 19 9 3 7 31 30 9 5 2 2 15 8 10 4 1 5 16 22 1 30
6 Langwarrin 20 9 2 9 38 44 10 5 0 5 19 22 10 4 2 4 19 22 -6 29
7 Manningham United Blues 19 7 7 5 34 29 9 3 3 3 17 13 10 4 4 2 17 16 5 28
8 Werribee City 19 7 5 7 31 33 12 5 3 4 20 18 7 2 2 3 11 15 -2 26
9 Melbourne City II 20 8 2 10 37 40 10 3 1 6 16 23 10 5 1 4 21 17 -3 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 Moreland Zebras 20 7 3 10 19 27 10 3 1 6 9 17 10 4 2 4 10 10 -8 24
12 Brunswick City 20 7 2 11 26 35 10 3 2 5 13 17 10 4 0 6 13 18 -9 23
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 20 6 2 12 27 44 10 2 2 6 14 23 10 4 0 6 13 21 -17 20