Oakleigh Cannons welcome Altona Magic as odds-on favourites: Read our betting preview

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Competition: Sat 18.June
Match begins: 09:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jack Edwards Reserve (5000 seats)

Oakleigh Cannons have layed the groundwork for another game after their 2-3 result against Heidelberg United, a fixture that made them wiser. Will they show it against Altona Magic?

Insights:
  • Oakleigh Cannons have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Npl Victoria
  • Altona Magic have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Npl Victoria

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Oakleigh Cannons form and stats

5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Npl Victoria numbers at home for Oakleigh Cannons so far this season.

The Oakleigh followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Jack Edwards Reserve: A 2-3 defeat against Heidelberg United (placed 7th).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Oakleigh Cannons's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 5 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Goals decide football matches and Oakleigh Cannons are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 9 league matches. Oakleigh Cannons have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Altona Magic form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Npl Victoria travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Altona go into this game after a win, the home game against Dandenong Thunder that ended 2-1.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Eastern Lions with the score of 1-0.

It's early days yet, but Altona Magic has scored 9 and conceded 9 goals from their travels in the league so far (9 games).

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H game ended Altona Magic - Oakleigh Cannons 0-3, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Oakleigh Cannons won seven, Altona Magic triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

OakleighW. Dekker
W. Dekker
11 goals
Oakleigh CannonsJ. Guest
J. Guest
7 goals
Oakleigh CannonsJ. Knowles
J. Knowles
7 goals

Oakleigh Cannons missing players

Altona Magic missing players

Oakleigh Cannons Altona Magic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 2 9 17
11 5 2 Won W 0 4 7
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 2 1 Lost L 2 4 8
37 20 9 Scored S 0 9 14
19 13 5 Conceded C 2 9 19
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 88%
88% 89% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 56% 53%
71% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 41%
35% 44% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 12%
24% 33% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
65% 89% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 11% 12%
29% 11% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 41%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 56% 59%
 
5.2 5.3 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4.2 5.4
4.9 3.9 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5 4.9
1.4 1.8 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3 2.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.2 12.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 10.1 9.1
5.5 5.7 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.7 3.6
39% 39% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 23%
 
7.5 8.6 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 9.7 7.9
2.4 2.8 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.3 3.4
Key stats in Npl Victoria this season:
  • Altona Magic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Altona Magic have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Npl Victoria
  • Altona Magic have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Oakleigh Cannons have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Oakleigh Cannons have scored more than double the goals of Altona Magic.
  • Oakleigh Cannons have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Npl Victoria
  • Oakleigh Cannons haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 17 13 1 3 44 16 8 8 0 0 29 6 9 5 1 3 15 10 28 40
2 Oakleigh Cannons 17 11 3 3 37 19 9 5 2 2 20 13 8 6 1 1 17 6 18 36
3 Port Melbourne 17 10 4 3 26 16 8 5 1 2 12 7 9 5 3 1 14 9 10 34
4 Green Gully 18 10 2 6 30 20 10 6 1 3 14 10 8 4 1 3 16 10 10 32
5 Avondale Heights 18 9 4 5 36 25 8 4 2 2 13 9 10 5 2 3 23 16 11 31
6 Bentleigh Greens 18 8 4 6 30 25 9 6 2 1 14 6 9 2 2 5 16 19 5 28
7 Heidelberg United 17 8 2 7 31 27 8 2 2 4 9 14 9 6 0 3 22 13 4 26
8 Altona Magic 17 7 2 8 14 19 8 3 1 4 5 10 9 4 1 4 9 9 -5 23
9 Melbourne Knights 17 7 1 9 25 25 9 5 0 4 14 14 8 2 1 5 11 11 0 22
10 Dandenong Thunder 17 6 4 7 23 24 9 3 4 2 14 13 8 3 0 5 9 11 -1 22
11 St. Albans Saints 18 6 3 9 16 30 9 1 2 6 5 18 9 5 1 3 11 12 -14 21
12 Hume City 17 3 3 11 23 38 9 2 1 6 14 19 8 1 2 5 9 19 -15 12
13 Dandenong City 17 2 4 11 14 38 9 1 2 6 7 26 8 1 2 5 7 12 -24 10
14 Eastern Lions 17 1 3 13 14 41 8 0 0 8 6 22 9 1 3 5 8 19 -27 6

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.