Very important clash in the bottom section of the Victoria NPL 3 Youth, with both Doveton U21 and Ballarat City U21 undergoing more stress than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the hosts positioned 9th and the visiting team in 12th position.
- Doveton U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ballarat City U21 have the most conceded goals (83) in Victoria NPL 3 Youth
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Doveton U21 form and stats
The total Victoria NPL 3 Youth statistics at home this season for Doveton U21 are 3-0-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The Doveton U21 manager and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Beaumaris U21 (placed 11th).
Before that game, the home loss against Goulburn Valley Suns U21 with the scoreline 0-3.Goal party? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 14 of the 15 most recent league matches with this team has contained three goals or more.
The Doveton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Doveton U21 have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Ballarat City U21 form and stats
There's been little loot from Ballarat City U21's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 8 away games in the Victoria NPL 3 Youth. Ballarat City U21 only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. Ballarat are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost seven in a row. It's been 7 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Box Hill United U21 game.)
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Beaumaris U21 with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
A 1-7 defeat away at Goulburn Valley Suns U21 before that.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 15 of this club's 16 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
Ballarat City U21 have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Ballarat City U21 can't defend away. 49 goals have been scored by the opposition in 8 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these teams get together this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Ballarat City U21 - Doveton U21 2-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Doveton two wins, zero draws and Ballarat City U21 one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.
Doveton U21 missing players
Ballarat City U21 missing players
| Doveton U21 | Ballarat City U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| 47 | 24 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 49 | 83 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 53% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 88% | 75% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 75% | 62% |
| 73% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 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 |
- All of Ballarat City U21's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Doveton U21's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ballarat City U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ballarat City U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Ballarat City U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ballarat City U21 have the most conceded goals (49) away in Victoria NPL 3 Youth
- Ballarat City U21 have the most conceded goals (83) in Victoria NPL 3 Youth
- Ballarat City U21 have the the worst goal difference (-38) away in Victoria NPL 3 Youth
- Ballarat City U21 have the the worst goal difference (-63) in Victoria NPL 3 Youth
- Ballarat City U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Doveton U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Doveton U21 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 | Melbourne Victory U21 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 63 | 42 |
| 2 | Goulburn Valley Suns U21 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 34 |
| 3 | Nunawading City U21 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 28 |
| 4 | Boroondara Eagles U21 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 26 |
| 5 | Box Hill United U21 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | George Cross U21 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 25 |
| 7 | Essendon Royals U21 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 25 |
| 8 | Geelong U21 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 27 | -21 | 18 |
| 9 | Doveton U21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 23 | -27 | 16 |
| 10 | North Sunshine U21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 34 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 32 | -18 | 15 |
| 11 | Beaumaris U21 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 24 | -24 | 12 |
| 12 | Ballarat City U21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 83 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 49 | -63 | 5 |
