Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Bentleigh Greens & St. Albans Saints face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Npl Victoria.
Bentleigh Greens form and stats
Last season, Bentleigh's Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary journey ended in the 6th round.Bentleigh Greens are steadily winning Npl Victoria games and points here at Kingston Heath Soccer Complex. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
Bentleigh Greens's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Dandenong City. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Port Melbourne (1-3).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Bentleigh Greens, as the Npl Victoria home game vs Avondale Heights is only three days away.
The Bentleigh fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. Bentleigh Greens have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
St. Albans Saints form and stats
St. Albans Saints's mission in Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary last season failed in the 4th round.Playing away, St. Albans Saints have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Npl Victoria this season.
St. Albans Saints failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Altona Magic that ended with defeat 0-4. Albans lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
It was a Npl Victoria defeat before that one as the away game against Oakleigh Cannons wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.A new game in only three days for St. Albans Saints, the Npl Victoria home match versus Port Melbourne. Busy days.
St. Albans Saints find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: five - three - zero (Bentleigh wins - draws - St. Albans Saints wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Waring 6 goals |  Y. Mustafa 5 goals | J. Painter-Andrews 3 goals |
Bentleigh Greens missing players
St. Albans Saints missing players
| Bentleigh Greens | St. Albans Saints | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 14 | ||
| 50 | 26 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 33 | 10 | Conceded | C | 19 | 50 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 32% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 6.7 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 35% | ||
| 9.1 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 11.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | ||
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 34 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 28 |
| 3 | Green Gully | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Port Melbourne | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Avondale Heights | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | Bentleigh Greens | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | Dandenong Thunder | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Altona Magic | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | St. Albans Saints | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | Heidelberg United | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Melbourne Knights | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | Dandenong City | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -20 | 7 |
| 13 | Hume City | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -17 | 6 |
| 14 | Eastern Lions | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -23 | 5 |
