Npl Victoria: South Melbourne - St. Albans Saints preview and statistics

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Competition: Fri 07.August
Match begins: 09:30 (UTC)
Venue: Lakeside Stadium (15000 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the Npl Victoria so far, with South Melbourne placed 8th and St. Albans Saints sitting in the 7th position.

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South Melbourne form and stats

Only two Npl Victoria home games for South Melbourne so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. The last three games played by Melbourne, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

Melbourne manager C. Taylor and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Altona Magic (placed 14th) in the Npl Victoria. 1-1 away at Port Melbourne before that.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the South Melbourne at home in the league. 5 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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St. Albans Saints form and stats

St. Albans Saints are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Npl Victoria, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). Visiting Albans has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Albans have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 196 minutes ago. M. Barisic was the goal scorer.

Albans played 0-0 against Eastern Lions in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Bentleigh Greens.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, St. Albans Saints has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

South Melbourne missing players

St. Albans Saints missing players

South Melbourne St. Albans Saints
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 0 2 5
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
3 0 0 Drew D 0 2 3
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
7 5 0 Scored S 0 1 7
7 5 3 Conceded C 0 1 3
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 60%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 60%
40% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 20%
20% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
20% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
60% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 60%
40% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 40%
 
6.8 8.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 5
5.6 6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 5.6
1.6 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
50 25 14 Total Shots T S 0 9 46
17 12 3 Shots on Target S O 0 5 21
41% 42% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 33%
Key stats in Npl Victoria this season:
  • All of South Melbourne's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • South Melbourne have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • St. Albans Saints have not yet lost a game.
  • St. Albans Saints have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • St. Albans Saints have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • St. Albans Saints have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hume City 5 5 0 0 11 3 3 3 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 6 2 8 15
2 Oakleigh Cannons 5 3 1 1 11 6 5 3 1 1 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10
3 Dandenong Thunder 5 3 1 1 9 7 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 10
4 Avondale Heights 5 4 0 1 14 4 1 1 0 0 6 1 4 3 0 1 8 3 10 9
5 Heidelberg United 5 3 0 2 10 6 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 2 0 2 7 5 4 9
6 Port Melbourne 5 2 3 0 8 4 4 1 3 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 9
7 St. Albans Saints 5 2 3 0 7 3 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 9
8 South Melbourne 5 1 3 1 7 7 2 1 0 1 5 5 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 6
9 Green Gully 5 2 0 3 7 9 3 1 0 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 5 4 -2 6
10 Bentleigh Greens 5 1 2 2 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 4 3 1 5
11 Melbourne Knights 5 0 2 3 7 16 2 0 1 1 5 7 3 0 1 2 2 9 -9 2
12 Dandenong City 5 0 1 4 4 10 3 0 1 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 3 5 -6 1
13 Eastern Lions 5 0 1 4 2 12 2 0 0 2 0 4 3 0 1 2 2 8 -10 1
14 Altona Magic 5 0 1 4 2 13 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 3 1 10 -11 1

Read more about Npl Victoria

The National Premier Leagues (NPL) is the second level of football in Australia. It has eight regional divisions in which the number of teams vary. In total close to 100 teams compete in the NPL. It is currently not possible to promote to the A-League, but there is a relegation system in most divisions.