The football year has been a rollercoaster for these contenders so far, boom and bust giving mid-table places so far. Get ready for Melbourne Knights - Green Gully!
- Melbourne Knights have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Green Gully have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Melbourne Knights form and stats
The overall Npl Victoria results at home this season for Melbourne Knights are 5-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Melbourne Knights are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Hume City.
In the match before that, Melbourne Knights hosted St. Albans Saints and drew the game 1-1.An interesting fact: 9 of the latest 11 league games from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.
Melbourne have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Knights Stadium with 15 goals in 10 league matches. Melbourne Knights have conceded 15 from these games.
Green Gully form and stats
Playing away, Green Gully have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Npl Victoria this season.
Jeggo was the last player to score for the away team. Green Gully haven't scored a league goal in the last 243 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Green Gully in their previous game as they lost hosting Bentleigh Greens, 0-4. That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Green lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Before that, Green Gully travelled to South Melbourne and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
Green are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 9 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Green Gully have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Green Gully - Melbourne Knights 2-1 was the output when this pair of sides last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Melbourne three wins, two draws and Green Gully five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Albano 8 goals |  L. Jeggo 6 goals | N. Bonada 6 goals |
Melbourne Knights missing players
Green Gully missing players
| Melbourne Knights | Green Gully | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 29 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 16 | 30 |
| 32 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 75% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 55% |
| 30% | 20% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 35% |
| 15% | 10% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 10% |
| 55% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 25% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 44% | 35% |
| 6.3 | 6.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.7 | 6.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.3 | 8.1 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.6 | 11.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| 41% | 48% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 34% |
| 10.3 | 9.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 7.3 | 8.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
- Green Gully have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 34 | 47 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 28 | 45 |
| 3 | Port Melbourne | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Avondale Heights | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 34 |
| 5 | Heidelberg United | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | Green Gully | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 33 |
| 7 | Bentleigh Greens | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 32 |
| 8 | Dandenong Thunder | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Melbourne Knights | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | Altona Magic | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -12 | 23 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -14 | 23 |
| 12 | Hume City | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -15 | 16 |
| 13 | Dandenong City | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -29 | 13 |
| 14 | Eastern Lions | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -37 | 6 |
