Green Gully vs Bentleigh Greens: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Competition: Fri 30.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Green Gully Reserve (10000 seats)

Struggling Green Gully will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Bentleigh Greens in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Green Gully have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bentleigh Greens have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Npl Victoria

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Green Gully form and stats

Green Gully have played 8 Npl Victoria games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Green Gully manager S. Downes and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus South Melbourne (placed 9th) in the Npl Victoria.

Ahead of that match, Green Gully won a home game hosting Altona Magic (4-0).

The Green Gully fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Green have conceded 13 from these games.

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Bentleigh Greens form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Npl Victoria.

Bentleigh play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Heidelberg United (placed 5th).

A 1-3 defeat away at Avondale Heights before that.

Bentleigh are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 9 away games so far. As opposed to that, Bentleigh have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Bentleigh Greens - Green 3-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Green Gully won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Bentleigh Greens has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

GreenA. Salmon
A. Salmon
12 goals

Green Gully missing players

Bentleigh Greens missing players

Green Gully Bentleigh Greens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 4 9 17
5 2 0 Won W 4 6 9
5 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
7 3 1 Lost L 0 2 5
23 14 2 Scored S 10 17 29
23 13 4 Conceded C 3 10 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
41% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 59%
35% 62% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 35%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
53% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 67% 59%
24% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 22% 24%
24% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 24%
 
4.7 5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.2 5.5
3.9 3.5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.4 4.3
2.3 2.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.9
4 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.6 10.8 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 9.3 9.6
3.7 4.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 4 4
37% 41% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 47% 43%
Key stats in Npl Victoria this season:
  • All of Bentleigh Greens's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bentleigh Greens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bentleigh Greens have the most points (19) away in Npl Victoria
  • Bentleigh Greens have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Npl Victoria
  • Bentleigh Greens haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Green Gully have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Avondale Heights 17 11 5 1 37 14 9 6 2 1 18 9 8 5 3 0 19 5 23 38
2 Oakleigh Cannons 17 9 4 4 35 21 9 5 3 1 22 12 8 4 1 3 13 9 14 31
3 Hume City 17 9 3 5 34 20 8 6 1 1 20 5 9 3 2 4 14 15 14 30
4 Bentleigh Greens 17 9 3 5 29 22 8 3 2 3 12 12 9 6 1 2 17 10 7 30
5 Heidelberg United 17 7 6 4 23 21 8 3 3 2 10 10 9 4 3 2 13 11 2 27
6 Port Melbourne 17 7 5 5 28 18 9 3 3 3 14 9 8 4 2 2 14 9 10 26
7 Melbourne Knights 17 7 5 5 24 24 9 5 1 3 11 8 8 2 4 2 13 16 0 26
8 Dandenong Thunder 17 7 4 6 29 25 9 5 2 2 18 12 8 2 2 4 11 13 4 25
9 South Melbourne 17 6 6 5 18 17 8 3 3 2 9 7 9 3 3 3 9 10 1 24
10 Green Gully 17 5 5 7 23 23 8 2 3 3 14 13 9 3 2 4 9 10 0 20
11 Eastern Lions 17 4 3 10 17 32 8 2 1 5 7 13 9 2 2 5 10 19 -15 15
12 Altona Magic 17 1 8 8 17 31 9 0 5 4 9 16 8 1 3 4 8 15 -14 11
13 Dandenong City 17 2 5 10 18 36 9 1 3 5 11 18 8 1 2 5 7 18 -18 11
14 St. Albans Saints 17 2 4 11 9 37 8 1 1 6 4 18 9 1 3 5 5 19 -28 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.