Npl Victoria: First-class against modest, at least according to the table. Oakleigh Cannons - Eastern Lions. Home victory or a surprise?
- Oakleigh Cannons is in the best form (6-0-0) in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions have the most conceded goals (36) in Npl Victoria
The hosts Oakleigh saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Npl Victoria. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Melbourne Knights.
Oakleigh Cannons form and stats
Oakleigh Cannons are steadily winning Npl Victoria games and points here at Jack Edwards Reserve. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. Oakleigh Cannons haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Heidelberg United, 75 days ago.
A strong away win for Oakleigh Cannons against Melbourne Knights the last match.
Before that match, a win away at Green Gully.Goals decide football matches and Oakleigh are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 7 league matches. Oakleigh Cannons's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Eastern Lions form and stats
There's been little loot from Eastern Lions's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Npl Victoria. Eastern Lions only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. Eastern Lions are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Altona Magic fixture.
The manager Puscasu was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium. Eastern suffered a 0-1 loss to Dandenong Thunder (placed 7th).
A 2-2 draw at Heidelberg United's stadium before that.With the home team given a victory chance of roughly 80% by the bookmakers, any beneficial result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds and Eastern Lions as the visiting side, we found 4 results. Statistics from these were 0 away wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. The visitors lost 2 of these games by at least two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Eastern as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. For Eastern Lions, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
These sides played each other previously this campaign: Eastern Lions - Oakleigh 2-3. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two squads are: three wins for Oakleigh Cannons, zero draws and zero wins for Eastern Lions. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three duels. One of the profiles has been Knowles with 3 goals scored against Eastern Lions in these 3 matches.Top Goalscorers
  W. Dekker 11 goals |  J. Knowles 7 goals | J. Guest 6 goals |
Oakleigh Cannons missing players
Eastern Lions missing players
| Oakleigh Cannons | Eastern Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 34 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 36 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 79% |
| 79% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 79% |
| 36% | 43% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 50% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 14% | 29% |
| 64% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 43% |
| 5.1 | 5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 5.4 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 9.4 | 6.9 |
| 1.4 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11.8 | 11 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| 5.1 | 4.9 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 47% | 50% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| 7.7 | 9.3 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 23 | 17 | 16.3 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 10 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
- Eastern Lions have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Eastern Lions have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Eastern Lions have the most conceded goals (36) in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Npl Victoria
- Eastern Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Eastern Lions is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Oakleigh Cannons have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Oakleigh Cannons have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Oakleigh Cannons have scored more than double the goals of Eastern Lions.
- Oakleigh Cannons haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Oakleigh Cannons is in the best form (6-0-0) in Npl Victoria
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 34 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 34 |
| 3 | Port Melbourne | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Green Gully | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Avondale Heights | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Bentleigh Greens | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Dandenong Thunder | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Heidelberg United | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | Melbourne Knights | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Altona Magic | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -8 | 17 |
| 12 | Hume City | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -14 | 9 |
| 13 | Dandenong City | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -21 | 7 |
| 14 | Eastern Lions | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -24 | 5 |
