It's early days in the Npl Victoria and both Port Melbourne and South Melbourne are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
- Port Melbourne have the most scored goals in the second half (4) in Npl Victoria
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Port Melbourne form and stats
Port Melbourne are yet to win a home game, having collected 0 points from their first two Npl Victoria games here at SS Anderson Reserve. The Melbourne manager A. Piddick might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Bentleigh Greens with a 3-2 scoreline.
At SS Anderson Reserve, Port Melbourne has the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
South Melbourne form and stats
Four points from two away games for South Melbourne, meaning one draw and one victory in the Npl Victoria so far.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Eastern Lions.
South Melbourne have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: one - two - three (Melbourne wins - draws - South Melbourne wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Duggan 1 goals |
Port Melbourne missing players
South Melbourne missing players
| Port Melbourne | South Melbourne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 5 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 75% |
- Port Melbourne have the most scored goals in the second half (4) in Npl Victoria
| Port Melbourne | Last season | South Melbourne | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 5 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 80% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.4 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 10 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bentleigh Greens | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Melbourne Knights | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | South Melbourne | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Green Gully | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Avondale Heights | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Eastern Lions | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Port Melbourne | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | St. Albans Saints | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Altona Magic | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Hume City | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Oakleigh Cannons | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Dandenong City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Heidelberg United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Dandenong Thunder | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 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 | Hume City | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Dandenong Thunder | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Avondale Heights | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 9 |
| 5 | Heidelberg United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Port Melbourne | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | St. Albans Saints | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | South Melbourne | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Green Gully | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Bentleigh Greens | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Melbourne Knights | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 2 |
| 12 | Dandenong City | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 13 | Eastern Lions | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 1 |
| 14 | Altona Magic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -11 | 1 |