Evenly matched teams: Green Gully vs South Melbourne match preview

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Competition: Fri 24.February
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Green Gully Reserve (10000 seats)

With the anxious opening fixture finished it’s time for the second Npl Victoria duel of the season. Green Gully are ready to confront South Melbourne in front of their home support.

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

Green Gully and South Melbourne should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Green Gully form and stats

In the previous season, Green Gully's league statistics were 14 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses, leading to 4th place in the Npl Victoria. In these 26 matches they scored {43 goals} and gave away 30. Performing as the host team in the last season Green Gully produced 8-1-4 (win-draw-lost) with {23 goals} and 14 conceded.

No payout for Green Gully in their previous match, an away game at Oakleigh Cannons that ended in defeat 1-3.

Prior to that, an away loss at South Melbourne.

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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 6 and lost 7.

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South Melbourne form and stats

Let's have a look at how South Melbourne performed last season in the Npl Victoria: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 59 and conceded {20 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 1 and lost 4 with 24/13 goals scored/conceded.

South Melbourne are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Moreland City (placed 11th).

A 0-5 loss hosting Oakleigh Cannons before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with South Melbourne playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 3 South Melbourne wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Head 2 Head

South Melbourne have managed a sequence of 9 consecutive games without losing (5-4-0) when facing Green.

Top Goalscorers

Green GullyL. Jeggo
L. Jeggo
1 goals
South MelbourneP. Langlois
P. Langlois
1 goals
South MelbourneA. Webb
A. Webb
1 goals

Green Gully missing players

South Melbourne missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Green Gully South Melbourne
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 9
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 20
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 9
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 22%
 
12 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Green Gully Last season South Melbourne
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   13 28
15 9   Won W   8 21
3 1   Drew D   1 2
10 4   Lost L   4 5
45 25   Scored S   24 60
31 14   Conceded C   13 25
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
79% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 75%
50% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 61%
29% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 39%
11% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 25%
25% 21%   BTTS BTTS   62% 43%
43% 57%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 54%
36% 21%   Failed to Score F T   0% 7%
 
6.2 7   Corners for (avg) C F   6.5 5.8
4.1 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5.4
2.2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.3
2 2   Red cards R C   0 3
 
11.9 12.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 11.4
4.5 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 5.2
35% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 41%
 
8.6 8.3   Shots against (avg) S A   7.5 8.4
3.8 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Oakleigh Cannons 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 North Geelong Warriors 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 South Melbourne 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Dandenong Thunder 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Avondale Heights 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
6 Port Melbourne 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 St. Albans Saints 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Hume City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Melbourne Knights 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Altona Magic 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Moreland City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Heidelberg United 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Green Gully 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
14 Bentleigh Greens 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 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 South Melbourne 26 20 2 4 59 20 13 12 1 0 35 7 13 8 1 4 24 13 39 62
2 Port Melbourne 26 17 5 4 45 23 13 8 2 3 22 12 13 9 3 1 23 11 22 56
3 Oakleigh Cannons 26 16 3 7 58 29 13 8 2 3 31 15 13 8 1 4 27 14 29 51
4 Green Gully 26 14 3 9 43 30 13 8 1 4 23 14 13 6 2 5 20 16 13 45
5 Bentleigh Greens 26 12 6 8 47 33 13 8 3 2 20 9 13 4 3 6 27 24 14 42
6 Heidelberg United 26 13 3 10 50 43 13 5 2 6 22 25 13 8 1 4 28 18 7 42
7 Avondale Heights 26 12 4 10 49 38 13 5 2 6 20 18 13 7 2 4 29 20 11 40
8 Dandenong Thunder 26 11 5 10 37 34 13 5 5 3 20 17 13 6 0 7 17 17 3 38
9 Melbourne Knights 26 9 3 14 36 40 13 6 2 5 19 18 13 3 1 9 17 22 -4 30
10 St. Albans Saints 26 8 6 12 25 38 13 2 4 7 8 21 13 6 2 5 17 17 -13 30
11 Altona Magic 26 8 3 15 21 38 13 4 1 8 10 21 13 4 2 7 11 17 -17 27
12 Hume City 26 7 5 14 33 48 13 4 1 8 20 26 13 3 4 6 13 22 -15 26
13 Dandenong City 26 5 5 16 24 60 13 3 2 8 13 36 13 2 3 8 11 24 -36 20
14 Eastern Lions 26 1 5 20 17 70 13 0 1 12 7 35 13 1 4 8 10 35 -53 8

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Oakleigh Cannons 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 North Geelong Warriors 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 South Melbourne 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Dandenong Thunder 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Avondale Heights 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
6 Port Melbourne 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 St. Albans Saints 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Hume City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Melbourne Knights 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Altona Magic 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Moreland City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Heidelberg United 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Green Gully 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
14 Bentleigh Greens 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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