An important duel in the bottom section of the Npl Victoria, with both Dandenong Thunder and St. Albans Saints experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 12th and the visitors in 10th place.
- Dandenong Thunder have yet to win a game at home.
- St. Albans Saints have the most points from losing position (7) 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.
Dandenong Thunder form and stats
Dandenong Thunder have played three Npl Victoria home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
In their previous game, the manager S. Elmazi led his Dandenong to a defeat in the Npl Victoria match away at South Melbourne. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at George Andrews Reserve. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Port Melbourne.
Dandenong has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Dandenong have conceded 4 in these home matches.
St. Albans Saints form and stats
St. Albans Saints are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Npl Victoria, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
There might be some fixture complaints from Albans as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Npl Victoria match against Port Melbourne (0-5). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Eastern Lions.
Albans lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
The attacking power of Albans when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. The Albans manager K. Razov has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Bonada 3 goals | M. Memeti 1 goals | A. Sulemani 1 goals |
Dandenong Thunder missing players
St. Albans Saints missing players
| Dandenong Thunder | St. Albans Saints | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 83% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 83% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 13.3 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.7 | 8.3 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.7 | 3.2 |
| 26% | 25% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 26% |
- All of Dandenong Thunder's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dandenong Thunder have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Dandenong Thunder have yet to win a game at home.
- Dandenong Thunder haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Albans Saints have the most points from losing position (7) 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 | South Melbourne | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Avondale Heights | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Heidelberg United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Melbourne Knights | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Green Gully | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Port Melbourne | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | Eastern Lions | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Hume City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | St. Albans Saints | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Bentleigh Greens | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Dandenong Thunder | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Altona Magic | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 3 |
| 14 | Dandenong City | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 1 |