Western United II should not look for any freebies from hosting team Northcote City in this Victoria Premier League 2 fixture. Here's your comprehensive match preview!
- Northcote City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Western United II have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Victoria Premier League 2
Western United II are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Northcote City form and stats
When playing at home in the Victoria Premier League 2, Northcote City have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 12 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at John Cain Memorial Reserve.
A good away victory last time out for Northcote City, who won 2-1 against Eastern Lions (placed 6th).
Prior to that, an away loss at Dandenong City.Some goal stats: A review of the 20 latest league matches shows that 15 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Ffa Cup game versus Adelaide United in only three days. This game is also played here at John Cain Memorial Reserve.
Northcote City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at John Cain Memorial Reserve with 23 goals in 12 league matches. 17 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Western United II form and stats
The visitors are W6-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Victoria Premier League 2.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 4-1 against Kingston in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Moreland Zebras that ended 1-1.Western are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 11 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Interestingly enough, Western United II have found the net in every league fixture they've had since NOT scoring against today's opposition; the Western United II - Northcote City 0-1 match 13 game weeks ago.
Northcote City missing players
Western United II missing players
| Northcote City | Western United II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 40 | 23 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 20 | 42 |
| 36 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 26 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 67% |
| 79% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 45% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 36% | 38% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 21% |
| 71% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 42% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 36% | 38% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 21% |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 5 | 6.1 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.6 | 9.3 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.3 | 11 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 45% | 48% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 9.6 | 9.5 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 10.9 | 10.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
- Northcote City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Western United II have the fewest conceded goals (11) away in Victoria Premier League 2
- Western United II have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Victoria Premier League 2
- Western United II have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Victoria Premier League 2
- Western United II have the the best goal difference (+16) in Victoria Premier League 2
- Western United II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dandenong City | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 43 |
| 2 | Western United II | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 42 |
| 3 | Kingston | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 41 |
| 4 | Manningham United Blues | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 38 |
| 5 | Northcote City | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 40 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 36 |
| 6 | Eastern Lions | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 25 | -2 | 36 |
| 7 | Preston Lions | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 35 |
| 8 | Bulleen Lions | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 44 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 33 |
| 9 | Melbourne City II | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 49 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 19 | -2 | 33 |
| 10 | Langwarrin | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 48 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 25 | -7 | 32 |
| 11 | Werribee City | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 25 | -5 | 30 |
| 12 | Brunswick City | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -12 | 27 |
| 13 | Moreland Zebras | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -11 | 26 |
| 14 | Pascoe Vale | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 32 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -21 | 23 |
