This has the potential to be an appealing game as Dandenong Thunder have their presumed home advantage, while Bentleigh Greens lead them by 7 points in the Npl Victoria table.
- Bentleigh Greens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
The visiting Bentleigh Greens played their last game only four days ago, a Victoria Dockerty Cup match.
Dandenong Thunder form and stats
When playing at home in the Npl Victoria, Dandenong Thunder have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.
Dandenong are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus South Melbourne.
Before that match, a win away at Avondale Heights.This is expected to be a close game, with Dandenong Thunder perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Dandenong Thunder as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Dandenong Thunder has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Dandenong are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Dandenong Thunder defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Bentleigh Greens form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Bentleigh Greens playing as the away team in the Npl Victoria this season.
The Bentleigh Greens goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 448 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The club members enjoyed Bentleigh's previous game versus Heidelberg United, a Victoria Dockerty Cup win (2-1) played at home.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Eastern Lions.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Bentleigh Greens in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Bentleigh Greens, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Bentleigh Greens have conceded 19 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head meeting ended Bentleigh Greens - Dandenong 2-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Dandenong Thunder victories, one draw and seven Bentleigh Greens wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Waring 7 goals |  B. Mann 6 goals | A. Sulemani 5 goals |
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| Dandenong Thunder | Bentleigh Greens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 28 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 20 | 37 |
| 29 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | 25 |
| 95% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 81% | 90% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 71% |
| 62% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 62% |
| 24% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 80% | 43% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 40% | 24% |
| 57% | 70% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 70% | 52% |
| 19% | 10% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 43% |
| 29% | 30% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.6 | 10.1 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 13.1 | 12.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.3 | 5 |
| 34% | 37% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 38% | 35% |
| 8.3 | 8.8 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.5 | 9.2 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | 3.8 |
- Bentleigh Greens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 |
