South Melbourne supporters put their faith in manager la Hoz to deliver victory against Heidelberg United

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Competition: Thu 17.February
Match begins: 08:30 (UTC)
Venue: Lakeside Stadium (10000 seats)

It's the first fixture of the new season for South Melbourne and Heidelberg United. The canvas is empty, the opportunities infinite.

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.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Melbourne and Heidelberg United.

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South Melbourne form and stats

In the previous season, South Melbourne's league results were 6 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses, resulting in 9th place in the Npl Victoria. From these 18 matches they scored 19 goals and let in 18. Playing as the home side in the last season South Melbourne generated 3-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 9 goals and 7 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does South Melbourne handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and four defeats.

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Heidelberg United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Heidelberg United performed last season in the Npl Victoria: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 23 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 2 with 13/11 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three South Melbourne victories, zero draws and seven Heidelberg United wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
South Melbourne Heidelberg United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
South Melbourne Last season Heidelberg United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
18 8   Played P   9 18
6 3   Won W   4 7
7 3   Drew D   3 6
5 2   Lost L   2 5
19 9   Scored S   13 23
18 7   Conceded C   11 22
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
67% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 67%
22% 25%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 44%
11% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 22%
11% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 6%
56% 62%   BTTS BTTS   67% 61%
28% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 17%
22% 12%   Failed to Score F T   11% 22%
 
5.6 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.9
5.2 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.1
2.3 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.2
0 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
8.8 9.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.2 9
3.5 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 3.9
30% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 33%
 
8.1 6.9   Shots against (avg) S A   9.8 8.9
2.6 2.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Altona Magic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Avondale Heights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bentleigh Greens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dandenong City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dandenong Thunder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Eastern Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Green Gully 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Heidelberg United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hume City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Melbourne Knights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Oakleigh Cannons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Port Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 South Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 St. Albans Saints 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Avondale Heights 18 12 5 1 39 15 10 7 2 1 20 10 8 5 3 0 19 5 24 41
2 Oakleigh Cannons 18 10 4 4 36 21 10 6 3 1 23 12 8 4 1 3 13 9 15 34
3 Bentleigh Greens 18 10 3 5 31 22 8 3 2 3 12 12 10 7 1 2 19 10 9 33
4 Hume City 18 9 4 5 35 21 9 6 2 1 21 6 9 3 2 4 14 15 14 31
5 Dandenong Thunder 18 8 4 6 30 25 9 5 2 2 18 12 9 3 2 4 12 13 5 28
6 Heidelberg United 18 7 6 5 23 22 9 3 3 3 10 11 9 4 3 2 13 11 1 27
7 Port Melbourne 18 7 5 6 28 19 9 3 3 3 14 9 9 4 2 3 14 10 9 26
8 Melbourne Knights 18 7 5 6 24 26 9 5 1 3 11 8 9 2 4 3 13 18 -2 26
9 South Melbourne 18 6 7 5 19 18 8 3 3 2 9 7 10 3 4 3 10 11 1 25
10 Green Gully 18 5 5 8 23 25 9 2 3 4 14 15 9 3 2 4 9 10 -2 20
11 Eastern Lions 18 4 3 11 18 34 8 2 1 5 7 13 10 2 2 6 11 21 -16 15
12 Altona Magic 18 2 8 8 19 32 10 1 5 4 11 17 8 1 3 4 8 15 -13 14
13 Dandenong City 18 3 5 10 20 36 10 2 3 5 13 18 8 1 2 5 7 18 -16 14
14 St. Albans Saints 18 2 4 12 10 39 8 1 1 6 4 18 10 1 3 6 6 21 -29 10

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Altona Magic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Avondale Heights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bentleigh Greens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dandenong City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dandenong Thunder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Eastern Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Green Gully 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Heidelberg United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hume City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Melbourne Knights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Oakleigh Cannons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Port Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 South Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 St. Albans Saints 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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