Only a few games have been played in the Npl Victoria so far, with Eastern Lions placed 8th and Dandenong Thunder sitting in the 13th position.
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
Eastern Lions's first Npl Victoria home game here at Gardiners Creek Reserve ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from 2 matches.
Eastern enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Port Melbourne's place. The match ended 2-1. A 1-1 draw away before that, with South Melbourne the opponent.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Eastern Lions at home in the league. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Dandenong Thunder form and stats
Dandenong Thunder have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Npl Victoria were 1 victory, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 2 fixtures.
Dandenong failed to get anything from their last game, a Npl Victoria home match vs Bentleigh Greens (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-2. A 1-2 defeat away at Melbourne Knights before that.
1 goal so far away for Dandenong Thunder, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Fabris 1 goals | G. Georgopoulos 1 goals |  M. Memeti 1 goals |
Eastern Lions missing players
Dandenong Thunder missing players
| Eastern Lions | Dandenong Thunder | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 10.3 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| Eastern Lions | Last season | Dandenong Thunder | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 80% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 14 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.8 | ||
| 10% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Green Gully | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Bentleigh Greens | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Melbourne Knights | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | St. Albans Saints | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Hume City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | South Melbourne | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Avondale Heights | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Eastern Lions | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Altona Magic | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Port Melbourne | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Heidelberg United | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Oakleigh Cannons | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | Dandenong Thunder | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Dandenong City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hume City | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Dandenong Thunder | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Avondale Heights | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 9 |
| 5 | Heidelberg United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Port Melbourne | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | St. Albans Saints | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | South Melbourne | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Green Gully | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Bentleigh Greens | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Melbourne Knights | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 2 |
| 12 | Dandenong City | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 13 | Eastern Lions | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 1 |
| 14 | Altona Magic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -11 | 1 |