Altona Magic hope to fill the stadium for this fixture despite that the season has been back-breaking so far with 23 points and a 10th position in the Npl Victoria table. Guests Avondale Heights own 5th place with 34 pts.
- Altona Magic have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Npl Victoria
- Avondale Heights have scored more than double the goals of Altona Magic.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
This looks to be an appealing match with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Altona Magic form and stats
Altona Magic's struggle is real here at Paisley Park Soccer Complex with only 10 points collected from 10 Npl Victoria games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-1-6. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Altona with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Dandenong Thunder game, 34 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Altona Magic faced defeat in their previous match, away at Dandenong City (1-2).
Ahead of that match, Altona Magic lost 1-4 at home to Port Melbourne.A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 21 most recent league games reveals that 17 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Altona aren't scoring a lot here at Paisley Park Soccer Complex in the league, with only 6 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Altona Magic defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Avondale Heights form and stats
The visitors are W5-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Npl Victoria.
Home advantage was not enough for Avondale Heights in their previous game as they lost hosting Oakleigh Cannons, 1-4.
Take note! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 8 of this club's last 10 league games.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Avondale are regular goalscorers on their travels. In the opposite end, Avondale Heights have conceded 16 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams face each other this campaign, as the statistics show this recent game: Avondale Heights - Altona Magic 3-0. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's zero Altona victories, one draw and four Avondale Heights wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last five duels.Top Goalscorers
  L. Boland 8 goals | S. Valentini 6 goals |   M. Aidara 5 goals |
Altona Magic missing players
Avondale Heights missing players
| Altona Magic | Avondale Heights | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 10 | 23 | 42 |
| 29 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 31 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 81% |
| 48% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 62% |
| 14% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 38% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | 29% |
| 19% | 20% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 57% |
| 33% | 30% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 40% | 33% |
| 57% | 60% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 5.3 | 6 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4 | 5.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 7.6 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 9.6 | 11 |
| 3.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 21% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 49% | 40% |
| 8.2 | 6.3 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 5.6 | 6.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
- All of Avondale Heights's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Altona Magic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Altona Magic have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Npl Victoria
- Avondale Heights have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Avondale Heights have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Avondale Heights have scored more than double the goals of Altona Magic.
- Avondale Heights have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Avondale Heights 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 | South Melbourne | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 53 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 35 | 50 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 31 | 48 |
| 3 | Port Melbourne | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 43 |
| 4 | Bentleigh Greens | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 35 |
| 5 | Avondale Heights | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 34 |
| 6 | Green Gully | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 33 |
| 7 | Heidelberg United | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | Dandenong Thunder | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 14 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Melbourne Knights | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | Altona Magic | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -13 | 23 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -15 | 23 |
| 12 | Hume City | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -14 | 19 |
| 13 | Dandenong City | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -28 | 16 |
| 14 | Eastern Lions | 21 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 27 | -40 | 6 |
