Oakleigh Cannons vs Melbourne Knights preview for sports gamblers

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Competition: Fri 29.July
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jack Edwards Reserve (5000 seats)

The standings reveals that 22 points separate the pair of contenders in this Npl Victoria game. Oakleigh Cannons have both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • Oakleigh Cannons have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Npl Victoria
  • Melbourne Knights haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

Not a lot of time to rest for the home side, as they had a Npl Victoria match only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Bentleigh Greens.

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Oakleigh Cannons form and stats

Oakleigh Cannons have performed here at Jack Edwards Reserve this season with 7 wins from 11 Npl Victoria matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.

Oakleigh Cannons faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bentleigh Greens (2-3).

Goal fest? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 10 of the 13 latest league matches with this team has seen three goals or more.

Oakleigh are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (28 goals in 11 games). Oakleigh Cannons's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Melbourne Knights form and stats

Melbourne Knights have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Npl Victoria, after 3-1-7 (11 played).

Melbourne Knights's previous game was their home loss versus Dandenong Thunder (1-2).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Eastern Lions at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 10 league games.

Melbourne Knights have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Melbourne have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The latest registered match featuring both these contenders is the Melbourne Knights - Oakleigh Cannons 1-2 played not long ago this season. Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Oakleigh Cannons won four, Melbourne Knights were winners in four and we saw two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Oakleigh CannonsW. Dekker
W. Dekker
14 goals
Oakleigh CannonsJ. Guest
J. Guest
10 goals
Melbourne KnightsG. Albano
G. Albano
9 goals

Oakleigh Cannons missing players

Melbourne Knights missing players

Oakleigh Cannons Melbourne Knights
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 2 11 22
15 7 2 Won W 0 3 8
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
5 2 2 Lost L 2 7 12
54 28 12 Scored S 1 16 32
25 13 9 Conceded C 4 17 34
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 91%
74% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 68%
43% 45% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 27%
30% 36% 75% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 14%
61% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 55%
30% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 23%
13% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 18% 23%
 
5 5.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 6.5 6.2
4.8 4.3 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.2 3.9
1.6 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.7 12.2 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 9.1 8.5
5.5 5.7 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.1 3.5
43% 44% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 36% 42%
 
7.9 8.1 10 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 10.6 9.8
2.6 2.5 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.5 4.6
Key stats in Npl Victoria this season:
  • Melbourne Knights haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 the most scored goals in the second half (27) 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 23 18 2 3 56 18 12 11 1 0 34 7 11 7 1 3 22 11 38 56
2 Oakleigh Cannons 23 15 3 5 54 25 11 7 2 2 28 13 12 8 1 3 26 12 29 48
3 Port Melbourne 23 14 5 4 40 22 11 6 2 3 18 11 12 8 3 1 22 11 18 47
4 Bentleigh Greens 23 11 6 6 42 29 12 8 3 1 20 8 11 3 3 5 22 21 13 39
5 Green Gully 22 12 3 7 34 24 12 7 1 4 16 14 10 5 2 3 18 10 10 39
6 Heidelberg United 23 12 3 8 43 36 11 5 2 4 20 19 12 7 1 4 23 17 7 39
7 Avondale Heights 23 11 4 8 44 33 12 5 2 5 20 17 11 6 2 3 24 16 11 37
8 Dandenong Thunder 23 9 5 9 32 32 11 3 5 3 16 17 12 6 0 6 16 15 0 32
9 Melbourne Knights 22 8 2 12 32 34 11 5 1 5 16 17 11 3 1 7 16 17 -2 26
10 Altona Magic 23 7 2 14 16 32 11 3 1 7 6 16 12 4 1 7 10 16 -16 23
11 St. Albans Saints 22 6 5 11 17 34 11 1 3 7 5 19 11 5 2 4 12 15 -17 23
12 Hume City 23 5 4 14 30 47 12 3 1 8 18 25 11 2 3 6 12 22 -17 19
13 Dandenong City 23 4 5 14 21 53 11 2 2 7 10 30 12 2 3 7 11 23 -32 17
14 Eastern Lions 22 1 3 18 15 57 11 0 0 11 6 30 11 1 3 7 9 27 -42 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.