Npl Victoria: Moreland City are 14 points short of Dandenong Thunder, but are driven to go full force. Get this show on the road!
- Moreland City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
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.
Moreland City form and stats
With 2 Npl Victoria wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Moreland City are certainly not brimming with confidence. Moreland City are slowly digging their own grave here at CB Smith Reserve with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts.
Moreland lost their last game at Melbourne Knights (placed 4th) after a 1-2 scoreline.
Before that, Moreland City drew at home versus Green Gully.Goal party? Who knows the future, but we do know that 14 of the 18 latest league matches with this club has contained three goals or more.
The Moreland City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. As for conceded goals, Moreland's unpleasant statistic is 26 goals surrendered.
Dandenong Thunder form and stats
The visitors are W5-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Npl Victoria.
The club members enjoyed Dandenong Thunder's previous fixture versus North Geelong Warriors (placed 14th), a 6-0 win played at home. Eureka; their first win in the league after six matches not winning. As you can tell from the results above, Dandenong Thunder was very dominant against North Geelong Warriors, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with Karantz, Hallam (2) and Damen providing the goals. Damen certainly enjoyed Dandenong's last game versus North Geelong Warriors, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 6-0 victory.
A 1-5 defeat away at Avondale Heights before that.Take note that 14 of this club's 18 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.
The travelling fans enjoy Dandenong Thunder's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 11 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Dandenong Thunder have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Dandenong Thunder - Moreland 3-2 was the end result in these squads' last h2h game, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Damen 10 goals |  F. Fulton 6 goals | G. Lino 5 goals |
Moreland City missing players
Dandenong Thunder missing players
| Moreland City | Dandenong Thunder | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 24 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 10 | 20 | 40 |
| 58 | 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 1 | 18 | 42 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 82% | 82% |
| 73% | 70% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 73% | 73% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 45% | 45% |
| 36% | 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 36% | 36% |
| 64% | 60% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 55% | 59% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 45% | 27% |
| 36% | 40% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 6.3 | 6 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6.6 | 5.8 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.2 | 9.7 | 9.4 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 34% | 34% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 42% | 43% |
| 9.7 | 9.1 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 6.4 | 7 |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
- All of Moreland City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Moreland City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Moreland City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Moreland City have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in Npl Victoria
- Moreland City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Moreland City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Avondale Heights | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 72 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 52 | 57 |
| 2 | South Melbourne | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 53 |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 51 |
| 4 | Melbourne Knights | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 41 |
| 5 | Port Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 19 | 40 |
| 6 | Altona Magic | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 44 | 44 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 0 | 35 |
| 7 | Green Gully | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 48 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 34 |
| 8 | Dandenong Thunder | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | -2 | 27 |
| 9 | Hume City | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -5 | 21 |
| 10 | Heidelberg United | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 27 | -17 | 21 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 34 | -29 | 16 |
| 12 | Bentleigh Greens | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -23 | 14 |
| 13 | Moreland City | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 58 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 32 | -34 | 13 |
| 14 | North Geelong Warriors | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 63 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 34 | -47 | 13 |
