A total of 18 sets of fixtures are played and both South Melbourne and Oakleigh Cannons are at the right end of the league table. Bring it on!
- South Melbourne have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Npl Victoria
- Oakleigh Cannons have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
South Melbourne form and stats
South Melbourne have been very solid at home in the Npl Victoria so far, with 30 points collected from 11 matches (10-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. days ago.
A nice win for South Melbourne last time playing, versus St. Albans Saints. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Painter-Andrews, Mikkola, Elmazi and Langlois scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, South Melbourne played a great game against St. Albans Saints and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Dandenong Thunder.South Melbourne are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at MCIVOR RESERVE - PITCH 1 in their league games, having scored an impressive 28 goals in 11 matches. Melbourne have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Oakleigh Cannons form and stats
Oakleigh Cannons have an excellent away record in the Npl Victoria so far with 5-2-1 from 8 games. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Oakleigh Cannons hope to make it five in this match.
207 minutes! That's how long the Oakleigh Cannons goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Oakleigh play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Hume City (placed 10th).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against St. Albans Saints.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this club's 12 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Oakleigh Cannons are regular goalscorers on their travels.
Head 2 Head
Surprisingly enough, Oakleigh Cannons have scored in every league match they've played since failing to score against today's home team; the Oakleigh Cannons - South Melbourne 0-1 match 13 rounds ago. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): South Melbourne two wins, three draws and Oakleigh Cannons five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Mikkola 8 goals | A. Riak 8 goals |  A. Salmon 8 goals |
South Melbourne missing players
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| South Melbourne | Oakleigh Cannons | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 38 | 28 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 49 |
| 12 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 89% |
| 56% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 74% |
| 28% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 42% |
| 17% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 32% |
| 44% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 63% |
| 50% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 32% |
| 11% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 6.1 | 6.1 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.1 | 11.3 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.1 | 11.1 |
| 4.3 | 5.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| 49% | 49% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 45% | 49% |
| 7.7 | 7.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
- Oakleigh Cannons have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Oakleigh Cannons have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Oakleigh Cannons have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Oakleigh Cannons haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- South Melbourne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- South Melbourne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- South Melbourne have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Npl Victoria
- South Melbourne have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Npl Victoria
- South Melbourne haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- South Melbourne is in the best form (6-0-0) in Npl Victoria
| 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 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 48 | 53 |
| 2 | South Melbourne | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 49 |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 31 | 45 |
| 4 | Melbourne Knights | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 35 |
| 5 | Port Melbourne | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 31 |
| 6 | Green Gully | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 46 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 30 |
| 7 | Altona Magic | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 41 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -7 | 26 |
| 8 | Dandenong Thunder | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Heidelberg United | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 20 |
| 10 | Hume City | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 34 | -24 | 16 |
| 12 | Bentleigh Greens | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -19 | 14 |
| 13 | North Geelong Warriors | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | -38 | 13 |
| 14 | Moreland City | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 27 | -32 | 12 |
