Melbourne Knights vs Hume City betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Date: Sun 18.August
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Knights Stadium (15000 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Melbourne Knights in 9th and Hume City in 6th place.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Melbourne Knights and Hume City.

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Melbourne Knights form and stats

The story so far for Melbourne Knights at their home stadium (Knights Stadium) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Melbourne Knights to get some points in this home game. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Melbourne Knights, their manager M. Cvitković and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The Melbourne Knights crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Hume City here at Knights Stadium in a Npl Victoria match. Preceding that match was a Ffa Cup defeat to Adelaide United (2-5).

The Melbourne Knights fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 13 matches. On the other hand, Melbourne Knights have conceded 18 goals.

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Hume City form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Hume City playing as the away team this season. Hume City has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Two travels in a row for Hume City, whose manager D. Hennessey could celebrate last time after the Npl Victoria win against Melbourne Knights. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Green Gully.

Hume City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 13 games. In the opposite end, Hume City have conceded 20 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Melbourne Knights - Hume City 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Melbourne Knights won 0 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Hume City has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 0

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Melbourne Knights Hume City
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
25 13 3 Played 3 13 25
10 6 2 Won 1 4 12
4 2 0 Drew 1 4 5
11 5 1 Lost 1 5 8
34 20 7 Scored 5 17 40
38 18 6 Conceded 7 20 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 77% 67% Over 1.5 100% 85% 84%
52% 46% 67% Over 2.5 67% 54% 56%
24% 23% 67% Over 3.5 67% 31% 32%
12% 23% 67% Over 4.5 33% 8% 8%
60% 54% 67% BTTS 67% 54% 56%
12% 15% 0% Clean Sheets 33% 15% 24%
28% 31% 33% Failed To Score 0% 31% 20%
 
5.2 5 3.7 Corners For (avg) 3 3.2 4
6.1 5.9 7.7 Corners Against (avg) 7.3 5.8 5.5
2.5 2.3 3.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.3 2.4 2
4 1 1 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Hume City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Hume City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Melbourne Knights haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Melbourne Knights
All Ffa Cup Npl Victoria Club Friendlies
All Home Away
21-06-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 0 - 2 Dandenong City
29-06-19 NPL Port Melbourne 2 - 1 Melbourne Knights
05-07-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 2 - 0 Avondale Heights
14-07-19 NPL South Melbourne 1 - 1 Melbourne Knights
19-07-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 2 - 1 Pascoe Vale
27-07-19 NPL Green Gully 1 - 1 Melbourne Knights
02-08-19 NPL Kingston City 2 - 0 Melbourne Knights
07-08-19 FFA Melbourne Knights 2 - 5 Adelaide United
18-08-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 1 - 2 Hume City
25-08-19 NPL Dandenong Thunder 05:00 Melbourne Knights
Hume City
All Ffa Cup Npl Victoria Club Friendlies
All Home Away
28-06-19 NPL Dandenong City 1 - 0 Hume City
06-07-19 NPL Hume City 1 - 0 Port Melbourne
13-07-19 NPL Avondale Heights 3 - 0 Hume City
20-07-19 NPL Hume City 3 - 1 South Melbourne
26-07-19 NPL Pascoe Vale 2 - 2 Hume City
31-07-19 FFA Cooma Tigers 0 - 2 Hume City
03-08-19 NPL Hume City 1 - 3 Green Gully
18-08-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 1 - 2 Hume City
25-08-19 NPL Hume City 05:00 Kingston City
28-08-19 FFA Adelaide Olympic 09:30 Hume City

  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 Heidelberg United 25 16 4 5 50 28 13 7 4 2 25 13 12 9 0 3 25 15 22 52
2 Avondale Heights 25 15 5 5 60 29 13 9 1 3 31 13 12 6 4 2 29 16 31 50
3 Green Gully 25 12 8 5 55 37 13 5 5 3 32 24 12 7 3 2 23 13 18 44
4 Bentleigh Greens 25 13 4 8 47 42 12 9 1 2 27 16 13 4 3 6 20 26 5 43
5 Oakleigh Cannons 25 12 6 7 42 32 12 8 2 2 25 15 13 4 4 5 17 17 10 42
6 Hume City 25 12 5 8 40 32 12 8 1 3 23 12 13 4 4 5 17 20 8 41
7 South Melbourne 25 10 4 11 27 39 12 6 2 4 14 14 13 4 2 7 13 25 -12 34
8 Port Melbourne 25 8 7 10 39 34 12 5 4 3 22 14 13 3 3 7 17 20 5 31
9 Melbourne Knights 25 10 4 11 34 38 13 6 2 5 20 18 12 4 2 6 14 20 -4 31
10 Altona Magic 25 9 2 14 42 49 12 5 1 6 18 17 13 4 1 8 24 32 -7 29
11 Dandenong City 24 8 5 11 36 44 13 4 3 6 20 24 11 4 2 5 16 20 -8 29
12 Kingston 21 4 4 13 23 40 11 2 2 7 11 22 10 2 2 6 12 18 -17 16
12 Dandenong Thunder 25 5 6 14 40 69 12 1 4 7 16 33 13 4 2 7 24 36 -29 21
13 Kingston City 24 5 5 14 29 47 12 3 2 7 13 22 12 2 3 7 16 25 -18 20
14 Pascoe Vale 25 5 3 17 31 52 13 3 2 8 22 29 12 2 1 9 9 23 -21 18

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