Striving Eastern Lions are eager to pull off a surprise when they welcome high-flying South Melbourne in the upcoming league match. It’s 14th vs 1st and the home regulars will have not-so-high expectations.
- Eastern Lions have the most conceded goals (48) in Npl Victoria
- South Melbourne have the most scored goals (47) 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.
Eastern Lions form and stats
0 victories, 0 draws and 9 defeats. That’s what Eastern Lions have to build on here at Gardiners Creek Reserve in the Npl Victoria. All in all it has been a very rough period for days ago.
Eastern are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-5 away versus Avondale Heights. 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.
Ahead of that match, Eastern lost 0-2 at home to Dandenong City.Eastern Lions aren't scoring a lot here at Gardiners Creek Reserve in the league, with only 6 goals from 9 games. 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 24 goals here at Gardiners Creek Reserve so far. When Eastern hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Dandenong City, Altona Magic, Hume City and St. Albans Saints), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
South Melbourne form and stats
6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of South Melbourne playing as the away team in the Npl Victoria this season.
South Melbourne's last game was the home draw against Green Gully (0-0).
Prior to that result South Melbourne won their away game at Hume City. The scoreline was 3-1.The travelling fans enjoy South Melbourne's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 10 league matches away. As opposed to that, Melbourne have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams meet this campaign, as the statistics show this recent game: South Melbourne - Eastern Lions 5-0. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - one - three (Eastern Lions wins - draws - South Melbourne wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters. Sawyer likes to play against Eastern Lions and have scored 8 goals in these games.Top Goalscorers
  H. Sawyer 13 goals | M. Mikkola 8 goals | P. Langlois 7 goals |
Eastern Lions missing players
South Melbourne missing players
| Eastern Lions | South Melbourne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 9 | 18 | 47 |
| 48 | 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 79% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 84% |
| 68% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 68% |
| 47% | 44% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 47% |
| 26% | 33% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 32% |
| 53% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 70% | 53% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 47% |
| 42% | 56% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| 7.1 | 4.6 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.2 | 5.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.6 | 11.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
| 30% | 26% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 42% | 46% |
| 16.9 | 15 | 15.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.9 |
| 6.3 | 5.7 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3 | 3 |
- 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 the fewest clean sheets (1) in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions have the fewest points (0) at home in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions have the most conceded goals (48) in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions have the the worst goal difference (-33) in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Eastern Lions is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- South Melbourne have created more than twice as many corners as Eastern Lions.
- South Melbourne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- South Melbourne have scored in all their away matches so far.
- South Melbourne have scored more than double the goals of Eastern Lions.
- South Melbourne have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Npl Victoria
- South Melbourne have the most clean sheets (9) in Npl Victoria
- South Melbourne have the most scored goals (47) in Npl Victoria
- South Melbourne have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Npl Victoria
- South Melbourne have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Npl Victoria
- South Melbourne have the the best goal difference (+30) in Npl Victoria
- South Melbourne haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 30 | 44 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 23 | 42 |
| 3 | Port Melbourne | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 37 |
| 4 | Avondale Heights | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 34 |
| 5 | Green Gully | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Heidelberg United | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Bentleigh Greens | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 29 |
| 8 | Dandenong Thunder | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Melbourne Knights | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 10 | Altona Magic | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 23 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -14 | 22 |
| 12 | Hume City | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -17 | 13 |
| 13 | Dandenong City | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -24 | 13 |
| 14 | Eastern Lions | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -33 | 6 |
