Port Melbourne travel to St. Albans Saints with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: Australia Npl Victoria
Competition: Fri 07.Jul
Match begins: 09:45 (UTC)
Venue: Churchill Reserve (3500 seats)

St. Albans Saints - Port Melbourne in Npl Victoria: Stats, teams, games, trends and reports. Check out our comprehensive guide!

Insights:
  • St. Albans Saints have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Npl Victoria
  • Port Melbourne have scored more than double the goals of St. Albans Saints.

St. Albans Saints and Port Melbourne should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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St. Albans Saints form and stats

3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Npl Victoria numbers at home for St. Albans Saints so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on St. Albans Saints to get some points in this home game.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 273 minutes without scoring a league goal. Ott was the last player to find the net.

Albans's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Bentleigh Greens (placed 12th).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting South Melbourne (0-4).

It should be considered that a look at the 11 latest league matches reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

St. Albans Saints has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. St. Albans Saints have conceded 9 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Port Melbourne form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Npl Victoria travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Melbourne are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

The Port Melbourne goalkeeper Andrew Peter Withers is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 282 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Duggan scored in Port Melbourne's previous match, the home game against Heidelberg United that ended 1-0.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Dandenong Thunder.

Take note: 8 of the last 10 league games featuring this club have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

The Port Melbourne manager Piddick has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 10 league matches. In the opposite end, Melbourne have conceded 16 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Port Melbourne have not lost in the last 5 fixtures (4-1-0) facing St. Albans Saints.

The latest registered history between these sides is the Port Melbourne - Albans 2-1 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

Port MelbourneC. Duggan
C. Duggan
9 goals
Port MelbourneD. Jok
D. Jok
6 goals
Port MelbourneV. Cesnik
V. Cesnik
5 goals

St. Albans Saints missing players

Port Melbourne missing players

St. Albans Saints Port Melbourne
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 8 2 Played P 3 10 20
4 3 1 Won W 2 5 10
4 2 0 Drew D 1 1 4
12 3 1 Lost L 0 4 6
19 9 3 Scored S 9 24 42
43 9 4 Conceded C 2 16 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
80% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 80%
55% 38% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 65%
35% 12% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 60% 50%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 50% 30%
40% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 55%
20% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 40% 40%
40% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 10%
 
5.1 4.6 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.5 4.8
6.2 7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.1 6.5
2.5 2.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 3.1 2.8
7 4 1 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
6 8 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.6 8.2
2.2 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.3 3.7
42% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 64% 56% 57%
 
11.4 9.6 12 Shots against (avg) S A 6.3 7.8 8.3
4.5 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.9 3.5
Key stats in Npl Victoria this season:
  • Port Melbourne have scored more than double the goals of St. Albans Saints.
  • Port Melbourne haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • St. Albans Saints have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • St. Albans Saints have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Npl Victoria
  • St. Albans Saints haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 20 17 2 1 66 18 10 10 0 0 39 8 10 7 2 1 27 10 48 53
2 South Melbourne 18 16 1 1 38 12 11 10 0 1 28 10 7 6 1 0 10 2 26 49
3 Oakleigh Cannons 19 14 3 2 49 18 11 9 1 1 32 10 8 5 2 1 17 8 31 45
4 Melbourne Knights 20 10 5 5 38 26 11 6 3 2 23 12 9 4 2 3 15 14 12 35
5 Port Melbourne 20 10 4 6 42 27 10 5 3 2 18 11 10 5 1 4 24 16 15 34
6 Green Gully 20 10 0 10 46 36 11 6 0 5 27 23 9 4 0 5 19 13 10 30
7 Altona Magic 20 9 2 9 37 41 9 5 1 3 19 16 11 4 1 6 18 25 -4 29
8 Dandenong Thunder 20 7 3 10 33 37 10 2 2 6 14 24 10 5 1 4 19 13 -4 24
9 Hume City 20 5 5 10 26 30 10 2 3 5 9 13 10 3 2 5 17 17 -4 20
10 Heidelberg United 19 5 5 9 20 36 10 4 3 3 12 12 9 1 2 6 8 24 -16 20
11 St. Albans Saints 20 4 4 12 19 43 8 3 2 3 9 9 12 1 2 9 10 34 -24 16
12 Bentleigh Greens 20 4 2 14 20 39 9 1 1 7 8 20 11 3 1 7 12 19 -19 14
13 North Geelong Warriors 20 4 1 15 16 54 9 2 0 7 5 26 11 2 1 8 11 28 -38 13
14 Moreland City 20 3 3 14 22 55 9 2 1 6 10 25 11 1 2 8 12 30 -33 12

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.