Npl Victoria match preview: Kingston versus Avondale Heights

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Date: Sat 08.June
Match begins: 09:30 (UTC)
Venue: The Grange Reserve (1000 seats)

Struggling Kingston will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Avondale Heights in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Kingston and Avondale Heights 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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Kingston form and stats

Kingston's struggle is real here at The Grange Reserve with only 5 points collected from 8 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 1-2-5.

Kingston are returning here after visiting Dandenong Thunder in a Npl Victoria game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Port Melbourne with the scoreline 1-2.

The Kingston fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Kingston have conceded 17 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Avondale Heights form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Npl Victoria, on their travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. One point away has become something of a habit for Avondale Heights who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Avondale Heights are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Port Melbourne. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Dandenong City.

The Avondale Heights manager has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 5 matches. 6 goals have been conceded by Avondale Heights in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Avondale Heights - Kingston 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last one meeting): Kingston won 0 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Avondale Heights has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 1 / 0

Kingston missing players

Avondale Heights missing players

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Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
15 8 1 Played 1 5 15
2 1 0 Won 1 2 10
4 2 0 Drew 0 3 4
9 5 1 Lost 0 0 1
16 9 1 Scored 4 12 37
29 17 2 Conceded 1 6 14
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 93%
87% 88% 100% Over 1.5 100% 100% 87%
53% 62% 100% Over 2.5 100% 40% 67%
33% 38% 0% Over 3.5 100% 40% 40%
20% 12% 0% Over 4.5 100% 40% 20%
67% 75% 100% BTTS 100% 100% 73%
20% 12% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 27%
20% 12% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 7%
 
5.1 5.4 3 Corners For (avg) 2 5.2 5.8
7.2 8.1 6 Corners Against (avg) 4 4.8 4
2.2 2.1 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.8 2
3 2 1 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Avondale Heights's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Avondale Heights have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Avondale Heights have not yet lost a game away.
  • Avondale Heights have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Avondale Heights have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Avondale Heights have scored more than double the goals of Kingston.
  • Avondale Heights haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Kingston have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kingston haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Kingston
All Npl Victoria Canadian Soccer League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
03-05-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 1 - 1 Kingston
10-05-19 NPL Dandenong City 2 - 0 Kingston
20-05-19 NPL Kingston 1 - 1 Hume City
27-05-19 NPL Kingston 1 - 2 Port Melbourne
01-06-19 NPL Dandenong Thunder 0 - 2 Kingston
08-06-19 NPL Kingston 09:30 Avondale Heights
14-06-19 NPL Oakleigh Cannons 10:30 Kingston
23-06-19 NPL South Melbourne 06:00 Kingston
29-06-19 NPL Altona Magic 08:00 Kingston
08-07-19 NPL Kingston 10:30 Pascoe Vale
Avondale Heights
All Ffa Cup Npl Victoria Club Friendlies
All Home Away
04-05-19 NPL Avondale Heights 3 - 0 Altona Magic
11-05-19 NPL Heidelberg United 1 - 1 Avondale Heights
18-05-19 NPL Avondale Heights 1 - 2 Bentleigh Greens
25-05-19 NPL Avondale Heights 0 - 0 Dandenong City
01-06-19 NPL Port Melbourne 1 - 1 Avondale Heights
08-06-19 NPL Kingston 09:30 Avondale Heights
16-06-19 NPL South Melbourne 06:00 Avondale Heights
21-06-19 NPL Pascoe Vale 10:15 Avondale Heights
29-06-19 NPL Avondale Heights 05:15 Green Gully
05-07-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 09:45 Avondale Heights

  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 14 9 4 1 36 14 9 7 1 1 24 8 5 2 3 0 12 6 22 31
2 Heidelberg United 14 9 3 2 30 15 11 7 3 1 24 11 3 2 0 1 6 4 15 30
3 Melbourne Knights 14 7 2 5 22 19 7 3 2 2 11 9 7 4 0 3 11 10 3 23
4 Altona Magic 14 7 1 6 27 26 7 3 1 3 11 9 7 4 0 3 16 17 1 22
5 Bentleigh Greens 12 7 1 4 22 21 5 5 0 0 12 5 7 2 1 4 10 16 1 22
6 Hume City 13 6 3 4 25 17 6 4 1 1 15 6 7 2 2 3 10 11 8 21
7 Green Gully 13 6 3 4 26 19 6 2 1 3 12 13 7 4 2 1 14 6 7 21
8 Port Melbourne 14 5 3 6 20 18 6 2 2 2 8 6 8 3 1 4 12 12 2 18
9 South Melbourne 14 5 2 7 15 25 4 1 1 2 4 7 10 4 1 5 11 18 -10 17
10 Oakleigh Cannons 12 4 3 5 14 15 3 2 0 1 4 3 9 2 3 4 10 12 -1 15
11 Dandenong City 13 3 3 7 18 29 8 2 2 4 12 16 5 1 1 3 6 13 -11 12
12 Pascoe Vale 12 3 2 7 17 22 7 3 1 3 14 11 5 0 1 4 3 11 -5 11
13 Kingston 15 2 4 9 16 29 8 1 2 5 9 17 7 1 2 4 7 12 -13 10
14 Dandenong Thunder 14 2 4 8 20 39 7 0 2 5 7 20 7 2 2 3 13 19 -19 10

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