Npl Victoria match preview: South Melbourne versus Melbourne Knights

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Date: Sun 14.July
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lakeside Stadium (15000 seats)

South Melbourne hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 25 points and a 10th position in the Npl Victoria table. Visiting Melbourne Knights holds 9th place with 27 pts.

It's no vacation for neither South Melbourne nor Melbourne Knights as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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

3-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for South Melbourne, who have the fewest scored goals (19) in Npl Victoria, so far this season.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Melbourne Knights in the Npl Victoria last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that game was the away draw at Green Gully that finished 0-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how South Melbourne have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won 0 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

South Melbourne aren't scoring a lot here at Lakeside Stadium with only 8 goals from 9 games. South Melbourne have conceded 14 from these games.

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Melbourne Knights form and stats

As the visiting team Melbourne Knights have produced an overall stat of 4-1-5 so far.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to South Melbourne in their previous outing. The Npl Victoria match ended in a draw 1-1. Before that, Melbourne Knights secured a home win against Avondale Heights with the score 2-0.

Melbourne Knights are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of four matches.

Melbourne Knights are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games. In the opposite end, Melbourne Knights have conceded 17 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: South Melbourne - Melbourne Knights 1-1. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's 2 South Melbourne victories, 1 draw and 1 Melbourne Knights win. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

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South Melbourne Melbourne Knights
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played 2 10 21
8 4 1 Won 2 4 9
4 2 0 Drew 0 1 3
9 4 2 Lost 0 5 9
20 9 2 Scored 5 13 30
32 14 5 Conceded 1 17 32
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 80% 100% Over 1.5 100% 100% 86%
48% 30% 33% Over 2.5 50% 70% 52%
24% 10% 0% Over 3.5 50% 30% 29%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 14%
43% 40% 33% BTTS 50% 70% 57%
19% 20% 0% Clean Sheets 50% 10% 14%
43% 40% 67% Failed To Score 0% 20% 29%
 
6.2 7.1 6.3 Corners For (avg) 6.5 5.5 5.3
4.5 4 2.7 Corners Against (avg) 2 6 6.1
1.8 1.8 0.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.9 2.8
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 2 3
Key stats this season:
  • All of Melbourne Knights's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Melbourne Knights have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Melbourne Knights haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • South Melbourne haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

South Melbourne
16-06-19 NPL South Melbourne 0 - 3 Avondale Heights
23-06-19 NPL South Melbourne 0 - 2 Kingston
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 07:30 South Melbourne
28-07-19 NPL South Melbourne 06:00 Dandenong Thunder
02-08-19 NPL Oakleigh Cannons 10:30 South Melbourne
18-08-19 NPL South Melbourne 06:00 Altona Magic
25-08-19 NPL South Melbourne 05:00 Heidelberg United
Melbourne Knights
15-06-19 NPL Bentleigh Greens 4 - 0 Melbourne Knights
21-06-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 0 - 2 Dandenong City
29-06-19 NPL Port Melbourne 2 - 1 Melbourne Knights
05-07-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 2 - 0 Avondale Heights
14-07-19 NPL South Melbourne 1 - 1 Melbourne Knights
19-07-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 09:45 Pascoe Vale
27-07-19 NPL Green Gully 10:00 Melbourne Knights
05-08-19 NPL Kingston 10:30 Melbourne Knights
07-08-19 FFA Melbourne Knights 09:30 Adelaide United
18-08-19 NPL Melbourne Knights 05:00 Hume City

  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 20 13 4 3 51 21 11 8 1 2 28 10 9 5 3 1 23 11 30 43
2 Heidelberg United 18 12 3 3 38 19 12 7 3 2 25 13 6 5 0 1 13 6 19 39
3 Bentleigh Greens 19 11 2 6 35 30 9 8 0 1 22 10 10 3 2 5 13 20 5 35
4 Green Gully 19 8 7 4 35 26 9 2 4 3 16 17 10 6 3 1 19 9 9 31
5 Oakleigh Cannons 18 9 4 5 30 22 8 6 1 1 15 7 10 3 3 4 15 15 8 31
6 Hume City 20 9 4 7 31 25 9 6 1 2 18 8 11 3 3 5 13 17 6 31
7 Port Melbourne 20 8 4 8 33 26 9 5 2 2 17 8 11 3 2 6 16 18 7 28
8 Altona Magic 20 9 1 10 34 35 10 5 1 4 17 13 10 4 0 6 17 22 -1 28
9 Melbourne Knights 20 8 3 9 26 29 10 4 2 4 13 12 10 4 1 5 13 17 -3 27
10 South Melbourne 20 7 4 9 19 32 9 3 2 4 8 14 11 4 2 5 11 18 -13 25
11 Dandenong City 19 6 5 8 29 36 10 3 3 4 15 18 9 3 2 4 14 18 -7 23
12 Pascoe Vale 19 4 2 13 23 40 10 3 1 6 17 21 9 1 1 7 6 19 -17 14
13 Dandenong Thunder 20 3 5 12 32 57 10 0 3 7 13 31 10 3 2 5 19 26 -25 14
14 Kingston 20 3 4 13 22 40 10 1 2 7 10 22 10 2 2 6 12 18 -18 13