This match stars two teams dwelling in the cellar of the Npl Victoria, Eastern Lions holding 14th spot and Dandenong City sitting at 13th. A decent chance for one of the sides to boost their position.
- Eastern Lions have the most conceded goals (41) in Npl Victoria
- Dandenong City have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Npl Victoria
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Eastern Lions form and stats
When playing at home in the Npl Victoria, Eastern Lions, who have the most conceded goals (41) in Npl Victoria, have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 8 games. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in eleven attempts.
No payout for Eastern in their previous match, an away game at Port Melbourne that ended in defeat 1-3.
Ahead of that match, Eastern Lions lost 0-1 at home to Altona Magic.Eastern Lions have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Eastern Lions having conceded 22 goals here at Gardiners Creek Reserve so far.
Dandenong City form and stats
There's been little loot from Dandenong City's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the Npl Victoria. Dandenong City only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Green Gully with 1-4 on the scoreboard.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Hume City.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Dandenong City in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Dandenong, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dandenong City as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Dandenong City's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips. When Dandenong City is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Dandenong, Hume City, Dandenong Thunder and St. Albans Saints.
Head 2 Head
Dandenong City - Eastern Lions 2-2 was the scoreline in these contenders' last head to head game, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Eastern zero wins, one draw and Dandenong City one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. One of the stars has been Kenny with 2 goals scored against Dandenong City in these 2 matches.Top Goalscorers
  N. Kalmar 5 goals |  D. Pharoe 3 goals |  R. Losty 2 goals |
Eastern Lions missing players
Dandenong City missing players
| Eastern Lions | Dandenong City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 41 | 22 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 76% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 82% |
| 71% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 71% |
| 47% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 12% | 35% |
| 24% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 53% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 59% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 41% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 6.8 | 4.5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.7 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.3 | 7 | 8.3 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 31% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 17.1 | 15.9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 13.4 | 13.4 |
| 5.9 | 5.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
- Dandenong City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Dandenong City have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Npl Victoria
- Dandenong City have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Eastern Lions have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Eastern Lions have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Eastern Lions have lost all their home matches so far.
- Eastern Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Eastern Lions have the fewest points (0) at home in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions have the most conceded goals (41) in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions have the the worst goal difference (-27) in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Eastern Lions is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 28 | 40 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 3 | Port Melbourne | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Green Gully | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 5 | Avondale Heights | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 31 |
| 6 | Bentleigh Greens | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 28 |
| 7 | Heidelberg United | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Altona Magic | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 23 |
| 9 | Melbourne Knights | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Dandenong Thunder | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -14 | 21 |
| 12 | Hume City | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -15 | 12 |
| 13 | Dandenong City | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -24 | 10 |
| 14 | Eastern Lions | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -27 | 6 |
