The Npl Victoria season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Port Melbourne and South Melbourne promises to be an interesting one.
Port Melbourne and South Melbourne 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.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Port Melbourne form and stats
Port Melbourne have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Npl Victoria. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
A nice win for Port Melbourne last time playing, versus Eastern Lions. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Bentleigh Greens.
A decent goal production from Port Melbourne in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Port Melbourne have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
South Melbourne form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Npl Victoria away game of the season. During their previous season 13 away games resulted in 4 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Oakleigh Cannons (placed 1st) in their previous outing. The Npl Victoria match ended in a draw 0-0. Before that, South Melbourne secured a home win against Eastern Lions with the score 5-2.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, South Melbourne has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - one - three (Port Melbourne wins - draws - South Melbourne wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Port Melbourne missing players
South Melbourne missing players
| Port Melbourne | South Melbourne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 7.7 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 6.3 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | 41 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 8 | 33 |
| 17 | 17 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 42% |
- Port Melbourne has the most matches under the total-line (3)
| Port Melbourne | Last season | South Melbourne | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 41 | 24 | Scored | S | 13 | 27 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 25 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 77% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 81% | ||
| 54% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 54% | ||
| 31% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 27% | ||
| 23% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 62% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 42% | ||
| 19% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 23% | ||
| 23% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 38% | ||
| 6.3 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 286 | 154 | Total Shots | T S | 141 | 297 | ||
| 136 | 76 | Shots on Target | S O | 70 | 138 | ||
| 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 20% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Oakleigh Cannons | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Hume City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Port Melbourne | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Bentleigh Greens | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | St. Albans Saints | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Dandenong Thunder | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | South Melbourne | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Avondale Heights | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Heidelberg United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Melbourne Knights | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Dandenong City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Altona Magic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 13 | Green Gully | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| 14 | Eastern Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 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 |