It's advantage South Melbourne so far with their 3rd position in the Npl Victoria table, welcoming Port Melbourne who are placed 8th.
- South Melbourne have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Npl Victoria
- Port Melbourne have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Npl Victoria
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
South Melbourne form and stats
South Melbourne, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Npl Victoria, have played 5 Npl Victoria games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Melbourne, who played 1-1 against Bentleigh Greens. That match was also played at this venue (Lakeside Stadium).
Heartbreak before that as South Melbourne lost 0-2 at Avondale Heights's place.The Melbourne fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Melbourne are not conceding a lot of goals here at Lakeside Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Port Melbourne form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Npl Victoria.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Port Melbourne goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 204 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two travels in a row for Melbourne, whose manager A. Piddick could celebrate last time after the Npl Victoria win against Dandenong City.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Green Gully.Melbourne has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. As for defending, Melbourne rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Port Melbourne - South Melbourne 0-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Melbourne, three draws and two wins for Port Melbourne. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Duggan 7 goals |  H. Sawyer 4 goals |  G. Mells 3 goals |
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| South Melbourne | Port Melbourne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 62% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 15% | 20% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 46% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 23% |
| 46% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 62% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 6.2 | 7.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.5 | 6 |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.4 | 10.2 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.5 | 9.3 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | 35% |
- All of Port Melbourne's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Port Melbourne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Port Melbourne have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Port Melbourne have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Npl Victoria
- Port Melbourne haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- South Melbourne have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 at home.
- South Melbourne have scored in all their home matches so far.
- South Melbourne have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Npl Victoria
- South Melbourne have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Npl Victoria
- South Melbourne have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Npl Victoria
- South Melbourne have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- South Melbourne haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | Bentleigh Greens | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | South Melbourne | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Heidelberg United | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Hume City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Oakleigh Cannons | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Melbourne Knights | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Port Melbourne | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
| 9 | Green Gully | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | Dandenong Thunder | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Eastern Lions | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 12 | St. Albans Saints | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | -20 | 10 |
| 13 | Altona Magic | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 7 |
| 14 | Dandenong City | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -11 | 7 |