Balanced ball game between Green Gully and Avondale Heights expected

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Competition: Fri 17.June
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Green Gully Reserve (10000 seats)

Green Gully have done better than Avondale Heights so far, but every fixture starts at 0-0. Here's all the details you need prior to kickoff:

Insights:
  • Green Gully haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Avondale Heights have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Npl Victoria

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

Avondale Heights could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Brimbank Stallions, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Avondale Heights.

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Green Gully form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Green Gully Reserve as Green Gully have scored 13 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Npl Victoria are 6-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Green in their previous game, a fixture away at Dandenong City (placed 13th) that ended with a 4-1 victory.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Green Gully have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 5 and lost 7.

Green Gully has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches.

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Avondale Heights form and stats

5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Avondale Heights playing as the away team in the Npl Victoria this season.

Two travels in a row for Avondale Heights, whose coach Markovski could celebrate last time after the Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary win against Brimbank Stallions.

Before that, Avondale secured a home win against Hume City with the score 4-3.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Avondale Heights in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Avondale Heights, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

The Avondale Heights manager Markovski has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 9 league matches. Avondale have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides met each other earlier this match year: Avondale Heights - Green Gully 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - zero - seven (Green wins - draws - Avondale Heights wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Avondale HeightsL. Boland
L. Boland
7 goals
Green GullyN. Bonada
N. Bonada
6 goals
Avondale HeightsS. Valentini
S. Valentini
6 goals

Green Gully missing players

Avondale Heights missing players

Green Gully Avondale Heights
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 3 9 17
10 6 3 Won W 1 5 9
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
6 3 0 Lost L 2 3 5
29 13 7 Scored S 7 22 35
19 9 1 Conceded C 10 15 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
76% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
59% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 78% 65%
35% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 35%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 33% 24%
29% 22% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 53%
41% 56% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 44% 41%
29% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 12%
 
6.7 7.3 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4 4.9
4.2 4.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 4.8 4.5
2.1 1.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.7 3 2.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
12.5 12.1 13 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 9.4 10.7
4.6 4.4 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 4.9 4.9
37% 32% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 50% 42%
 
7.7 8.7 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 6.3 5.3 6.2
3.6 4.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 2.3 2.4
Key stats in Npl Victoria this season:
  • All of Avondale Heights's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Avondale Heights have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Avondale Heights have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Avondale Heights have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Npl Victoria
  • Avondale Heights have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Npl Victoria
  • Avondale Heights have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Avondale Heights haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Green Gully 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 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 17 10 1 6 29 19 9 6 0 3 13 9 8 4 1 3 16 10 10 31
5 Avondale Heights 17 9 3 5 35 24 8 4 2 2 13 9 9 5 1 3 22 15 11 30
6 Bentleigh Greens 17 8 3 6 30 25 9 6 2 1 14 6 8 2 1 5 16 19 5 27
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 17 6 2 9 16 30 8 1 1 6 5 18 9 5 1 3 11 12 -14 20
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

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.