Npl Victoria match preview: St. Albans Saints versus Oakleigh Cannons

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Churchill Reserve (3500 seats)

Season ticket holders at Churchill Reserve haven’t seen too many victories this season, with St. Albans Saints languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Oakleigh Cannons will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • St. Albans Saints have the fewest scored goals (6) in Npl Victoria
  • Oakleigh Cannons have scored more than double the goals of St. Albans Saints.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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St. Albans Saints form and stats

When playing at home in the Npl Victoria, St. Albans Saints, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in Npl Victoria, have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 4 games.

Albans have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.

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Oakleigh Cannons form and stats

Playing away, Oakleigh Cannons have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Npl Victoria this season. Oakleigh has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Port Melbourne wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Oakleigh Cannons have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. 7 goals have been conceded by Oakleigh in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Albans zero wins, zero draws and Oakleigh Cannons two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Oakleigh CannonsJ. Knowles
J. Knowles
5 goals
Oakleigh CannonsM. Thurtell
M. Thurtell
5 goals
Oakleigh CannonsW. Dekker
W. Dekker
3 goals

St. Albans Saints missing players

Oakleigh Cannons missing players

St. Albans Saints Oakleigh Cannons
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 4 1 Played P 2 5 11
2 1 0 Won W 2 2 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 3
6 2 1 Lost L 0 3 3
6 3 0 Scored S 3 6 19
23 7 2 Conceded C 1 7 14
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 82%
45% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 55%
18% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 36%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 27%
36% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 73%
9% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 18%
64% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 9%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.4
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
6.9 7.5 7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 13.6 12.7
2.5 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.2 5
21% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 23% 35%
Key stats in Npl Victoria this season:
  • All of St. Albans Saints's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Oakleigh Cannons have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Oakleigh Cannons have scored more than double the goals of St. Albans Saints.
  • Oakleigh Cannons 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 dropped points from leading position (0) in Npl Victoria
  • St. Albans Saints have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Npl Victoria
  • St. Albans Saints have the fewest scored goals (6) in Npl Victoria
  • St. Albans Saints have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Npl Victoria
  • St. Albans Saints have the most conceded goals (23) in Npl Victoria
  • St. Albans Saints have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Npl Victoria
  • St. Albans Saints have the the worst goal difference (-17) in Npl Victoria
  • St. Albans Saints haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • St. Albans Saints is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 11 6 4 1 22 12 6 3 2 1 10 8 5 3 2 0 12 4 10 22
2 South Melbourne 11 6 4 1 14 6 4 3 1 0 6 2 7 3 3 1 8 4 8 22
3 Heidelberg United 11 6 4 1 16 10 4 2 1 1 6 4 7 4 3 0 10 6 6 22
4 Melbourne Knights 11 6 3 2 16 10 6 5 0 1 9 3 5 1 3 1 7 7 6 21
5 Bentleigh Greens 11 6 2 3 16 13 6 2 2 2 7 8 5 4 0 1 9 5 3 20
6 Oakleigh Cannons 11 5 3 3 19 14 6 3 3 0 13 7 5 2 0 3 6 7 5 18
7 Hume City 11 4 3 4 21 17 5 4 1 0 13 2 6 0 2 4 8 15 4 15
8 Green Gully 11 4 3 4 15 14 5 1 2 2 7 8 6 3 1 2 8 6 1 15
9 Port Melbourne 11 3 4 4 17 15 6 2 2 2 10 6 5 1 2 2 7 9 2 13
10 Dandenong Thunder 11 3 2 6 15 18 6 2 2 2 9 9 5 1 0 4 6 9 -3 11
11 Eastern Lions 11 2 3 6 12 19 5 1 1 3 5 7 6 1 2 3 7 12 -7 9
12 St. Albans Saints 11 2 3 6 6 23 4 1 1 2 3 7 7 1 2 4 3 16 -17 9
13 Altona Magic 11 0 6 5 10 18 8 0 4 4 8 15 3 0 2 1 2 3 -8 6
14 Dandenong City 11 0 4 7 11 21 6 0 2 4 6 12 5 0 2 3 5 9 -10 4

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.