Greeting visitors in their own stadium is relaxed and friendly for St. Albans Saints, but Avondale Heights are fully intent and qualified to get all three points. How will it turn out?
- St. Albans Saints have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Avondale Heights have the most scored goals (72) in Npl Victoria
Both sides have had enough days rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's wish for an enthusiastic match!
St. Albans Saints form and stats
St. Albans Saints have played 10 Npl Victoria games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-5 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever St. Albans Saints are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
The Albans supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Churchill Reserve: A 1-4 defeat against Altona Magic (placed 6th).
Ahead of that match, St. Albans Saints lost 0-2 at home to Port Melbourne.It should be taken into account that a look at the 13 latest league matches reveals that 11 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Albans have conceded 15 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Avondale Heights form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Npl Victoria. In general it has been a productive period now for Avondale Heights as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Avondale Heights are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Heidelberg United (placed 10th).
Prior to that match, a home win 5-1 against Dandenong Thunder.As mentioned earlier, Avondale Heights will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 4 wins (4 by two or more goals winning margin), 0 draws and 0 surprising defeats.
Take note that 18 of this team's 22 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
Avondale Heights create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 28 goals in 11 travels.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have played earlier this season: Avondale Heights - Albans 4-0. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: one - zero - six (St. Albans Saints wins - draws - Avondale Heights wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Zinni 11 goals |  L. Boland 10 goals | Y. Ahmed 10 goals |
St. Albans Saints missing players
Avondale Heights missing players
| St. Albans Saints | Avondale Heights | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 12 | 28 | 72 |
| 49 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 55% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 73% | 82% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 55% | 59% |
| 23% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 18% | 36% |
| 41% | 30% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 50% |
| 18% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 45% |
| 41% | 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7.1 | 6.6 |
| 6 | 6.4 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.2 | 7.9 | 5.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 12.6 | 12.9 |
| 2.4 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.6 |
| 38% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 44% | 49% |
| 11.5 | 10.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 7 | 6.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
- Avondale Heights have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Avondale Heights have scored more than double the goals of St. Albans Saints.
- Avondale Heights have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Npl Victoria
- Avondale Heights have the most matches over the total-line (18) in Npl Victoria
- Avondale Heights have the most points (24) away in Npl Victoria
- Avondale Heights have the most scored goals (28) away in Npl Victoria
- Avondale Heights have the most scored goals (72) in Npl Victoria
- Avondale Heights have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Npl Victoria
- Avondale Heights have the most scored goals in the second half (40) in Npl Victoria
- Avondale Heights have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Npl Victoria
- Avondale Heights have the the best goal difference (+52) in Npl Victoria
- Avondale Heights have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Avondale Heights haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Albans Saints have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St. Albans Saints haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 72 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 52 | 57 |
| 2 | South Melbourne | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 53 |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 51 |
| 4 | Melbourne Knights | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 41 |
| 5 | Port Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 19 | 40 |
| 6 | Altona Magic | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 44 | 44 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 0 | 35 |
| 7 | Green Gully | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 48 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 34 |
| 8 | Dandenong Thunder | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | -2 | 27 |
| 9 | Hume City | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -5 | 21 |
| 10 | Heidelberg United | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 27 | -17 | 21 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 34 | -29 | 16 |
| 12 | Bentleigh Greens | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -23 | 14 |
| 13 | Moreland City | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 58 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 32 | -34 | 13 |
| 14 | North Geelong Warriors | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 63 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 34 | -47 | 13 |
