Oakleigh Cannons go on their trip to Port Melbourne and SS Anderson Reserve packed with optimism, but the home team is no muppet. More news on the match here!
- Port Melbourne have the most clean sheets (9) in Npl Victoria
- Oakleigh Cannons have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Npl Victoria
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Oakleigh Cannons could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Victoria Dockerty Cup game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Melbourne Knights. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Port Melbourne form and stats
When playing at home in the Npl Victoria, Port Melbourne have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 10 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Andrew Peter Withers not having conceded a league goal in 372 minutes.
Port Melbourne enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at St. Albans Saints's place. The match ended 2-0 with Duggan and Tevere scoring.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Heidelberg United in a game that was won 1-0.It should be taken into account that a glance at the 10 latest league games shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
A decent goal production from Port Melbourne in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Melbourne have conceded 11 goals.
Oakleigh Cannons form and stats
Oakleigh Cannons have an excellent away record in the Npl Victoria so far with 7-2-1 from 10 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Oakleigh Cannons as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Two trips in a row for Oakleigh, whose boss Taylor could celebrate last time after the Victoria Dockerty Cup win against Melbourne Knights.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Bentleigh Greens.Observe that 11 of this team's 14 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
Oakleigh Cannons have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 22 goals from 10 away matches. It's not easy to score on Oakleigh Cannons as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Oakleigh Cannons have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (4-1-0) when playing Port Melbourne.This happened when the sides met earlier this season; Oakleigh Cannons - Melbourne 3-2.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Duggan 10 goals |  A. Salmon 9 goals | S. Valentini 8 goals |
Port Melbourne missing players
Oakleigh Cannons missing players
| Port Melbourne | Oakleigh Cannons | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 44 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 22 | 54 |
| 27 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 90% | 90% |
| 62% | 70% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 71% |
| 48% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 43% |
| 29% | 10% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 52% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 62% |
| 43% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 33% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.7 | 8.3 | 7.7 |
| 6.6 | 7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.5 | 7.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.9 | 11.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| 54% | 58% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 43% | 47% |
| 8.3 | 8.8 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2 |
- Oakleigh Cannons have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Oakleigh Cannons have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Oakleigh Cannons have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Npl Victoria
- Oakleigh Cannons have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Npl Victoria
- Oakleigh Cannons haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Oakleigh Cannons is in the best form (6-0-0) in Npl Victoria
- Port Melbourne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Port Melbourne have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Npl Victoria
- Port Melbourne have the most clean sheets (9) in Npl Victoria
- Port Melbourne have the most dropped points from leading position (12) 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 | Avondale Heights | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 71 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 52 | 56 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 35 | 51 |
| 3 | South Melbourne | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 50 |
| 4 | Melbourne Knights | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 38 |
| 5 | Port Melbourne | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 37 |
| 6 | Altona Magic | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 40 | 43 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 25 | -3 | 32 |
| 7 | Green Gully | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 47 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 31 |
| 8 | Dandenong Thunder | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | -8 | 24 |
| 9 | Hume City | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -4 | 21 |
| 10 | Heidelberg United | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 27 | -17 | 20 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 34 | -26 | 16 |
| 12 | Bentleigh Greens | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -21 | 14 |
| 13 | Moreland City | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 30 | -33 | 13 |
| 14 | North Geelong Warriors | 21 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | -41 | 13 |
