Npl Victoria prediction: Heidelberg United should edge out Dandenong Thunder on their own turf

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Competition: Fri 17.February
Match begins: 09:30 (UTC)
Venue: Olympic Park (10000 seats)

It's square one in Npl Victoria - the first match of the season. Read our full preview and see how Heidelberg United and Dandenong Thunder did in their pre-season friendlies!

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Heidelberg United form and stats

The season before, Heidelberg United's league statistics were 13 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses, ending with 6th spot in the Npl Victoria. During these 26 matches they scored {50 goals} and let in 43. Appearing as the home side in the former season Heidelberg United delivered 5-2-6 (win-draw-lost) with {22 goals} and 25 conceded.

It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Heidelberg have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 12 games found in the database showing 7 Heidelberg United wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

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Dandenong Thunder form and stats

Let's have a look at how Dandenong Thunder performed last season in the Npl Victoria: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded {34 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 0 and lost 7 with 17/17 goals scored/conceded.

The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 13 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. 2 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Heidelberg United eight wins, zero draws and Dandenong Thunder two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Heidelberg UnitedA. Cartanos
A. Cartanos
1 goals

Heidelberg United missing players

Dandenong Thunder missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Heidelberg United Dandenong Thunder
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Heidelberg United Last season Dandenong Thunder
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 13   Played P   13 26
13 5   Won W   6 11
4 2   Drew D   0 5
10 6   Lost L   7 10
53 22   Scored S   17 37
46 25   Conceded C   17 34
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
85% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 81%
78% 77%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 65%
63% 54%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 23%
30% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
59% 69%   BTTS BTTS   54% 58%
19% 8%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 23%
26% 23%   Failed to Score F T   23% 23%
 
4.2 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 5
4.7 4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 3.7
2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.5
4 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
10.6 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 9.5
4.4 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4
44% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 36%
 
8.6 8.1   Shots against (avg) S A   7.6 8
4.3 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.7

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

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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.