The Npl Victoria league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Melbourne Knights and Hume City are placed 10th and 1st respectively.
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 first Npl Victoria game here at Knights Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Melbourne Knights's home game statistics were 6 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 13 games.
Melbourne Knights are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus St. Albans Saints. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 3-3 versus Dandenong Thunder.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Melbourne Knights at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Hume City form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Npl Victoria, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 13 matches.
Hume City are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Npl Victoria against Dandenong City (placed 11th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Green Gully.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Hume City has managed 2 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - one - three (Melbourne Knights wins - draws - Hume City wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Melbourne Knights missing players
Hume City missing players
| Melbourne Knights | Hume City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.3 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 7 | 8 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | 6 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 12 | 35 |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 55% | 100% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 33% |
- Hume City has the fewest conceded goals (1)
- Hume City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0)
- Hume City has the the best goal difference (+5)
- Hume City is in the best form (3-0-0)
| Melbourne Knights | Last season | Hume City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 27 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Scored | S | 17 | 41 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Conceded | C | 22 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 85% | ||
| 54% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 27% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 33% | ||
| 15% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 11% | ||
| 62% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 22% | ||
| 27% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 22% | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 279 | 134 | Total Shots | T S | 136 | 279 | ||
| 115 | 56 | Shots on Target | S O | 67 | 143 | ||
| 30% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hume City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | St. Albans Saints | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Dandenong Thunder | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Heidelberg United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Port Melbourne | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Bentleigh Greens | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | South Melbourne | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Avondale Heights | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Melbourne Knights | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Dandenong City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Green Gully | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| 13 | Altona Magic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
| 14 | Eastern Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heidelberg United | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 53 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 25 | 55 |
| 2 | Avondale Heights | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 63 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 34 | 53 |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 45 |
| 4 | Green Gully | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 44 |
| 5 | Bentleigh Greens | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 45 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 2 | 43 |
| 6 | Hume City | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 41 |
| 7 | Dandenong City | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | -5 | 35 |
| 8 | South Melbourne | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -15 | 34 |
| 9 | Port Melbourne | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 31 |
| 10 | Melbourne Knights | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -7 | 31 |
| 11 | Altona Magic | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 43 | 51 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 32 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | Dandenong Thunder | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 70 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 36 | -26 | 24 |
| 13 | Kingston | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 26 | -16 | 23 |
| 14 | Pascoe Vale | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | -20 | 21 |