It's the second opportunity for points this season as Northcote City U21 and Langwarrin U21 fight it out at John Cain Memorial Reserve.
Both teams have had time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's wish for an enthusiastic match!
Northcote City U21 form and stats
Last season, Northcote City U21's league statistics were 15 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, ending with 1st position in the Victoria NPL 2 Youth. Over these 22 matches they scored {44 goals} and gave away 16. Appearing at their own stadium in the last season Northcote City U21 produced 8-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with {26 goals} and 9 conceded. The home fans saw their team lose the first Victoria NPL 2 Youth game of the season here at John Cain Memorial Reserve. Last season these fans witnessed 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss from Northcote City U21's 11 home games.
Northcote's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-4 versus Melbourne City U21 (placed 5th). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Pascoe Vale U21.Early season league goal statistics from Northcote City U21's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 4 conceded.
Langwarrin U21 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Langwarrin U21 performed last season in the Victoria NPL 2 Youth: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded {29 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 2 and lost 1 with 22/9 goals scored/conceded.
The club members enjoyed Langwarrin U21's previous fixture versus Kingston City U21 (placed 13th), a 6-1 win played at home. As mentioned above, Langwarrin U21 was the only team on the pitch versus Kingston City U21 in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Manningham United U21.Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior four meetings between these two contenders are: three wins for Northcote, zero draws and one win for Langwarrin U21. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.
Northcote City U21 missing players
Langwarrin U21 missing players
| Northcote City U21 | Langwarrin U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northcote City U21 | Last season | Langwarrin U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | ||
| 44 | 26 | Scored | S | 23 | 51 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 11 | 31 | ||
| 91% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 86% | ||
| 50% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 73% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 50% | ||
| 18% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 27% | ||
| 55% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 73% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 18% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.7 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 13.3 | ||
| 6.2 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.6 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 41% | ||
| 8.1 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 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 | 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 |