It's game two of the Npl Victoria season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of South Melbourne-Eastern Lions!
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!
South Melbourne form and stats
Melbourne enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Heidelberg United's place. The match ended 1-0. 1-1 away at Altona Magic before that.
Last season, South Melbourne's league statistics were 1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss, resulting in a 8th position in the Premier League. Over these five matches they scored 7 goals and conceded 7. Playing at home last season South Melbourne managed 1-0-1 (win-draw-lost) with 5 goals and 5 conceded.
Eastern Lions form and stats
Eastern failed to get anything from their last game, a Npl Victoria home match vs Bentleigh Greens (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-3. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus St. Albans Saints that ended 0-0.
Let's have a look at how Eastern Lions performed last season in the Npl Victoria: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 0 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. In total they scored 2 and conceded 12 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 2/8 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
South Melbourne missing players
Eastern Lions missing players
| South Melbourne | Eastern Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 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 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| South Melbourne | Last season | Eastern Lions | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 5 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 12 | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 80% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11 | ||
| 3.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 41% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 10% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Green Gully | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Avondale Heights | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Melbourne Knights | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | South Melbourne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Dandenong City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Dandenong Thunder | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Altona Magic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Hume City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Oakleigh Cannons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Heidelberg United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Port Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Eastern Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | St. Albans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | 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 |