It's only match two of the Victoria NPL 2 Youth for these participants. And it's all to play for here at Gardiners Creek Reserve as Eastern Lions U21 greet Manningham United U21. Check out this preview!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Eastern Lions U21 form and stats
Last season, Eastern Lions U21's league statistics were 11 wins, 3 draws and 12 losses, providing 7th position in the Victoria NPL Youth League. During these 26 matches they scored {54 goals} and gave away 57. Appearing as the home team in the last season Eastern Lions U21 generated 5-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with {28 goals} and 29 conceded.
The fans are hoping that Eastern will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-9 away loss in the game against Western United U21 (placed 1st). As you see from the result above, Eastern Lions U21 suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Before that, Eastern had a Victoria NPL Youth League home game versus Heidelberg United U21 which ended with a victory 5-2.Manningham United U21 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Manningham United U21 performed last season in the Victoria NPL 2 Youth: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded {38 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 17/18 goals scored/conceded.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Bulleen Lions U21 with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that result Manningham United U21 won their away game at Langwarrin U21. The scoreline was 1-0.Head 2 Head
Eastern Lions U21 missing players
Manningham United U21 missing players
| Eastern Lions U21 | Manningham United U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Eastern Lions U21 | Last season | Manningham United U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 54 | 28 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 57 | 29 | Conceded | C | 18 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 82% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 69% | 77% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 41% | ||
| 35% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 23% | ||
| 69% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 73% | ||
| 15% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 14% | ||
| 15% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 14% | ||
| 4.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.9 | ||
| 4 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.8 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 49% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 32% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Western United U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Langwarrin U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Moreland Zebras U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Pascoe Vale U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Melbourne City U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Dandenong City U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Bulleen Lions U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Brunswick City U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Northcote City U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Manningham United U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Preston Lions U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Werribee City U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 13 | Kingston City U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
| 14 | Eastern Lions U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 U21 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 94 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 19 | 58 | 62 |
| 2 | Hume City U21 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 28 | 58 |
| 3 | Port Melbourne U21 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 63 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 30 | 50 |
| 4 | Avondale Heights U21 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 45 |
| 5 | Oakleigh Cannons U21 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 44 |
| 6 | Altona Magic U21 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 47 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 24 | -4 | 40 |
| 7 | Eastern Lions U21 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 54 | 57 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 28 | -3 | 36 |
| 8 | Bentleigh Greens U21 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 43 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 29 | -2 | 35 |
| 9 | Dandenong Thunder U21 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 37 | 57 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 25 | -20 | 29 |
| 10 | Green Gully U21 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 38 | 59 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -21 | 29 |
| 11 | Dandenong City U21 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 41 | 77 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 42 | -36 | 27 |
| 12 | Melbourne Knights U21 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 35 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 21 | -14 | 26 |
| 13 | Heidelberg United U21 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 42 | 64 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 34 | -22 | 23 |
| 14 | St. Albans Saints U21 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 34 | 62 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 35 | -28 | 21 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Northcote City U21 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 28 | 49 |
| 2 | Pascoe Vale U21 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 68 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 18 | 38 | 46 |
| 3 | Bulleen Lions U21 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 41 |
| 4 | Langwarrin U21 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 50 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 21 | 38 |
| 5 | Moreland Zebras U21 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Brunswick City U21 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 44 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | North Geelong U21 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 57 | 49 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | Goulburn Valley Suns U21 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Manningham United U21 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | Kingston City U21 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 40 | 64 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 32 | -24 | 27 |
| 11 | Moreland City U21 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 35 | 91 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 52 | -56 | 17 |
| 12 | Werribee City U21 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 22 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -43 | 11 |