Home advantage could prove decisive in Green Gully - South Melbourne battle

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

Green Gully form and stats

When playing at home, Green Gully have managed 2 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Green Gully Reserve, but a victory now would be sweet for Green Gully.

The points were shared in Green Gully's previous game, also at home. Visiting South Melbourne travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Avondale Heights.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Green Gully have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won 0 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.

A decent goal production from Green Gully in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Green Gully defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

South Melbourne form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest scored goals (18) in Npl Victoria, on their travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

South Melbourne are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Green Gully. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Pascoe Vale.

South Melbourne are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeats. From a total of two matches.

South Melbourne find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 11 goals from 11 away fixtures. In the opposite end, South Melbourne have conceded 18 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Green Gully - South Melbourne 0-0. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's 1 Green Gully victory, 2 draws and 1 South Melbourne win. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Green Gully missing players

South Melbourne missing players