Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Heidelberg United & 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 no vacation for neither Heidelberg United nor St. Albans Saints as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Heidelberg United form and stats
Heidelberg United was eliminated in the 7th round last season in the Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary.Heidelberg United have collected 15 points from their Npl Victoria home games so far after 4-3-3.
Heidelberg are confident in defense, having played 184 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Heidelberg United fans enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host St. Albans Saints and win 3-0.
Before that, Heidelberg had a Npl Victoria home game versus Hume City which ended with a victory 1-0.There will be little rest for Heidelberg United after this match as they are travelling to Oakleigh Cannons for a Npl Victoria game in only three days.
Heidelberg United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. 12 goals have been conceded.
St. Albans Saints form and stats
Albans's mission in Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary last season failed in the 6th round.There's been little loot from St. Albans Saints's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 10 away games in the Npl Victoria. St. Albans Saints only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.
The attacking players of St. Albans Saints have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 198 minutes.
Two away games in a row for St. Albans Saints, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Heidelberg United.
A loss against Dandenong Thunder was the result prior to that, in a Npl Victoria home game.Albans are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 10 goals in these matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four Heidelberg United victories, three draws and two St. Albans Saints wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last nine duels.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Ott 5 goals | M. Grgic 3 goals | J. Monek 2 goals |
Heidelberg United missing players
St. Albans Saints missing players
| Heidelberg United | St. Albans Saints | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 43 | 26 | Scored | S | 21 | 30 | ||
| 45 | 23 | Conceded | C | 32 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 8 | ||
| 10.3 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 6.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | ||
| 43% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 66% | 55% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 38 | 43 |
| 2 | South Melbourne | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 43 |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 36 |
| 4 | Melbourne Knights | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
| 5 | Port Melbourne | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 27 |
| 6 | Dandenong Thunder | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Green Gully | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 21 |
| 8 | Altona Magic | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Heidelberg United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 19 |
| 10 | Hume City | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 28 | -19 | 13 |
| 12 | Moreland City | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 23 | -26 | 12 |
| 13 | Bentleigh Greens | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -20 | 9 |
| 14 | North Geelong Warriors | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -35 | 7 |
