After the first game it's Melbourne City U21 - Brisbane U21 1-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second National Youth League game of the season?
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Melbourne City U21 form and stats
A National Youth League draw at home so far for Melbourne City U21. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat from 4 matches.
The home supporters saw a 6-6 draw versus Perth Glory U21 in the National Youth League last time out and are looking for a win here. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Adelaide U21.
A case of two points dropped for Melbourne City U21 in the Perth Glory U21 match as a lead 6-3 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. A goal frenzy last time out for Melbourne City U21, with a total of 12 goals in the match against Perth Glory U21. Fun stuff to watch!
Melbourne City U21 has the goal stats of 6-6 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Last season, Melbourne City U21's league statistics were 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the National Youth League. Over these eight matches they scored 19 goals and conceded 14. Playing at home last season Melbourne City U21 managed 2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 9 conceded.
Brisbane U21 form and stats
Brisbane U21 are travelling after their nice 7-0 home win in the National Youth League against Melbourne Victory U21 (placed 3rd). Preceding that game was the away Npl Queensland victory against Western Pride with the score of 3-1.
As mentioned above, Brisbane U21 was the only team on the pitch versus Melbourne Victory U21 in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention M. Muratovic's lethal finishing against Melbourne Victory U21. 3 goals was a big reason for the three points.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Melbourne City U21 won 2 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Brisbane U21 has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 1Melbourne City U21 missing players
Brisbane U21 missing players
| Melbourne City U21 | Brisbane U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 78% |
| Melbourne City U21 | Last season | Brisbane U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 8 | 4 | Played | P | 11 | 24 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Scored | S | 20 | 35 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Conceded | C | 26 | 45 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 67% | ||
| 62% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 42% | ||
| 50% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 29% | ||
| 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 62% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 21% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 21% | ||
| 6 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.3 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 44 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 91 | 168 | ||
| 27 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 42 | 72 | ||
| 30% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brisbane U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Adelaide U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 4 | Melbourne City U21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Perth Glory U21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brisbane U21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2 | Melbourne City U21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Perth Glory U21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Adelaide U21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 10 |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory U21 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -14 | 4 |