It's advantage Melbourne Knights so far with their 4th position in the Npl Victoria table, welcoming Green Gully who are placed 5th.
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.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Melbourne Knights form and stats
Melbourne Knights have secured 6 points from their first three home games. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.Melbourne Knights are returning here after visiting Pascoe Vale in a Npl Victoria game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to South Melbourne (0-1).
Melbourne Knights have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Knights Stadium with 5 goals in 3 matches. 3 goals have been conceded.
Green Gully form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Green Gully, who have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Npl Victoria, playing as the away team this season.It's the second away game in a row for Green Gully, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Kingston in the Npl Victoria last time out. Before that, Green Gully secured a home win against Pascoe Vale with the score 4-0.
With an average of more than two away goals per game, Green Gully are regular goalscorers on their travels. Green Gully are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 1 Melbourne Knights victory, 0 draws and 1 Green Gully win.Melbourne Knights missing players
Green Gully missing players
| Melbourne Knights | Green Gully | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | Played | 5 | 9 |
| 17 | 9 | Scored | 9 | 21 |
| 12 | 6 | Conceded | 4 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 75% | Over 1.5 | 80% | 89% |
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 40% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | 40% | 67% |
| 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 33% |
| 56% | 50% | Both teams to score | 40% | 56% |
| 22% | 25% | Clean Sheet | 60% | 44% |
| 22% | 25% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| 5.8 | 6.8 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 1 |
- Neither of the teams have played a single 0-0 game.
- Green Gully has scored in all of their 5 away matches.
| 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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 22 |
| 2 | Heidelberg United | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Altona Magic | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Melbourne Knights | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Green Gully | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Port Melbourne | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | Hume City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | Bentleigh Greens | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Pascoe Vale | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 10 | South Melbourne | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 7 |
| 11 | Dandenong Thunder | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -12 | 7 |
| 12 | Oakleigh Cannons | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 13 | Kingston | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -11 | 5 |
| 14 | Dandenong City | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -12 | 4 |
