Lakeside Stadium: South Melbourne vs Heidelberg United Npl Victoria preview

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Date: Sun 25.August
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lakeside Stadium (15000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as South Melbourne have their presumed home advantage while Heidelberg United are ahead 18 points in the Npl Victoria table.

South Melbourne and Heidelberg United 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.

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South Melbourne form and stats

When playing at home, South Melbourne have managed 6 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Lakeside Stadium.

South Melbourne's previous game was a Npl Victoria match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Altona Magic. The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Oakleigh Cannons (1-4).

South Melbourne has scored 14 goals at home this season, in 12 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Heidelberg United form and stats

Heidelberg United, who have the most points (27) away in Npl Victoria, have an excellent away record so far with 9-0-3 from 12 games. Heidelberg United has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Kingston City.

Two travels in a row for Heidelberg United, whose manager G. Katsakis could celebrate last time after the Npl Victoria win against Avondale Heights. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Oakleigh Cannons.

With an average of more than two away goals per game, Heidelberg United are regular goalscorers on their travels. 15 goals have been conceded by Heidelberg United in these games.

Head 2 Head

Heidelberg United - South Melbourne 1-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. South Melbourne-Heidelberg United H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: South Melbourne 1 win, Heidelberg United 2 wins, 0 draws. 3 of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
25 12 4 Played 4 12 25
10 6 1 Won 4 9 16
4 2 1 Drew 0 0 4
11 4 2 Lost 0 3 5
27 14 4 Scored 7 25 50
39 14 8 Conceded 3 15 28
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 96%
80% 83% 100% Over 1.5 50% 67% 80%
52% 33% 50% Over 2.5 50% 67% 52%
28% 8% 25% Over 3.5 25% 42% 36%
8% 8% 25% Over 4.5 25% 33% 28%
44% 33% 50% BTTS 50% 58% 60%
24% 33% 0% Clean Sheets 50% 33% 36%
36% 33% 50% Failed To Score 0% 8% 8%
 
5.6 6.9 5.8 Corners For (avg) 8.8 6.4 6.1
4.8 4.6 5.2 Corners Against (avg) 5 3.7 4.3
1.8 1.5 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.2 1.7 1.8
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 4
Key stats this season:
  • Heidelberg United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Heidelberg United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • South Melbourne have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • South Melbourne haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

South Melbourne
All Ffa Cup Npl Victoria Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
16-06-19 NPL South Melbourne 0 - 3 Avondale Heights
23-06-19 NPL South Melbourne 0 - 2 Kingston City
30-06-19 NPL South Melbourne 1 - 0 Pascoe Vale
06-07-19 NPL Green Gully 0 - 0 South Melbourne
14-07-19 NPL South Melbourne 1 - 1 Melbourne Knights
20-07-19 NPL Hume City 3 - 1 South Melbourne
28-07-19 NPL South Melbourne 3 - 0 Dandenong Thunder
02-08-19 NPL Oakleigh Cannons 4 - 1 South Melbourne
18-08-19 NPL South Melbourne 2 - 0 Altona Magic
25-08-19 NPL South Melbourne 05:00 Heidelberg United
Heidelberg United
All Ffa Cup Npl Victoria Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
15-06-19 NPL Heidelberg United 1 - 2 Hume City
22-06-19 NPL Dandenong Thunder 2 - 5 Heidelberg United
06-07-19 NPL Altona Magic 0 - 1 Heidelberg United
15-07-19 NPL Kingston City 1 - 0 Heidelberg United
19-07-19 NPL Bentleigh Greens 0 - 3 Heidelberg United
26-07-19 NPL Dandenong City 2 - 3 Heidelberg United
03-08-19 NPL Port Melbourne 0 - 1 Heidelberg United
09-08-19 NPL Heidelberg United 0 - 0 Oakleigh Cannons
17-08-19 NPL Avondale Heights 2 - 3 Heidelberg United
25-08-19 NPL South Melbourne 05:00 Heidelberg United

  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 Heidelberg United 25 16 4 5 50 28 13 7 4 2 25 13 12 9 0 3 25 15 22 52
2 Avondale Heights 25 15 5 5 60 29 13 9 1 3 31 13 12 6 4 2 29 16 31 50
3 Green Gully 25 12 8 5 55 37 13 5 5 3 32 24 12 7 3 2 23 13 18 44
4 Bentleigh Greens 25 13 4 8 47 42 12 9 1 2 27 16 13 4 3 6 20 26 5 43
5 Oakleigh Cannons 25 12 6 7 42 32 12 8 2 2 25 15 13 4 4 5 17 17 10 42
6 Hume City 25 12 5 8 40 32 12 8 1 3 23 12 13 4 4 5 17 20 8 41
7 South Melbourne 25 10 4 11 27 39 12 6 2 4 14 14 13 4 2 7 13 25 -12 34
8 Dandenong City 25 9 5 11 39 45 13 4 3 6 20 24 12 5 2 5 19 21 -6 32
9 Port Melbourne 25 8 7 10 39 34 12 5 4 3 22 14 13 3 3 7 17 20 5 31
10 Melbourne Knights 25 10 4 11 34 38 13 6 2 5 20 18 12 4 2 6 14 20 -4 31
11 Altona Magic 25 9 2 14 42 49 12 5 1 6 18 17 13 4 1 8 24 32 -7 29
12 Kingston 21 4 4 13 23 40 11 2 2 7 11 22 10 2 2 6 12 18 -17 16
12 Dandenong Thunder 25 5 6 14 40 69 12 1 4 7 16 33 13 4 2 7 24 36 -29 21
13 Kingston City 25 5 5 15 30 50 13 3 2 8 14 25 12 2 3 7 16 25 -20 20
14 Pascoe Vale 25 5 3 17 31 52 13 3 2 8 22 29 12 2 1 9 9 23 -21 18

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