The Npl Victoria league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Green Gully and Avondale Heights are placed 12th and 11th respectively.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Green Gully form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Npl Victoria game of the season here at Green Gully Reserve. Last season these fans witnessed 5 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses from Green Gully's 13 home games.
The Green Gully crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Hume City here at Green Gully Reserve in a Npl Victoria match. Prior to that, an away loss at St. Albans Saints.
Green Gully has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Avondale Heights form and stats
Avondale Heights are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Npl Victoria, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
It's the second away game in a row for Avondale Heights, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Altona Magic (placed 13th) in the Npl Victoria last time out. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Oakleigh Cannons's place.
3 goals so far away for Avondale Heights, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Green Gully victory, zero draws and three Avondale Heights wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Green Gully missing players
Avondale Heights missing players
| Green Gully | Avondale Heights | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 10 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 26 | 26 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | 38% |
| Green Gully | Last season | Avondale Heights | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 28 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 55 | 32 | Scored | S | 32 | 66 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 81% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 59% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 30% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 21% | ||
| 67% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 64% | ||
| 26% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 11% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 7% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 281 | 179 | Total Shots | T S | 158 | 357 | ||
| 131 | 83 | Shots on Target | S O | 70 | 158 | ||
| 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Bentleigh Greens | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | St. Albans Saints | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Dandenong Thunder | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Heidelberg United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | South Melbourne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Melbourne Knights | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Port Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Dandenong City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Avondale Heights | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Green Gully | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 13 | Altona Magic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 14 | Eastern Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 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 | Heidelberg United | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 53 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 25 | 55 |
| 2 | Avondale Heights | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 63 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 34 | 53 |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 45 |
| 4 | Green Gully | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 44 |
| 5 | Bentleigh Greens | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 45 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 2 | 43 |
| 6 | Hume City | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 41 |
| 7 | Dandenong City | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | -5 | 35 |
| 8 | South Melbourne | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -15 | 34 |
| 9 | Port Melbourne | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 31 |
| 10 | Melbourne Knights | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -7 | 31 |
| 11 | Altona Magic | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 43 | 51 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 32 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | Dandenong Thunder | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 70 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 36 | -26 | 24 |
| 13 | Kingston | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 26 | -16 | 23 |
| 14 | Pascoe Vale | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | -20 | 21 |