St. Albans Saints are leaning on their home advantage to support them before this meeting with Dandenong Thunder. Who will win at Churchill Reserve?
- St. Albans Saints have the fewest scored goals (9) in Npl Victoria
- Dandenong Thunder have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Npl Victoria
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
St. Albans Saints form and stats
With 1 Npl Victoria win, 1 draw and 5 defeats from their home games, St. Albans Saints, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in Npl Victoria, are certainly not brimming with confidence. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 13 attempts.
Albans's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-4 versus Port Melbourne (placed 6th). Albans were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Prior to that, an away loss at Eastern Lions.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for St. Albans Saints here at Churchill Reserve in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 7 games). Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Albans with 17 goals conceded in these matches.
Dandenong Thunder form and stats
Dandenong Thunder have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Npl Victoria, after 1-2-4 (7 played). Two points from the last two away games for Dandenong, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Dandenong won their last game, 4-1 versus South Melbourne played at home.
Before that, Dandenong travelled to Port Melbourne and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.Dandenong are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Dandenong have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Dandenong Thunder - Albans 1-0 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Albans, zero draws and three wins for Dandenong Thunder. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  N. Bonada 12 goals | A. Sulemani 5 goals |  H. Watson 2 goals |
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| St. Albans Saints | Dandenong Thunder | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 28 |
| 36 | 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 88% |
| 56% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 75% |
| 25% | 29% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 44% | 43% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 88% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 56% | 57% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 6% |
| 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| 5.8 | 4.4 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 7.1 | 4.8 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.8 | 6.4 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.3 | 11.7 |
| 2.6 | 3.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 22% | 18% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 29% | 35% |
- All of St. Albans Saints's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dandenong Thunder have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Dandenong Thunder have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dandenong Thunder have scored more than double the goals of St. Albans Saints.
- Dandenong Thunder have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Npl Victoria
- Dandenong Thunder 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 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 points (4) at home in Npl Victoria
- St. Albans Saints have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Npl Victoria
- St. Albans Saints have the fewest scored goals (9) 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 (36) in Npl Victoria
- St. Albans Saints have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Npl Victoria
- St. Albans Saints have the the worst goal difference (-13) at home in Npl Victoria
- St. Albans Saints have the the worst goal difference (-27) 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.
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | Hume City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | Heidelberg United | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Bentleigh Greens | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Port Melbourne | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 26 |
| 7 | Melbourne Knights | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | South Melbourne | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Dandenong Thunder | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 22 |
| 10 | Green Gully | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Eastern Lions | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 15 |
| 12 | Altona Magic | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -14 | 10 |
| 13 | Dandenong City | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 10 |
| 14 | St. Albans Saints | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | -27 | 10 |