Struggling Dandenong City will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying South Melbourne in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Dandenong City have the most conceded goals (17) in Npl Victoria
- South Melbourne have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Npl Victoria
Dandenong City and South Melbourne should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Dandenong City form and stats
0 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Dandenong City, who have the most conceded goals (17) in Npl Victoria, have to build on here at Reema Reserve - Pitch 1 in the Npl Victoria.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Green Gully in the Npl Victoria last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that, Dandenong played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Altona Magic.
Dandenong has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Dandenong have conceded 9 goals in these home games, a significant number.
South Melbourne form and stats
3-2-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for South Melbourne, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Npl Victoria, in their Npl Victoria matches away. The fact that South Melbourne have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Melbourne, as they have won on their previous two travels.
South Melbourne have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 242 minutes since they last conceded in Npl Victoria.
The supporters enjoyed Melbourne's previous game versus St. Albans Saints (placed 12th), a Npl Victoria 2-0 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Green Gully with the score of 1-0.
Melbourne find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Melbourne's manager E. Quintas de la Hoz has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Dandenong victory, zero draws and one South Melbourne win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Kalmar 2 goals |  D. Pharoe 2 goals |   G. Sylaidos 2 goals |
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| Dandenong City | South Melbourne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 88% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 20% | 12% |
| 38% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 12% |
| 12% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 12% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 62% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 13.2 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 6.2 | 7.1 |
| 4.8 | 6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 24% | 17% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 37% | 38% |
- All of Dandenong City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dandenong City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Dandenong City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Dandenong City have scored in all their matches so far.
- Dandenong City have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Npl Victoria
- Dandenong City have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Npl Victoria
- Dandenong City have the most conceded goals (17) in Npl Victoria
- Dandenong City have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Npl Victoria
- Dandenong City have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Npl Victoria
- Dandenong City have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Npl Victoria
- Dandenong City have yet to win a game.
- Dandenong City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- South Melbourne have not yet lost a game.
- South Melbourne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- South Melbourne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- South Melbourne have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Npl Victoria
- South Melbourne have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Npl Victoria
- South Melbourne have the most clean sheets (4) in Npl Victoria
| 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 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | South Melbourne | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Heidelberg United | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Melbourne Knights | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Oakleigh Cannons | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Green Gully | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Hume City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Bentleigh Greens | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Port Melbourne | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | Dandenong Thunder | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Eastern Lions | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 12 | St. Albans Saints | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Altona Magic | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | Dandenong City | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 3 |