The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Oakleigh Cannons are in the 6th position while the guesting Dandenong Thunder worry at 10th.
- Oakleigh Cannons have not yet lost a game at home.
- Oakleigh Cannons have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dandenong Thunder have scored away.
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!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Oakleigh Cannons form and stats
Oakleigh Cannons have collected 9 points from their Npl Victoria home games so far after 2-3-0.
The fans are hoping that Oakleigh Cannons will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Npl Victoria game against Port Melbourne (placed 8th). Ahead of that match, Oakleigh Cannons won a home game hosting Eastern Lions (4-1).
The Oakleigh manager C. Taylor has got the team scoring with 10 from 5 home games in the league. Oakleigh Cannons have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Dandenong Thunder form and stats
Playing away, Dandenong Thunder have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Npl Victoria this season. Dandenong has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Dandenong Thunder might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Heidelberg United proved too strong as Dandenong Thunder slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at George Andrews Reserve. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Avondale Heights wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
Dandenong are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 4 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Dandenong have conceded 6 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Oakleigh two wins, zero draws and Dandenong Thunder one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Bonada 6 goals |   M. Thurtell 5 goals |  W. Dekker 3 goals |
Oakleigh Cannons missing players
Dandenong Thunder missing players
| Oakleigh Cannons | Dandenong Thunder | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 80% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 60% |
| 30% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 20% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 80% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 12 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.5 | 11.3 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 31% | 40% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 33% |
- All of Oakleigh Cannons's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dandenong Thunder have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Dandenong Thunder have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dandenong Thunder haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Oakleigh Cannons have not yet lost a game at home.
- Oakleigh Cannons have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dandenong Thunder have scored away.
- Oakleigh Cannons have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Oakleigh Cannons 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 | South Melbourne | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Avondale Heights | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Heidelberg United | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Melbourne Knights | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Bentleigh Greens | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Oakleigh Cannons | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Hume City | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Port Melbourne | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Green Gully | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Dandenong Thunder | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Eastern Lions | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | St. Albans Saints | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -17 | 8 |
| 13 | Altona Magic | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 5 |
| 14 | Dandenong City | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 4 |