North Geelong Warriors are unlocking their away locker room to Heidelberg United for another very important match after their 0-6 result versus 8th-placed Dandenong Thunder.
- North Geelong Warriors have the fewest scored goals (16) in Npl Victoria
- Heidelberg United have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Npl Victoria
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.
North Geelong Warriors form and stats
With 2 Npl Victoria wins, 0 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, North Geelong Warriors are certainly not brimming with confidence. When North Geelong Warriors hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like St. Albans Saints, North Geelong Warriors, Moreland City and Bentleigh Greens), they have won 2 of 3 matches! North Geelong Warriors has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Begg and the players.
Stress levels are on the rise for North Geelong Warriors's attacking players as they have now played 206 minutes without scoring in a league game. Gardner was their last goal scorer.
In their previous game, the manager Begg led his North Geelong Warriors to a defeat away at Dandenong Thunder. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Elcho Park. Warriors were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Preceding that match was the home game against Melbourne Knights that was lost 0-3.Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 10 of the 11 latest league matches with this team has contained at least three goals.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for North Geelong Warriors here at Elcho Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 10 games). Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Warriors have allowed the opposition to score 29 goals here at Elcho Park. North Geelong Warriors has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Heidelberg United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Heidelberg United so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-7 (win-draw-lose). Heidelberg has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
There were no winners in Heidelberg United's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Avondale Heights (placed 1st).
Ahead of that, the Victoria Dockerty Cup victory away at Goulburn Valley Suns.
Heidelberg United are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 10 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Heidelberg United have won or drawn the last 5 fixtures (2-3-0) versus Warriors.The teams have played each other previously this season, with the match result Heidelberg United - North Geelong Warriors 1-1 entered in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Gardner 3 goals | L. McGrath 2 goals | L. Zivcic 2 goals |
North Geelong Warriors missing players
Heidelberg United missing players
| North Geelong Warriors | Heidelberg United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| 63 | 29 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 27 | 40 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 86% | 80% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 71% |
| 77% | 70% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 48% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 32% | 30% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 24% |
| 45% | 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 52% |
| 9% | 20% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 24% |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 29% |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| 5.9 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 7.8 | 8.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 41% | 29% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 33% | 34% |
| 11.3 | 12.8 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 10.8 | 9.2 |
| 5.4 | 5.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.6 | 4.2 |
- Heidelberg United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Heidelberg United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Heidelberg United have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Npl Victoria
- Heidelberg United have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Npl Victoria
- Heidelberg United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- North Geelong Warriors have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- North Geelong Warriors have the fewest scored goals (16) in Npl Victoria
- North Geelong Warriors have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Npl Victoria
- North Geelong Warriors have the most conceded goals (29) at home in Npl Victoria
- North Geelong Warriors have the most conceded goals (63) in Npl Victoria
- North Geelong Warriors have the most conceded goals in the first half (37) in Npl Victoria
- North Geelong Warriors have the the worst goal difference (-24) at home in Npl Victoria
- North Geelong Warriors have the the worst goal difference (-47) in Npl Victoria
- North Geelong Warriors haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 |
