With their 14 point edge in the league standings, Heidelberg United club members yearn to see their side get max points from this game hosting Hume City.
- Heidelberg United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Hume City have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Npl Victoria
Both participants have had time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's trust this will be an energetic fixture!
Heidelberg United form and stats
The complete Npl Victoria statistics at home this season for Heidelberg United are 3-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Zahra was the last player to score a league goal for Heidelberg and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Heidelberg United haven't scored in 252 minutes.
The club members are hoping that Heidelberg United will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Victoria Dockerty Cup fixture against Bentleigh Greens. Up until that loss this club had gone nine consecutive league games without losing.
A Npl Victoria defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Port Melbourne.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 Heidelberg United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Lots of goals and action? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 11 of the 13 most recent league games with this side has contained at least three goals.
The Heidelberg fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.
Hume City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hume City so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
It's the second away game in a row for Hume City, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus St. Albans Saints (placed 11th) last time out.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Melbourne Knights.We have checked recent matches where Hume City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Observe that 16 of this club's 20 latest league matches have ended with at least three goals.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Hume have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these sides face each other this campaign, as the history books show this recent fixture: Hume City - Heidelberg United 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Heidelberg three wins, zero draws and Hume City seven victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Bingham 9 goals |  A. Walter 4 goals |  M. Cooper 3 goals |
Heidelberg United missing players
Hume City missing players
| Heidelberg United | Hume City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 35 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 28 |
| 33 | 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 42 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | 90% |
| 81% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 76% |
| 71% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 76% |
| 57% | 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 30% | 38% |
| 14% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 30% | 24% |
| 48% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 57% |
| 24% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 30% | 24% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 50% | 29% |
| 3.8 | 5.1 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.4 | 11.6 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.8 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| 43% | 32% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 36% | 46% |
| 8.7 | 8.2 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 11.2 | 9.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
- Heidelberg United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Heidelberg United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Hume City have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Npl Victoria
- Hume City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 54 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 36 | 53 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 30 | 48 |
| 3 | Port Melbourne | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 44 |
| 4 | Avondale Heights | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Bentleigh Greens | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 36 |
| 6 | Green Gully | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Heidelberg United | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | Dandenong Thunder | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Melbourne Knights | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 26 |
| 10 | Altona Magic | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -14 | 23 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -17 | 23 |
| 12 | Hume City | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -14 | 19 |
| 13 | Dandenong City | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -28 | 17 |
| 14 | Eastern Lions | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 27 | -42 | 6 |
