A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Melbourne Knights fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and Dandenong City's 14th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Melbourne Knights have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Npl Victoria
- Dandenong City have the most conceded goals (18) in Npl Victoria
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Melbourne Knights form and stats
Overall Npl Victoria stats at home this season for Melbourne Knights are 3-0-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Ahead of that match, Melbourne won a home game hosting Altona Magic (2-1).
Melbourne have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Knights Stadium with 7 goals in 4 league matches. From these home matches, Melbourne have conceded only 3 goals.
Dandenong City form and stats
The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (18) in Npl Victoria, are W0-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Npl Victoria. The last three matches for Dandenong City have all ended in a draw.
A draw for Dandenong before that, at their own venue hosting Green Gully (1-1).
Dandenong are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). Dandenong have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Melbourne one win, zero draws and Dandenong City one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Mikulic 4 goals | G. Albano 3 goals |   N. Kalmar 2 goals |
Melbourne Knights missing players
Dandenong City missing players
| Melbourne Knights | Dandenong City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 67% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 9.5 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 12 |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 4.8 |
| 47% | 47% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 23% |
- All of Dandenong City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dandenong City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Dandenong City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dandenong City have scored in all their matches so far.
- Dandenong City have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Npl Victoria
- Dandenong City have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Npl Victoria
- Dandenong City have the most conceded goals (18) in Npl Victoria
- Dandenong City have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Npl Victoria
- Dandenong City have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Npl Victoria
- Dandenong City have yet to win a game.
- Dandenong City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne Knights have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne Knights have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Melbourne Knights have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Npl Victoria
- 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 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | Avondale Heights | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Melbourne Knights | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Heidelberg United | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Green Gully | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Dandenong Thunder | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Hume City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Bentleigh Greens | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Port Melbourne | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | Eastern Lions | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 12 | St. Albans Saints | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 13 | Altona Magic | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | Dandenong City | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 4 |