South Melbourne vs Bentleigh Greens match preview

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Date: Sun 26.May
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lakeside Stadium (15000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as South Melbourne have their presumed home advantage while Bentleigh Greens are ahead 8 points in the Npl Victoria table.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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South Melbourne form and stats

South Melbourne, who have the fewest points (1) at home in Npl Victoria, have played three home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. We have seen two home losses in a row now for South Melbourne, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Happy days for South Melbourne in their previous game, a Npl Victoria match away at Heidelberg United that ended with a 3-1 victory. In the game before, an away victory match versus Altona Magic with a 2-1 scoreline.

South Melbourne have scored 1 goal here in 3 matches, a depressing statistic. South Melbourne have conceded 5 from these games.

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Bentleigh Greens form and stats

As the visiting team Bentleigh Greens have produced an overall stat of 2-1-3 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Bentleigh Greens hope to make it five in this match. Bentleigh Greens love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Two travels in a row for Bentleigh Greens, whose manager J. Anastasiadis could celebrate last time after the Npl Victoria win against Avondale Heights. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Port Melbourne.

Bentleigh Greens find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures. For Bentleigh Greens, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Bentleigh Greens - South Melbourne 3-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 0 - 1 - 2 (South Melbourne wins - draws - Bentleigh Greens wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

South Melbourne missing players

Bentleigh Greens missing players

South Melbourne Bentleigh Greens
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
13 4 1 Played 2 7 13
5 1 0 Won 0 3 9
2 1 1 Drew 0 1 1
6 2 0 Lost 2 3 3
13 2 1 Scored 0 12 27
20 5 1 Conceded 5 15 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 75% 100% Over 1.5 100% 100% 92%
46% 0% 0% Over 2.5 50% 71% 69%
31% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 43% 54%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 29% 31%
46% 25% 100% BTTS 0% 57% 62%
15% 25% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 15%
38% 50% 0% Failed To Score 100% 43% 23%
 
6.2 7.8 7 Corners For (avg) 2.5 6.3 5.9
3.7 1.8 4 Corners Against (avg) 5 6.1 5.2
1.8 1.5 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1 1.1
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 2
Key stats this season:
  • All of Bentleigh Greens's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bentleigh Greens have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Bentleigh Greens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bentleigh Greens have scored more than double the goals of South Melbourne.
  • Bentleigh Greens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • South Melbourne have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • South Melbourne have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • South Melbourne have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • South Melbourne haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

South Melbourne
All Ffa Cup Npl Victoria Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
14-04-19 NPL South Melbourne 0 - 2 Hume City
27-04-19 NPL Dandenong Thunder 2 - 2 South Melbourne
05-05-19 NPL South Melbourne 0 - 2 Oakleigh Cannons
11-05-19 NPL Altona Magic 1 - 2 South Melbourne
18-05-19 NPL Heidelberg United 1 - 3 South Melbourne
26-05-19 NPL South Melbourne 06:00 Bentleigh Greens
31-05-19 NPL Dandenong City 10:30 South Melbourne
09-06-19 NPL South Melbourne 06:00 Port Melbourne
16-06-19 NPL South Melbourne 06:00 Avondale Heights
23-06-19 NPL South Melbourne 06:00 Kingston
Bentleigh Greens
All Ffa Cup Npl Victoria Club Friendlies
All Home Away
13-04-19 NPL Heidelberg United 2 - 0 Bentleigh Greens
29-04-19 NPL Kingston 3 - 4 Bentleigh Greens
03-05-19 NPL Bentleigh Greens 1 - 0 Dandenong City
10-05-19 NPL Bentleigh Greens 3 - 2 Port Melbourne
18-05-19 NPL Avondale Heights 1 - 2 Bentleigh Greens
26-05-19 NPL South Melbourne 06:00 Bentleigh Greens
31-05-19 NPL Bentleigh Greens 10:15 Pascoe Vale
08-06-19 NPL Green Gully 05:00 Bentleigh Greens
15-06-19 NPL Bentleigh Greens 07:00 Melbourne Knights
21-06-19 NPL Hume City 09:45 Bentleigh Greens

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Avondale Heights 12 9 2 1 35 13 8 7 0 1 24 8 4 2 2 0 11 5 22 29
2 Heidelberg United 12 8 2 2 26 13 10 7 2 1 23 10 2 1 0 1 3 3 13 26
3 Bentleigh Greens 11 7 1 3 20 18 5 5 0 0 12 5 6 2 1 3 8 13 2 22
4 Green Gully 11 6 2 3 23 14 5 2 1 2 10 9 6 4 1 1 13 5 9 20
5 Melbourne Knights 12 6 2 4 20 17 6 3 2 1 11 8 6 3 0 3 9 9 3 20
6 Altona Magic 12 6 1 5 22 22 6 3 1 2 10 7 6 3 0 3 12 15 0 19
7 Hume City 11 5 2 4 21 16 5 3 1 1 12 6 6 2 1 3 9 10 5 17
8 Port Melbourne 12 4 2 6 17 16 5 2 1 2 7 5 7 2 1 4 10 11 1 14
9 South Melbourne 12 4 2 6 12 20 3 0 1 2 1 5 9 4 1 4 11 15 -8 14
10 Oakleigh Cannons 11 3 3 5 13 15 3 2 0 1 4 3 8 1 3 4 9 12 -2 12
11 Pascoe Vale 11 3 2 6 16 19 6 3 1 2 13 8 5 0 1 4 3 11 -3 11
12 Dandenong Thunder 12 2 4 6 20 34 6 0 2 4 7 18 6 2 2 2 13 16 -14 10
13 Dandenong City 11 2 2 7 15 29 7 1 2 4 9 16 4 1 0 3 6 13 -14 8
14 Kingston 12 1 3 8 12 26 6 1 1 4 7 14 6 0 2 4 5 12 -14 6

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