Very important duel in the cellar of the Npl Victoria, with both North Geelong Warriors and Moreland City going through more angst than bliss. This match is a typical "six-pointer" with the home team positioned 14th and the away side in 12th position.
- North Geelong Warriors have the fewest scored goals (14) in Npl Victoria
- Moreland City have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Npl Victoria
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
North Geelong Warriors form and stats
North Geelong Warriors's results here at Elcho Park in the Npl Victoria have been very modest with 1 victory, 0 draws and 7 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for North Geelong Warriors, their manager Begg and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
A good away victory last time out for Warriors, who won 2-1 against Hume City (placed 10th). What a relief, as that was the first league win after playing, but not winning, six matches in a row.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Avondale Heights (0-3).Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 13 of the 15 latest league matches with this club has had at least three goals.
North Geelong Warriors have scored {4 league goals} here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as North Geelong Warriors have let the opposition score 26 times, an average of more than three per game.
Moreland City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Moreland City so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-6 (win-draw-lose). Recent form does not give Moreland City much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. North Geelong Warriors will be a tough nut to crack.
Moreland's previous game was their home loss versus Avondale Heights (0-3).
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Altona Magic's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Moreland City in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Moreland City, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 12 of this team's 14 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.
Moreland City have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Moreland City are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 10 goals in these matches. When Moreland City is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Hume City, St. Albans Saints, Moreland and Bentleigh Greens.
Head 2 Head
The latest past history involving both these contenders is the Moreland City - North Geelong Warriors 4-1 played previously this season. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two North Geelong Warriors victories, one draw and five Moreland City wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Fulton 5 goals | J. Latham 3 goals | J. Hooper 3 goals |
North Geelong Warriors missing players
Moreland City missing players
| North Geelong Warriors | Moreland City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 51 | 26 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 26 | 51 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 89% | 88% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 78% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 78% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | 50% |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 50% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 61% |
| 6% | 12% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 44% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 39% |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.6 | 6.4 |
| 6.2 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5.7 | 5.6 | 4.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 45% | 29% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 30% | 31% |
| 11.3 | 12.8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| 5.5 | 6.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 5 | 4.8 |
- Moreland City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Moreland City have scored at least twice as many goals away as North Geelong Warriors have scored home.
- Moreland City have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Npl Victoria
- North Geelong Warriors have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- North Geelong Warriors have the fewest scored goals (14) in Npl Victoria
- North Geelong Warriors have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Npl Victoria
- North Geelong Warriors have the most conceded goals (26) at home in Npl Victoria
- North Geelong Warriors have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in Npl Victoria
- North Geelong Warriors have the the worst goal difference (-22) at home in Npl Victoria
- North Geelong Warriors have the the worst goal difference (-37) 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 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 48 | 52 |
| 2 | South Melbourne | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 49 |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 30 | 42 |
| 4 | Melbourne Knights | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 34 |
| 5 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 30 |
| 6 | Green Gully | 19 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 43 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 27 |
| 7 | Dandenong Thunder | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Altona Magic | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 31 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -8 | 23 |
| 9 | Heidelberg United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 22 | -15 | 19 |
| 10 | Hume City | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 34 | -22 | 16 |
| 12 | Moreland City | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 26 | -31 | 12 |
| 13 | Bentleigh Greens | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -21 | 10 |
| 14 | North Geelong Warriors | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -37 | 10 |
