Npl Victoria preview: Can Green Gully edge out victory against Altona Magic?

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Competition: Fri 25.February
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Green Gully Reserve (10000 seats)

It's game day two of the Npl Victoria season and everything to play for. Don't miss our complete preview of Green Gully-Altona Magic!

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Green Gully form and stats

The season before, Green Gully's league stats were 5 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses, providing 10th place in the Npl Victoria. In these 18 matches they scored 23 goals and let in 25. Performing as the host team in the previous season Green Gully produced 2-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 15 conceded.

Green Gully enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Oakleigh Cannons's place. The match ended 3-2.

Ahead of that match, Green lost 0-2 at home to Bentleigh Greens.

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Altona Magic form and stats

Let's have a look at how Altona Magic performed last season in the Npl Victoria: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 8 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 19 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 8/15 goals scored/conceded.

Altona Magic's last game was the home draw against Hume City (0-0).

Before that, Altona Magic secured a home win against Eastern Lions with the score 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Altona Magic have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were one victory, zero draws and five defeats.

Head 2 Head

Green Gully-Altona Magic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Green four wins, Altona Magic four wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Green Gully missing players

Altona Magic missing players

Green Gully Altona Magic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 8
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 9
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
75% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
12 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 2
5 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Green Gully Last season Altona Magic
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
18 9   Played P   8 18
5 2   Won W   1 2
5 3   Drew D   3 8
8 4   Lost L   4 8
23 14   Scored S   8 19
25 15   Conceded C   15 32
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 94%
83% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 83%
39% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 56%
33% 56%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 39%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 11%
50% 67%   BTTS BTTS   75% 72%
22% 11%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 6%
28% 22%   Failed to Score F T   25% 28%
 
4.6 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5
3.9 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.7
2.4 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.4 2.6
4 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
9.3 10   Shots (avg) S (   12.2 10.4
3.5 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 3.9
37% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 27%
 
9.7 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   11.5 10.6
4.6 4.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Melbourne Knights 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 3
2 South Melbourne 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Green Gully 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
4 Dandenong Thunder 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Altona Magic 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Avondale Heights 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Bentleigh Greens 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 Hume City 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Port Melbourne 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 St. Albans Saints 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Oakleigh Cannons 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Eastern Lions 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Heidelberg United 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
14 Dandenong City 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0
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 Avondale Heights 18 12 5 1 39 15 10 7 2 1 20 10 8 5 3 0 19 5 24 41
2 Oakleigh Cannons 18 10 4 4 36 21 10 6 3 1 23 12 8 4 1 3 13 9 15 34
3 Bentleigh Greens 18 10 3 5 31 22 8 3 2 3 12 12 10 7 1 2 19 10 9 33
4 Hume City 18 9 4 5 35 21 9 6 2 1 21 6 9 3 2 4 14 15 14 31
5 Dandenong Thunder 18 8 4 6 30 25 9 5 2 2 18 12 9 3 2 4 12 13 5 28
6 Heidelberg United 18 7 6 5 23 22 9 3 3 3 10 11 9 4 3 2 13 11 1 27
7 Port Melbourne 18 7 5 6 28 19 9 3 3 3 14 9 9 4 2 3 14 10 9 26
8 Melbourne Knights 18 7 5 6 24 26 9 5 1 3 11 8 9 2 4 3 13 18 -2 26
9 South Melbourne 18 6 7 5 19 18 8 3 3 2 9 7 10 3 4 3 10 11 1 25
10 Green Gully 18 5 5 8 23 25 9 2 3 4 14 15 9 3 2 4 9 10 -2 20
11 Eastern Lions 18 4 3 11 18 34 8 2 1 5 7 13 10 2 2 6 11 21 -16 15
12 Altona Magic 18 2 8 8 19 32 10 1 5 4 11 17 8 1 3 4 8 15 -13 14
13 Dandenong City 18 3 5 10 20 36 10 2 3 5 13 18 8 1 2 5 7 18 -16 14
14 St. Albans Saints 18 2 4 12 10 39 8 1 1 6 4 18 10 1 3 6 6 21 -29 10

Read more about Npl Victoria

The National Premier Leagues (NPL) is the second level of football in Australia. It has eight regional divisions in which the number of teams vary. In total close to 100 teams compete in the NPL. It is currently not possible to promote to the A-League, but there is a relegation system in most divisions.