Npl Victoria: Melbourne Knights - Oakleigh Cannons news and the hard facts

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Competition: Tue 24.May
Match begins: 09:30 (UTC)
Venue: Knights Stadium (7032 seats)

Here is all you need to know about the Npl Victoria match Melbourne Knights - Oakleigh Cannons!

Insights:
  • Melbourne Knights have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Npl Victoria
  • Oakleigh Cannons have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Npl Victoria

This is a local fight, usually meaning increased nervousness and significance.

It's no vacation for neither Melbourne nor Oakleigh Cannons as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Melbourne Knights form and stats

When playing at home in the Npl Victoria, Melbourne Knights have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games.

A nice win for Melbourne Knights last time playing, versus Dandenong City. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1.

Melbourne are traveling soon after this match as the Npl Victoria match at Avondale Heights awaits in four days.

The Melbourne Knights fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Melbourne Knights defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Oakleigh Cannons form and stats

The away performances of Oakleigh Cannons have been very solid so far with 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in the Npl Victoria. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus Melbourne Knights.

Two away games in a row for Oakleigh, whose manager Taylor could celebrate last time after the win against Green Gully.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hume City at their stadium, the result 2-1.

After this away game Oakleigh Cannons return home for a Npl Victoria game against Eastern Lions. That game is only three sleeps after this.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Oakleigh Cannons are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Melbourne Knights wins - draws - Oakleigh Cannons wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Oakleigh CannonsW. Dekker
W. Dekker
11 goals
Oakleigh CannonsJ. Knowles
J. Knowles
7 goals
Oakleigh CannonsD. Clark
D. Clark
6 goals

Melbourne Knights missing players

Oakleigh Cannons missing players

Melbourne Knights Oakleigh Cannons
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 1 Played P 1 6 13
6 4 0 Won W 0 5 10
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
7 3 1 Lost L 1 1 2
20 11 0 Scored S 0 15 32
19 11 1 Conceded C 2 5 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 86% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
69% 86% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 83% 77%
31% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 38%
15% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 23%
31% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 62%
31% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 31%
38% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 17% 8%
 
5.9 5.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.8 5.4
4.5 3.6 8 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.5 4.6
2.2 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.8 1.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.5 8.3 8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 13.2 12
3.5 3.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 5.3 5.1
43% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 47% 48%
 
10.3 9.1 14 Shots against (avg) S A 9 6.3 7.9
4.4 4.1 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 1.8 2.5
Key stats in Npl Victoria this season:
  • All of Oakleigh Cannons's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Melbourne Knights have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Melbourne Knights have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Npl Victoria
  • Melbourne Knights have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Npl Victoria
  • Melbourne Knights haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Oakleigh Cannons have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Oakleigh Cannons have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Oakleigh Cannons have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Npl Victoria
  • Oakleigh Cannons have the the best goal difference (+10) away in Npl Victoria
  • Oakleigh Cannons haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Oakleigh Cannons is in the best form (6-0-0) in Npl Victoria

  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 14 11 1 2 36 12 6 6 0 0 22 4 8 5 1 2 14 8 24 34
2 Oakleigh Cannons 13 10 1 2 32 14 7 5 1 1 17 9 6 5 0 1 15 5 18 31
3 Port Melbourne 14 8 4 2 19 12 6 4 1 1 8 4 8 4 3 1 11 8 7 28
4 Green Gully 14 8 1 5 20 15 8 6 0 2 12 6 6 2 1 3 8 9 5 25
5 Avondale Heights 14 7 2 5 27 20 6 3 1 2 8 5 8 4 1 3 19 15 7 23
6 Bentleigh Greens 14 7 2 5 24 19 8 5 2 1 12 5 6 2 0 4 12 14 5 23
7 Dandenong Thunder 14 6 3 5 21 20 7 3 3 1 13 11 7 3 0 4 8 9 1 21
8 Heidelberg United 14 6 1 7 24 22 7 2 1 4 7 12 7 4 0 3 17 10 2 19
9 Melbourne Knights 13 6 0 7 20 19 7 4 0 3 11 11 6 2 0 4 9 8 1 18
10 Altona Magic 14 5 2 7 11 14 6 2 1 3 3 5 8 3 1 4 8 9 -3 17
11 St. Albans Saints 14 5 2 7 14 22 7 1 1 5 5 15 7 4 1 2 9 7 -8 17
12 Hume City 14 2 3 9 17 31 8 2 1 5 13 17 6 0 2 4 4 14 -14 9
13 Dandenong City 14 1 4 9 10 31 7 1 2 4 5 20 7 0 2 5 5 11 -21 7
14 Eastern Lions 14 1 2 11 12 36 7 0 0 7 6 21 7 1 2 4 6 15 -24 5

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.