Bentleigh Greens will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Melbourne Knights.
- Melbourne Knights have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Npl Victoria
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.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Bentleigh Greens form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Bentleigh Greens have to build on here at Kingston Heath Soccer Complex in the Npl Victoria. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Bentleigh Greens has won four games in a row. The Heidelberg United match was the last time out without a victory. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Kingston Heath Soccer Complex.
Before that, Bentleigh Greens had a home game versus Green Gully which ended with a victory 3-2.
The Bentleigh fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. On the other hand, Bentleigh have conceded 8 goals.
Melbourne Knights form and stats
1-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Melbourne Knights in their Npl Victoria matches away. It's three draws from Melbourne's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Melbourne goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Dandenong City.
Melbourne find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Melbourne have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Bentleigh victories, zero draws and three Melbourne Knights wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Crowley 4 goals |  G. Albano 3 goals | C. Mikulic 3 goals |
Bentleigh Greens missing players
Melbourne Knights missing players
| Bentleigh Greens | Melbourne Knights | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 64% |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 55% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 18% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 80% | 55% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 36% |
| 27% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 10.5 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 6.8 | 8 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 41% | 32% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 47% | 44% |
- Melbourne Knights have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Melbourne Knights have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Melbourne Knights have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Npl Victoria
- Melbourne Knights 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 | South Melbourne | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 2 | Avondale Heights | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Melbourne Knights | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Heidelberg United | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 5 | Bentleigh Greens | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Oakleigh Cannons | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Green Gully | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Hume City | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | Port Melbourne | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Dandenong Thunder | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Eastern Lions | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 12 | St. Albans Saints | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -17 | 8 |
| 13 | Altona Magic | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 5 |
| 14 | Dandenong City | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -10 | 4 |