Football betting preview: Hume City vs Melbourne Knights

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Date: Sat 11.May
Match begins: 07:30 (UTC)
Venue: ABD Stadium Broadmeadows Valley Park (2000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Hume City have their presumed home advantage while Melbourne Knights are ahead 5 points in the Npl Victoria table.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Hume City form and stats

Hume City have collected 7 points from their home games so far after 2-1-1.

In their previous game, the manager D. Hennessey led his Hume City to a defeat in the Npl Victoria match away at Green Gully. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at ABD Stadium Broadmeadows Valley Park. Before that, Hume City had a home game versus Pascoe Vale which ended with a victory 2-1.

With an average of more than two goals per home game (9 in 4 games), Hume City's attacking play is working. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Melbourne Knights form and stats

3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Melbourne Knights playing as the away team this season.

Melbourne Knights's last game was the home draw against Kingston (1-1). That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Green Gully.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Melbourne Knights playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were 2 Melbourne Knights wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Melbourne Knights has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 8 goals from 5 games. 6 goals have been conceded by Melbourne Knights in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Hume City, 1 draw and 0 wins for Melbourne Knights. Over 2,5 goals: 2 times; under 2,5 goals: 0 games.

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Hume City Melbourne Knights
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
11 5 2 Played 0 5 11
5 3 0 Won 0 3 7
2 1 1 Drew 0 0 1
4 1 1 Lost 0 2 3
19 10 2 Scored 0 8 20
15 5 3 Conceded 0 6 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
82% 80% 100% Over 1.5 0% 100% 91%
55% 60% 50% Over 2.5 0% 60% 55%
36% 20% 0% Over 3.5 0% 20% 27%
18% 20% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 18%
55% 80% 100% BTTS 0% 60% 64%
27% 20% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 20% 18%
18% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 20% 18%
 
3.8 4.6 4 Corners For (avg) 0 5.2 5.2
5.4 5.2 6 Corners Against (avg) 0 5 5.5
2.3 2.2 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 3.4 3.2
1 1 1 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • All of Melbourne Knights's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hume City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hume City have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Hume City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Hume City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Melbourne Knights have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Melbourne Knights haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Hume City
All Ffa Cup Npl Victoria Club Friendlies
All Home Away
29-03-19 NPL Port Melbourne 5 - 1 Hume City
06-04-19 NPL Hume City 1 - 1 Avondale Heights
14-04-19 NPL South Melbourne 0 - 2 Hume City
27-04-19 NPL Hume City 2 - 1 Pascoe Vale
03-05-19 NPL Green Gully 1 - 0 Hume City
11-05-19 NPL Hume City 07:30 Melbourne Knights
20-05-19 NPL Kingston 10:30 Hume City
25-05-19 NPL Hume City 07:30 Dandenong Thunder
31-05-19 NPL Oakleigh Cannons 10:30 Hume City
08-06-19 NPL Hume City 07:30 Altona Magic
Melbourne Knights
All Npl Victoria Club Friendlies
All Home Away
30-03-19 NPL Avondale Heights 2 - 1 Melbourne Knights
05-04-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 0 - 1 South Melbourne
12-04-19 NPL Pascoe Vale 1 - 3 Melbourne Knights
26-04-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 2 - 1 Green Gully
03-05-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 1 - 1 Kingston
11-05-19 NPL Hume City 07:30 Melbourne Knights
17-05-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 09:45 Dandenong Thunder
24-05-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 09:45 Oakleigh Cannons
01-06-19 NPL Altona Magic 08:00 Melbourne Knights
07-06-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 09:45 Heidelberg United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Avondale Heights 10 9 1 0 33 10 7 7 0 0 23 6 3 2 1 0 10 4 23 28
2 Heidelberg United 10 8 1 1 24 9 8 7 1 0 21 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 15 25
3 Melbourne Knights 10 6 1 3 16 11 5 3 1 1 8 5 5 3 0 2 8 6 5 19
4 Altona Magic 10 6 1 3 19 15 5 3 1 1 9 5 5 3 0 2 10 10 4 19
5 Bentleigh Greens 10 6 1 3 18 17 5 5 0 0 12 5 5 1 1 3 6 12 1 19
6 Green Gully 9 5 1 3 18 11 4 2 0 2 9 8 5 3 1 1 9 3 7 16
7 Hume City 10 4 2 4 18 15 4 2 1 1 9 5 6 2 1 3 9 10 3 14
8 Port Melbourne 11 4 1 6 16 15 5 2 1 2 7 5 6 2 0 4 9 10 1 13
9 Dandenong Thunder 10 2 3 5 15 27 5 0 2 3 5 14 5 2 1 2 10 13 -12 9
10 Oakleigh Cannons 9 2 2 5 11 14 2 1 0 1 3 3 7 1 2 4 8 11 -3 8
11 Pascoe Vale 9 2 2 5 11 16 5 2 1 2 8 6 4 0 1 3 3 10 -5 8
12 South Melbourne 10 2 2 6 7 18 3 0 1 2 1 5 7 2 1 4 6 13 -11 8
13 Dandenong City 10 2 1 7 14 28 6 1 1 4 8 15 4 1 0 3 6 13 -14 7
14 Kingston 12 1 3 8 12 26 6 1 1 4 7 14 6 0 2 4 5 12 -14 6

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