Heidelberg United travel to Dandenong Thunder with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Date: Sat 22.June
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: George Andrews Reserve (5000 seats)

Struggling Dandenong Thunder will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Heidelberg United in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Dandenong Thunder form and stats

Dandenong Thunder's struggle is real here at George Andrews Reserve with only 2 points collected from 8 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 0-2-6. All in all it has been a very rough period for Dandenong Thunder who hasn’t won a game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Dandenong City. With nine home games in a row without a win, the Dandenong Thunder fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Hume City game long ago, can be stopped today.

Dandenong Thunder's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-5 versus Heidelberg United. A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Altona Magic.

Dandenong Thunder has scored 10 goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Dandenong Thunder's defense is seriously deficient as 25 goals have been conceded in these matches.

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Heidelberg United form and stats

3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Heidelberg United playing as the away team this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Heidelberg United on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

It's the second away game in a row for Heidelberg United, but there's smiles all around after the 5-2 victory versus Dandenong Thunder in the Npl Victoria last time out. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Hume City.

The travelling fans enjoy Heidelberg United's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 away matches. Heidelberg United have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Dandenong Thunder - Heidelberg United 2-5. Dandenong Thunder-Heidelberg United H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Dandenong Thunder 0 wins, Heidelberg United 4 wins, 0 draws. 2 of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Heidelberg United missing players

Dandenong Thunder Heidelberg United
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played 1 6 18
3 0 0 Won 1 4 11
4 2 1 Drew 0 0 3
11 7 1 Lost 0 2 4
30 12 2 Scored 3 14 39
53 30 6 Conceded 1 10 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 100% 83% 94%
83% 89% 100% Over 2.5 100% 83% 56%
72% 78% 100% Over 3.5 100% 50% 39%
39% 33% 0% Over 4.5 0% 33% 28%
72% 67% 50% BTTS 100% 83% 72%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 17% 28%
28% 33% 50% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
3.6 3.2 6 Corners For (avg) 3 5.7 5.3
7.8 7.9 5 Corners Against (avg) 1 3 4.1
1.9 1.8 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1 1.7
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 4
Key stats this season:
  • All of Dandenong Thunder's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dandenong Thunder have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Dandenong Thunder have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Dandenong Thunder have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Dandenong Thunder have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dandenong Thunder have yet to win a game at home.
  • Dandenong Thunder haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Heidelberg United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Heidelberg United have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Heidelberg United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Dandenong Thunder
All Npl Victoria
All Home Away
25-05-19 NPL Hume City 3 - 0 Dandenong Thunder
01-06-19 NPL Dandenong Thunder 0 - 2 Kingston
08-06-19 NPL Dandenong Thunder 3 - 5 Oakleigh Cannons
15-06-19 NPL Altona Magic 3 - 2 Dandenong Thunder
22-06-19 NPL Dandenong Thunder 2 - 5 Heidelberg United
28-06-19 NPL Bentleigh Greens 10:15 Dandenong Thunder
06-07-19 NPL Dandenong Thunder 09:00 Dandenong City
13-07-19 NPL Port Melbourne 08:00 Dandenong Thunder
20-07-19 NPL Dandenong Thunder 09:00 Avondale Heights
28-07-19 NPL South Melbourne 06:00 Dandenong Thunder
Heidelberg United
All Ffa Cup Npl Victoria Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
24-05-19 NPL Pascoe Vale 1 - 3 Heidelberg United
01-06-19 NPL Heidelberg United 1 - 1 Green Gully
07-06-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 0 - 1 Heidelberg United
15-06-19 NPL Heidelberg United 1 - 2 Hume City
22-06-19 NPL Dandenong Thunder 2 - 5 Heidelberg United
29-06-19 NPL Heidelberg United 08:00 Oakleigh Cannons
06-07-19 NPL Altona Magic 08:00 Heidelberg United
15-07-19 NPL Kingston 10:30 Heidelberg United
19-07-19 NPL Bentleigh Greens 10:15 Heidelberg United
26-07-19 NPL Dandenong City 10:30 Heidelberg United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Avondale Heights 15 10 4 1 39 15 9 7 1 1 24 8 6 3 3 0 15 7 24 34
2 Heidelberg United 16 10 3 3 32 17 12 7 3 2 25 13 4 3 0 1 7 4 15 33
3 Bentleigh Greens 15 9 2 4 30 23 7 7 0 0 19 6 8 2 2 4 11 17 7 29
4 Hume City 16 8 4 4 30 19 7 5 1 1 17 6 9 3 3 3 13 13 11 28
5 Green Gully 15 6 5 4 29 22 7 2 2 3 13 14 8 4 3 1 16 8 7 23
6 Melbourne Knights 16 7 2 7 22 24 8 3 2 3 11 10 8 4 0 4 11 14 -2 23
7 Oakleigh Cannons 15 6 4 5 23 21 5 3 1 1 8 6 10 3 3 4 15 15 2 22
8 Altona Magic 15 7 1 7 30 30 7 3 1 3 11 9 8 4 0 4 16 19 0 22
9 Port Melbourne 16 6 3 7 25 20 7 3 2 2 12 6 9 3 1 5 13 14 5 21
10 South Melbourne 15 6 2 7 17 26 5 2 1 2 6 8 10 4 1 5 11 18 -9 20
11 Dandenong City 15 4 4 7 24 32 9 2 3 4 14 18 6 2 1 3 10 14 -8 16
12 Pascoe Vale 15 3 2 10 19 33 8 3 1 4 15 15 7 0 1 6 4 18 -14 11
13 Kingston 17 2 4 11 19 35 9 1 2 6 10 20 8 1 2 5 9 15 -16 10
14 Dandenong Thunder 15 2 4 9 25 47 8 0 2 6 10 25 7 2 2 3 13 19 -22 10

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