This match stars two teams dwelling in the lower parts of the Npl Victoria, St. Albans Saints at 11th position and Hume City lying 12th. A good chance for one of the participants to upgrade their position.
- St. Albans Saints have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Npl Victoria
- Hume City have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) 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
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Npl Victoria this season. St. Albans Saints have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Churchill Reserve. When St. Albans Saints hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Dandenong City, Altona Magic, Eastern Lions and St. Albans Saints), they have won 1 of 2 matches! With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Albans.
The spoils were shared in St. Albans Saints's previous game, also at home. Visiting Heidelberg United (placed 6th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Melbourne Knights that finished 1-1.St. Albans Saints have scored 5 league goals here from 10 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. Albans have conceded 18 from these games.
Hume City form and stats
Hume City have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Npl Victoria, after 1-3-5 (9 played).
Impressive finishing from Bingham (2) and Cooper secured the home win 3-1 against Melbourne Knights in their previous game. Those three points felt nice as this team had gone four league games without victory.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Bentleigh Greens.Goal hungry football fans should note that 16 of this team's 19 most recent league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
Hume City have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These two sides faced each other previously this season: Hume City - St. Albans Saints 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Albans one win, one draw and Hume City four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Bingham 8 goals |   Z. Guy 5 goals | A. Walter 4 goals |
St. Albans Saints missing players
Hume City missing players
| St. Albans Saints | Hume City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 27 |
| 31 | 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 19 | 42 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 78% | 90% |
| 75% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 80% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 80% |
| 20% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 60% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 20% |
| 40% | 60% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 56% | 30% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
| 5.1 | 4.9 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.2 | 5.7 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.6 | 7.7 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 36% | 25% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 35% | 46% |
| 10.9 | 10.4 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 12 | 10.2 |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
- Hume City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Hume City have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Npl Victoria
- Hume City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- St. Albans Saints have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- St. Albans Saints have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Npl Victoria
- 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 | Oakleigh Cannons | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 31 | 48 |
| 2 | South Melbourne | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 34 | 47 |
| 3 | Port Melbourne | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Bentleigh Greens | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 35 |
| 5 | Avondale Heights | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 34 |
| 6 | Heidelberg United | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 7 | Green Gully | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 33 |
| 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 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -14 | 23 |
| 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 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 27 | -40 | 6 |
