Npl Victoria match lowdown: Melbourne Knights vs Oakleigh Cannons

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Competition: Fri 24.February
Match begins: 08:30 (UTC)
Venue: Knights Stadium (7032 seats)

It's only the second game in the Npl Victoria for these teams. And it's all to play for here at Knights Stadium as Melbourne Knights welcome Oakleigh Cannons. Don't miss this preview!

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

Melbourne Knights and Oakleigh Cannons should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Melbourne Knights form and stats

In the previous season, Melbourne Knights's league results were 9 wins, 3 draws and 14 losses, resulting in 9th position in the Npl Victoria. From these 26 matches they scored {36 goals} and gave away 40. Appearing as the home team in the previous season Melbourne Knights generated 6-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with {19 goals} and 18 conceded.

Melbourne Knights drew their last game, 1-1 away at St. Albans Saints (placed 7th).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Port Melbourne (0-2).

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Oakleigh Cannons form and stats

Let's have a look at how Oakleigh Cannons performed last season in the Npl Victoria: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 58 and conceded {29 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 1 and lost 4 with 27/14 goals scored/conceded.

Oakleigh Cannons had fun at their own home (Knights Stadium) last time out, beating Green Gully 3-1. Hampson scored.

Previously, the Victoria Community Shield victory away at Bentleigh Greens.

Head 2 Head

Oakleigh Cannons have not lost in the last 6 matches (4-2-0) against Melbourne.

Top Goalscorers

Melbourne KnightsI. Franjić
I. Franjić
1 goals
Oakleigh CannonsD. Clark
D. Clark
1 goals
Oakleigh CannonsC. Hampson
C. Hampson
1 goals

Melbourne Knights missing players

Oakleigh Cannons missing players

Melbourne Knights Oakleigh Cannons
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
10 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
17% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 75%
 
11 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 5
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Melbourne Knights Last season Oakleigh Cannons
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   15 29
9 6   Won W   10 18
3 2   Drew D   1 4
14 5   Lost L   4 7
36 19   Scored S   34 68
40 18   Conceded C   15 33
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 97%
92% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 86%
62% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   80% 76%
27% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 45%
12% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 31%
54% 54%   BTTS BTTS   53% 62%
23% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 28%
23% 23%   Failed to Score F T   20% 14%
 
5.8 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.2
3.9 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 4.9
2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.7
4 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
8.7 8.5   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 12.1
3.5 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.5 5.6
39% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 42%
 
9.9 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   7.9 8.7
4.5 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.7 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Oakleigh Cannons 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 North Geelong Warriors 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 South Melbourne 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Dandenong Thunder 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Avondale Heights 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
6 Port Melbourne 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 St. Albans Saints 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Hume City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Melbourne Knights 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Altona Magic 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Moreland City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Heidelberg United 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Green Gully 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
14 Bentleigh Greens 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 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 South Melbourne 26 20 2 4 59 20 13 12 1 0 35 7 13 8 1 4 24 13 39 62
2 Port Melbourne 26 17 5 4 45 23 13 8 2 3 22 12 13 9 3 1 23 11 22 56
3 Oakleigh Cannons 26 16 3 7 58 29 13 8 2 3 31 15 13 8 1 4 27 14 29 51
4 Green Gully 26 14 3 9 43 30 13 8 1 4 23 14 13 6 2 5 20 16 13 45
5 Bentleigh Greens 26 12 6 8 47 33 13 8 3 2 20 9 13 4 3 6 27 24 14 42
6 Heidelberg United 26 13 3 10 50 43 13 5 2 6 22 25 13 8 1 4 28 18 7 42
7 Avondale Heights 26 12 4 10 49 38 13 5 2 6 20 18 13 7 2 4 29 20 11 40
8 Dandenong Thunder 26 11 5 10 37 34 13 5 5 3 20 17 13 6 0 7 17 17 3 38
9 Melbourne Knights 26 9 3 14 36 40 13 6 2 5 19 18 13 3 1 9 17 22 -4 30
10 St. Albans Saints 26 8 6 12 25 38 13 2 4 7 8 21 13 6 2 5 17 17 -13 30
11 Altona Magic 26 8 3 15 21 38 13 4 1 8 10 21 13 4 2 7 11 17 -17 27
12 Hume City 26 7 5 14 33 48 13 4 1 8 20 26 13 3 4 6 13 22 -15 26
13 Dandenong City 26 5 5 16 24 60 13 3 2 8 13 36 13 2 3 8 11 24 -36 20
14 Eastern Lions 26 1 5 20 17 70 13 0 1 12 7 35 13 1 4 8 10 35 -53 8

Read more about Npl Victoria

The National Premier Leagues (NPL) is the second level of football in Australia. It has eight regional divisions in which the number of teams vary. In total close to 100 teams compete in the NPL. It is currently not possible to promote to the A-League, but there is a relegation system in most divisions.