Game week two of the Npl Victoria season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Oakleigh Cannons - Heidelberg United preview:
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.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Oakleigh Cannons form and stats
The hosts won their first Npl Victoria game here at Jack Edwards Reserve, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Oakleigh Cannons last season were 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses from 13 games.
Oakleigh Cannons's last game was hosting Avondale Heights (placed 13th) and winning 3-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Avondale Heights (0-2).
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Oakleigh Cannons at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Last season, Oakleigh Cannons's league statistics were 13 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Npl Victoria. Over these 26 matches they scored 45 goals and conceded 32. Playing at home last season Oakleigh Cannons managed 9-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 15 conceded.
Heidelberg United form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Npl Victoria, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 10 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats from 13 matches.
Heidelberg United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting South Melbourne (placed 14th). Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Bentleigh Greens.
3 goals so far away for Heidelberg United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Let's have a look at how Heidelberg United performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 53 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 0 and lost 3 with 28/15 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - two - two (Oakleigh Cannons wins - draws - Heidelberg United wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Oakleigh Cannons missing players
Heidelberg United missing players
| Oakleigh Cannons | Heidelberg United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 60% |
| Oakleigh Cannons | Last season | Heidelberg United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 10 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 47 | 30 | Scored | S | 28 | 54 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 79% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 81% | ||
| 50% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 56% | ||
| 29% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 33% | ||
| 18% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 26% | ||
| 61% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 59% | ||
| 29% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 37% | ||
| 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 7% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 6.1 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 340 | 206 | Total Shots | T S | 194 | 380 | ||
| 155 | 91 | Shots on Target | S O | 83 | 173 | ||
| 28% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heidelberg United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Melbourne Knights | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Port Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Avondale Heights | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | South Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heidelberg United | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 53 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 25 | 55 |
| 2 | Avondale Heights | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 63 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 34 | 53 |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 45 |
| 4 | Green Gully | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 44 |
| 5 | Bentleigh Greens | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 45 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 2 | 43 |
| 6 | Hume City | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 41 |
| 7 | Dandenong City | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | -5 | 35 |
| 8 | South Melbourne | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -15 | 34 |
| 9 | Port Melbourne | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 31 |
| 10 | Melbourne Knights | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -7 | 31 |
| 11 | Altona Magic | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 43 | 51 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 32 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | Dandenong Thunder | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 70 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 36 | -26 | 24 |
| 13 | Kingston | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 26 | -16 | 23 |
| 14 | Pascoe Vale | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | -20 | 21 |