Green Gully will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Melbourne Knights.
- Green Gully have yet to win a game at home.
- Melbourne Knights have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Npl Victoria
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Green Gully form and stats
Green Gully have played three Npl Victoria home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Green, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Ahead of that match, Green Gully lost 0-1 at home to South Melbourne.
Green Gully aren't scoring a lot here at Green Reserve in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. 4 goals have been conceded.
Melbourne Knights form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Npl Victoria travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Melbourne Knights has drawn their two previous away games.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Oakleigh Cannons that ended 2-2.
Melbourne Knights are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). 5 goals have been conceded by Melbourne in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - one - two (Green wins - draws - Melbourne Knights wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Salmon 4 goals |  G. Albano 3 goals | C. Mikulic 3 goals |
Green Gully missing players
Melbourne Knights missing players
| Green Gully | Melbourne Knights | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 62% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 14.7 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7.2 | 8.4 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 22% | 13% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 45% | 46% |
- Green Gully have yet to win a game at home.
- Green Gully haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne Knights have scored at least twice as many goals away as Green Gully have scored home.
- Melbourne Knights have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Melbourne Knights have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Npl Victoria
- Melbourne Knights 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 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | South Melbourne | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Melbourne Knights | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Oakleigh Cannons | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Heidelberg United | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Green Gully | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Hume City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Bentleigh Greens | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Port Melbourne | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | Dandenong Thunder | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Eastern Lions | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | St. Albans Saints | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Altona Magic | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | Dandenong City | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 3 |