Betting preview: St. Albans Saints faced with a tough challenge when Heidelberg United visits

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Competition: Sun 03.July
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Churchill Reserve (3500 seats)

St. Albans Saints have some catching up to do from their 11th position, and the task starts vs Heidelberg United. Read more!

Insights:
  • St. Albans Saints have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Npl Victoria
  • Heidelberg United is in the best form (5-1-0) in Npl Victoria

This has all the signs of an intriguing game with lots of fun and excitement as both sides are well recovered since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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St. Albans Saints form and stats

St. Albans Saints's struggle is real here at Churchill Reserve with only 5 points collected from 9 Npl Victoria games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-6.

Albans drew their last game, 1-1 away at Melbourne Knights (placed 9th).

Before that, St. Albans Saints drew at home versus Bentleigh Greens.

Albans have scored 5 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Heidelberg United form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 0 draws and only 3 losses in the Npl Victoria. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Heidelberg United, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Heidelberg United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Altona Magic (placed 10th).

A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Melbourne Knights.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this club's 11 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.

The Heidelberg United manager Katsakis has got the team scoring on the road, with 23 away goals in 10 league matches. Heidelberg have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also met each other earlier on this match year: Heidelberg United - St. Albans Saints 0-2. Previous six meetings involving these squads: St. Albans Saints won one, Heidelberg United were winners in three and we saw two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AlbansZ. Guy
Z. Guy
5 goals
St. Albans SaintsI. Razumic
I. Razumic
2 goals
St. Albans SaintsC. Dib
C. Dib
1 goals

St. Albans Saints missing players

Heidelberg United missing players

St. Albans Saints Heidelberg United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 3 10 19
6 1 0 Won W 3 7 10
4 2 2 Drew D 0 0 2
9 6 2 Lost L 0 3 7
17 5 2 Scored S 10 23 35
31 18 5 Conceded C 1 13 29
95% 89% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 78% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 84%
53% 56% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 80% 74%
21% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 70% 58%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 16%
53% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 53%
16% 11% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 30% 21%
37% 56% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 26%
 
4.2 4.6 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 2.9 3.9
5.2 5.2 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.9 5.2
2.9 3.1 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
6.4 6.1 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 8.3 9.8
2.4 2.1 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.1 4.1
36% 26% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 56% 45%
 
11.2 10.9 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 7 9.6 8.9
4.9 5.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.9 4.3
Key stats in Npl Victoria this season:
  • Heidelberg United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Heidelberg United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Heidelberg United have scored more than double the goals of St. Albans Saints.
  • Heidelberg United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Heidelberg United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Heidelberg United is in the best form (5-1-0) in Npl Victoria
  • St. Albans Saints have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • St. Albans Saints have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • St. Albans Saints have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Npl Victoria
  • St. Albans Saints have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Npl Victoria
  • St. Albans Saints have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Npl Victoria

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 South Melbourne 20 15 2 3 51 17 9 8 1 0 29 6 11 7 1 3 22 11 34 47
2 Oakleigh Cannons 20 14 3 3 48 20 11 7 2 2 28 13 9 7 1 1 20 7 28 45
3 Port Melbourne 20 12 4 4 33 20 9 5 1 3 13 10 11 7 3 1 20 10 13 40
4 Avondale Heights 20 10 4 6 41 27 10 5 2 3 18 11 10 5 2 3 23 16 14 34
5 Green Gully 20 10 3 7 30 24 11 6 1 4 14 14 9 4 2 3 16 10 6 33
6 Bentleigh Greens 20 9 5 6 34 25 10 6 3 1 14 6 10 3 2 5 20 19 9 32
7 Heidelberg United 19 10 2 7 35 29 9 3 2 4 12 16 10 7 0 3 23 13 6 32
8 Dandenong Thunder 20 8 4 8 27 27 10 3 4 3 14 15 10 5 0 5 13 12 0 28
9 Melbourne Knights 20 7 2 11 29 32 10 5 1 4 15 15 10 2 1 7 14 17 -3 23
10 Altona Magic 20 7 2 11 15 27 10 3 1 6 6 15 10 4 1 5 9 12 -12 23
11 St. Albans Saints 19 6 4 9 17 31 9 1 2 6 5 18 10 5 2 3 12 13 -14 22
12 Hume City 20 4 4 12 27 42 11 3 1 7 18 23 9 1 3 5 9 19 -15 16
13 Dandenong City 20 3 4 13 17 46 10 1 2 7 8 29 10 2 2 6 9 17 -29 13
14 Eastern Lions 20 1 3 16 15 52 10 0 0 10 6 28 10 1 3 6 9 24 -37 6

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.