Season ticket holders at Lakeside Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with South Melbourne languishing in the 11th position so far. The guesting Hume City will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
South Melbourne and Hume City 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.
South Melbourne form and stats
0 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what South Melbourne, who have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Npl Victoria, have to build on here at Lakeside Stadium.Happy days for South Melbourne in their previous game, a Npl Victoria match away at Melbourne Knights that ended with a 1-0 victory. In the match before that, South Melbourne hosted Green Gully and drew the game 1-1.
At Lakeside Stadium, South Melbourne has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 fixture.
Hume City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (12) away in Npl Victoria, on their travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Hume City has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.There were no winners in Hume City's previous match, a Npl Victoria home game that ended 1-1 vs Avondale Heights. Prior to that match, the Hume City manager D. Hennessey faced defeat in their match when travelling to Port Melbourne and losing 1-5.
The travelling fans enjoy Hume City's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 away matches. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Hume City concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own. Hume City can't defend away. 12 goals have been scored by the opposition in 4 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): South Melbourne 2 wins, 0 draws and Hume City 0 victories.South Melbourne missing players
Hume City missing players
| South Melbourne | Hume City | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 8 | 2 | Played | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | Scored | 7 | 15 |
| 12 | 1 | Conceded | 12 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 88% |
| 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 75% | 62% |
| 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 75% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 50% | 38% |
| 38% | 50% | Both teams to score | 75% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | Clean Sheet | 0% | 12% |
| 38% | 0% | Failed To Score | 25% | 12% |
- Neither of the teams have played a single 0-0 game.
- Hume City is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
- South Melbourne has scored in all of their 2 home matches.
- Hume City has failed to keep a clean sheet in 4 away matches.
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 | Heidelberg United | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Altona Magic | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Melbourne Knights | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Port Melbourne | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Green Gully | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Bentleigh Greens | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Hume City | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Pascoe Vale | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Dandenong Thunder | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 11 | South Melbourne | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 7 |
| 12 | Oakleigh Cannons | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Kingston | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 14 | Dandenong City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 4 |
