Essendon Royals U21 will want to utilise their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opponents. The host team are currently 12 points behind Goulburn Valley Suns U21.
- All of Essendon Royals U21's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Goulburn Valley Suns U21 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Essendon Royals U21 form and stats
When playing at home in the Victoria NPL 3 Youth, Essendon Royals U21 have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.
No payout for Essendon Royals U21 in their previous match, an away game at Melbourne Victory U21 that ended in defeat 1-2.
Ahead of that match, Essendon won a home game hosting Geelong U21 (2-0).Goals, goals, goals? Who knows the future, but we do know that 10 of the 12 latest league matches with this club has seen three goals or more.
Essendon Royals U21 are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (19 goals in 7 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Essendon Royals U21 defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Goulburn Valley Suns U21 form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Victoria NPL 3 Youth. Goulburn love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Goulburn Valley Suns U21 had fun at their own home (Sweeny Reserve - Pitch 1) last time out, beating Ballarat City U21 7-1. As mentioned above, Goulburn Valley Suns U21 was the only team on the pitch versus Ballarat City U21 in their previous game, winning 7-1. This could be a tougher task.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Doveton U21 with the score of 3-0.Take note that 11 of this team's 14 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.
The Goulburn Valley Suns U21 manager has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 23 goals in 7 league matches away. As for defending, Goulburn rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Goulburn Valley Suns U21 - Essendon Royals U21 2-1 was the scoreline in these squads' previous H2H match, played this season.
Essendon Royals U21 missing players
Goulburn Valley Suns U21 missing players
| Essendon Royals U21 | Goulburn Valley Suns U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 29 | 19 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 23 | 43 |
| 28 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 86% | 73% |
| 40% | 57% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 71% | 47% |
| 33% | 43% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 71% | 40% |
| 67% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 71% | 67% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 33% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 1.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 192% | 150% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0.8 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Essendon Royals U21's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Goulburn Valley Suns U21's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Essendon Royals U21 have created more than twice as many corners as Goulburn Valley Suns U21.
- Essendon Royals U21 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Essendon Royals U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Goulburn Valley Suns U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Goulburn Valley Suns U21 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Goulburn Valley Suns U21 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Goulburn Valley Suns 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 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 24 | 34 |
| 3 | Boroondara Eagles U21 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 26 |
| 4 | Box Hill United U21 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Nunawading City U21 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 19 | 25 |
| 6 | George Cross U21 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| 7 | Essendon Royals U21 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Geelong U21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 | -19 | 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 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 27 | -15 | 15 |
| 11 | Beaumaris U21 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 24 | -26 | 9 |
| 12 | Ballarat City U21 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 49 | -61 | 5 |
