Both these teams have struggled so far, but three points in this important fixture would certainly help. Get ready for Altona Magic - Eastern Lions!
- Altona Magic have yet to win a game at home.
- Eastern Lions have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Npl Victoria
Altona Magic form and stats
With 0 Npl Victoria wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Altona Magic are certainly not brimming with confidence. Altona Magic are slowly digging their own grave here at Paisley Park Soccer Complex with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Avondale Heights match.
Altona shared the glory with Dandenong City in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Heartbreak before that as Altona lost 0-4 at Green Gully's place.The Altona fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Altona Magic defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Eastern Lions form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Eastern Lions so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Eastern have lost on their last two travels.
Eastern aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. A. Fabris was the last player to find the net.
Home advantage was not enough for Eastern Lions in their previous game, as they lost their Npl Victoria-match, hosting Avondale Heights, 0-4. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Avondale Heights was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Prior to that match, the Eastern Lions manager D. Puscasu faced defeat when travelling to Hume City and losing 0-4.The visiting Eastern have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. Eastern have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Altona Magic and Eastern Lions have met before this season: Eastern Lions - Altona 1-1.Top Goalscorers
  J. Markovski 4 goals |  C. Droustas 4 goals | J. McShane 3 goals |
Altona Magic missing players
Eastern Lions missing players
| Altona Magic | Eastern Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 31 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | 32 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 53% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 59% |
| 41% | 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 22% | 12% |
| 71% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 65% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 2.6 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.6 | 9.1 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 8.5 | 8.8 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 25% | 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | 27% |
- All of Eastern Lions's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Altona Magic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Altona Magic have yet to win a game at home.
- Altona Magic haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Eastern Lions have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Eastern Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Eastern Lions have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Eastern Lions 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 | Avondale Heights | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 23 | 38 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Hume City | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | Bentleigh Greens | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 30 |
| 5 | Heidelberg United | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 6 | Port Melbourne | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 7 | Melbourne Knights | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Dandenong Thunder | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | South Melbourne | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 24 |
| 10 | Green Gully | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Eastern Lions | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 15 |
| 12 | Altona Magic | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -14 | 11 |
| 13 | Dandenong City | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 11 |
| 14 | St. Albans Saints | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | -28 | 10 |