Churchill Reserve: St. Albans Saints vs Bentleigh Greens Npl Victoria preview

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Competition: Sun 20.June
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Churchill Reserve (3500 seats)

Both St. Albans Saints and Bentleigh Greens are hungry for points in this one, despite the away team holding a 14 point advantage so far.

Insights:
  • St. Albans Saints have the fewest scored goals (7) in Npl Victoria
  • Bentleigh Greens is in the best form (5-1-0)

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St. Albans Saints form and stats

St. Albans Saints, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Npl Victoria, have collected 4 points from their Npl Victoria home games so far after 1-1-3. All in all it has been a very rough period for St. Albans Saints who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Melbourne Knights, 97 days ago.

Albans manager K. Razov and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Altona Magic (placed 13th) in the Npl Victoria.

Ahead of that match, Albans lost 0-3 at home to Oakleigh Cannons.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Albans here at Churchill Reserve in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). St. Albans Saints have conceded 10 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Bentleigh Greens form and stats

Bentleigh Greens's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Bentleigh Greens collect 13 points from their 6 away matches in the Npl Victoria. 4 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Bentleigh Greens has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to South Melbourne for a Npl Victoria game that ended a draw (1-1).

Prior to that match, a home win 5-1 against Melbourne Knights.

The travelling fans enjoy Bentleigh's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. 6 goals have been conceded by Bentleigh in these games.

Head 2 Head

Bentleigh Greens - Albans 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - two - two (Albans wins - draws - Bentleigh Greens wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

St. Albans Saints missing players

Bentleigh Greens missing players

St. Albans Saints Bentleigh Greens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 5 1 Played P 4 6 13
2 1 0 Won W 4 4 7
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
7 3 1 Lost L 0 1 3
7 3 0 Scored S 9 10 22
27 10 3 Conceded C 3 6 15
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
85% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 85%
46% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 46%
15% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 31%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 23%
38% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 67% 62%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 23%
62% 60% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 23%
 
3.2 2.4 1 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 6.3 6
5.8 5.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.3 4.3
2.4 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 1.9
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
6.4 6 3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 9 9.9
2.4 3.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.3 3.7
23% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 50% 46%
Key stats in Npl Victoria this season:
  • All of Bentleigh Greens's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of St. Albans Saints's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bentleigh Greens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bentleigh Greens have scored more than double the goals of St. Albans Saints.
  • Bentleigh Greens have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Npl Victoria
  • Bentleigh Greens haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Bentleigh Greens is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • St. Albans Saints have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • St. Albans Saints have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • St. Albans Saints have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • St. Albans Saints have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • St. Albans Saints have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Npl Victoria
  • St. Albans Saints have the fewest scored goals (7) in Npl Victoria
  • St. Albans Saints have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Npl Victoria
  • St. Albans Saints have the most conceded goals (27) in Npl Victoria
  • St. Albans Saints have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Npl Victoria
  • St. Albans Saints have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Npl Victoria
  • St. Albans Saints have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • St. Albans Saints haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • St. Albans Saints is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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

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.