Eastern Lions will hope their home comforts are enough to get a result from this difficult encounter with high-flying Avondale Heights.
- Eastern Lions have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Avondale Heights have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Npl Victoria
Eastern Lions and Avondale Heights 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.
Eastern Lions form and stats
Eastern Lions's results here at Gardiners Creek Reserve in the Npl Victoria have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
The fans are hoping that Eastern will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the Npl Victoria game against Hume City (placed 3rd). Eastern Lions were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that, Eastern had a home game versus St. Albans Saints which ended with a victory 2-1.The Eastern Lions fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 7 matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Avondale Heights form and stats
Avondale Heights have an excellent away record in the Npl Victoria so far with 4-3-0 from 7 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Avondale as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
Avondale go into this game after a win, the home game against Bentleigh Greens that ended 3-1.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Melbourne Knights.The Avondale Heights manager Z. Markovski has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 7 league matches. Avondale Heights are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Avondale Heights - Eastern Lions 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  S. Valentini 10 goals | L. Boland 6 goals | Y. Ahmed 5 goals |
Eastern Lions missing players
Avondale Heights missing players
| Eastern Lions | Avondale Heights | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 15 | 33 |
| 28 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 50% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 29% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 12% |
| 69% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 56% |
| 6% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 43% | 38% |
| 25% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.2 | 5.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.1 | 9.7 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 12.8 | 12.6 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| 28% | 25% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 42% | 37% |
- All of Avondale Heights's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Avondale Heights have not yet lost a game away.
- Avondale Heights have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Avondale Heights have scored at least twice as many goals away as Eastern Lions have scored home.
- Avondale Heights have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Avondale Heights have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Npl Victoria
- Avondale Heights have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Npl Victoria
- Avondale Heights have the most scored goals (15) away in Npl Victoria
- Avondale Heights have the the best goal difference (+10) away in Npl Victoria
- Avondale Heights have the the best goal difference (+19) in Npl Victoria
- Avondale Heights have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Avondale Heights haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Eastern Lions have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Eastern Lions 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 | Avondale Heights | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | Hume City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | Heidelberg United | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Bentleigh Greens | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Port Melbourne | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 26 |
| 7 | Melbourne Knights | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | South Melbourne | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Dandenong Thunder | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 22 |
| 10 | Green Gully | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Eastern Lions | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 15 |
| 12 | Altona Magic | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -14 | 10 |
| 13 | Dandenong City | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 10 |
| 14 | St. Albans Saints | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | -27 | 10 |