Npl Victoria: The middle-of-the-table spots illustrates the road Port Melbourne and Green Gully have been on uptil now. Both participants are up for it; let's get this boat on the water!
- Port Melbourne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Green Gully haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Port Melbourne and Green Gully should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Port Melbourne form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at SS Anderson Reserve as Port Melbourne have scored 16 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Npl Victoria are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Melbourne has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at SS Anderson Reserve. We remember; it was Melbourne Knights.
The Port Melbourne goalkeeper Andrew Peter Withers is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 213 minutes without conceding a goal in the Npl Victoria.
It's back home for Port Melbourne, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Moreland City away with the result 5-0. Mells, Jok and Ianchello found the net in that victory. As mentioned above, Port Melbourne "killed" Moreland City in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Jok when beating Moreland City, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
Ahead of that match, Melbourne won a home game hosting North Geelong Warriors (4-0).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Port Melbourne handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Goal fest? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 11 of the 13 most recent league matches with this team has contained three goals or more.
The Melbourne manager Piddick has got the team scoring with 16 from 7 home games in the league. On the other hand, Port Melbourne have conceded 8 goals.
Green Gully form and stats
Playing away, Green Gully have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 5 defeats in the Npl Victoria this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Green Gully's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Green Gully had fun at their own home (SS Anderson Reserve) last time out, beating Bentleigh Greens 3-1. Koudakpo, Vecchio and Waring scored. Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone four league rounds without victory.
Prior to that match, the Green manager Downes faced defeat when travelling to South Melbourne and losing 0-1.We have checked recent matches where Green Gully have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 10 of this side's 13 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.
Green Gully have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head encounter ended Green Gully - Melbourne 3-2, played this season. Numbers for the prior ten meetings between these two contenders are: five wins for Port Melbourne, three draws and two wins for Green Gully. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Waring 9 goals |  C. Duggan 7 goals | J. Hope 7 goals |
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| Port Melbourne | Green Gully | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 39 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 35 |
| 24 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 81% |
| 75% | 86% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 75% |
| 56% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 38% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 62% | 71% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 69% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 19% |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 7 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.1 | 9.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.2 | 9.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 58% | 64% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 52% | 51% |
| 8.8 | 9.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.5 | 7.2 | 8.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
- All of Port Melbourne's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Green Gully haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Port Melbourne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Port Melbourne have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Port Melbourne 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 | Avondale Heights | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 38 | 43 |
| 2 | South Melbourne | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 43 |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 36 |
| 4 | Melbourne Knights | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
| 5 | Port Melbourne | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 27 |
| 6 | Dandenong Thunder | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Green Gully | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 21 |
| 8 | Altona Magic | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Heidelberg United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 19 |
| 10 | Hume City | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 28 | -19 | 13 |
| 12 | Moreland City | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 23 | -26 | 12 |
| 13 | Bentleigh Greens | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -20 | 9 |
| 14 | North Geelong Warriors | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -35 | 7 |
