Melbourne Knights have won 30 points playing as the hosts. Altona Magic have 27 points from their away games. Will this be a home win?
- Melbourne Knights have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Altona Magic have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Npl Victoria
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Melbourne Knights form and stats
Melbourne Knights have collected 20 points from their Npl Victoria home games so far after 6-2-5.
Melbourne Knights drew their last game, also a home match. Altona Magic (placed 10th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Before that, Melbourne had a home game versus Green Gully which ended with a victory 2-0.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 Melbourne Knights have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 0 and lost 4.
An interesting fact: 11 of the most recent 13 league games from this club have seen goals scored by both sides.
Melbourne Knights has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Melbourne have conceded 18 in these home matches.
Altona Magic form and stats
Playing away, Altona Magic have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 7 defeats in the Npl Victoria this season.
Altona Magic are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Melbourne Knights (placed 9th).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Bentleigh Greens.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Altona Magic in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Altona Magic, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Highlight this: 20 of the latest 25 league games involving this side have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Altona have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides face each other this season, as the statistics show this recent game: Melbourne Knights - Altona Magic 1-1. Last ten meetings featuring these squads: Melbourne Knights won four, Altona Magic triumphed in three and we saw three draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Albano 11 goals | M. Sumaoro 6 goals |   M. Aidara 6 goals |
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| Melbourne Knights | Altona Magic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 36 | 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 20 |
| 38 | 18 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 33 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 92% |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 69% | 60% |
| 64% | 69% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 46% | 44% |
| 28% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 56% | 54% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 23% | 20% |
| 24% | 23% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 31% | 32% |
| 20% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 54% | 56% |
| 6 | 5.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 8.9 | 8.5 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 9.9 | 8.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
| 39% | 45% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 21% | 24% |
| 9.9 | 8.8 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.3 | 8.5 |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
- Altona Magic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Altona Magic have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Npl Victoria
- Melbourne Knights have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 57 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 37 | 56 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 31 | 51 |
| 3 | Port Melbourne | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 19 | 50 |
| 4 | Green Gully | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 42 |
| 5 | Bentleigh Greens | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 39 |
| 6 | Heidelberg United | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 39 |
| 7 | Avondale Heights | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 37 |
| 8 | Dandenong Thunder | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 35 |
| 9 | Melbourne Knights | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 36 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 20 | -2 | 30 |
| 10 | Altona Magic | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -13 | 27 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -18 | 24 |
| 12 | Hume City | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 47 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -17 | 20 |
| 13 | Dandenong City | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 54 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -30 | 20 |
| 14 | Eastern Lions | 24 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 58 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 28 | -42 | 8 |
