Hume City are banking on their home fans to assist them in this game against Melbourne Knights. Who triumphs at ABD Stadium Broadmeadows Valley Park - Pitch 3?
- Hume City have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Npl Victoria
- Melbourne Knights haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
This could be an absorbing game with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!
Hume City form and stats
Hume City's struggle is real here at ABD Stadium Broadmeadows Valley Park - Pitch 3 with only 7 points collected from 10 Npl Victoria games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-7. Hume are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at ABD Stadium Broadmeadows Valley Park - Pitch 3, having lost their two previous games here.
An away draw last time out for Hume City, facing Bentleigh Greens in a game that ended 0-0.
Preceding that match was the home game against South Melbourne that was lost 1-3.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 Hume have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Goals, goals, goals? We don't know the future, but we do know that 15 of the 18 most recent league matches with this team has seen three goals or more.
A decent goal production from Hume City in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. Hume City are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (22 from 10 played).
Melbourne Knights form and stats
There's been little loot from Melbourne Knights's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Npl Victoria. Melbourne Knights only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Melbourne have lost on their last two travels.
Melbourne Knights's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus St. Albans Saints that finished 1-1.
A 2-3 defeat away at Heidelberg United before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Melbourne Knights in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Melbourne Knights, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Melbourne Knights have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Melbourne's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams face each other this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Melbourne Knights - Hume City 3-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Hume City victories, two draws and three Melbourne Knights wins. Over/under statistics; ten of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  G. Albano 8 goals |   J. Bingham 6 goals | M. Sumaoro 5 goals |
Hume City missing players
Melbourne Knights missing players
| Hume City | Melbourne Knights | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 24 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 28 |
| 41 | 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 29 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 89% | 89% |
| 79% | 90% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 56% | 68% |
| 37% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 26% |
| 26% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 16% |
| 58% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 53% |
| 21% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 22% | 21% |
| 32% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 26% |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7.8 | 7.9 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.6 | 8.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 45% | 52% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | 42% |
| 10.3 | 9 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 11.9 | 10.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
- Hume City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hume City have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Npl Victoria
- Hume City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Hume City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Melbourne Knights haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 30 | 44 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 23 | 42 |
| 3 | Port Melbourne | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 37 |
| 4 | Avondale Heights | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 34 |
| 5 | Green Gully | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Heidelberg United | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Bentleigh Greens | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 29 |
| 8 | Dandenong Thunder | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Melbourne Knights | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 10 | Altona Magic | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 23 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -14 | 22 |
| 12 | Hume City | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -17 | 13 |
| 13 | Dandenong City | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -24 | 13 |
| 14 | Eastern Lions | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -33 | 6 |
