Victories have not come easily for Geelong U21 so far, and the same description fits Ballarat City U21. The bottom dwellers would trade their mothers for some vital points here.
- Geelong U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ballarat City U21 have the most conceded goals (59) in Victoria NPL 3 Youth
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.
Geelong U21 form and stats
3 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Geelong U21 have to build on here at Stead Park - Pitch 1 in the Victoria NPL 3 Youth. It's trouble wherever Geelong U21 are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Geelong lost their last game at Doveton U21 (placed 9th) after a 0-2 scoreline.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-6 away at Beaumaris U21.Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league matches with this team has had three or more goals.
Geelong U21 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stead Park - Pitch 1 with 10 goals in 6 league matches.
Ballarat City U21 form and stats
Ballarat City U21 have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Victoria NPL 3 Youth, after 1-1-4 (6 played). It's a growing despair in Ballarat City U21 as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Ballarat City U21's previous game was their home loss versus Nunawading City U21 (2-8). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Nunawading City U21 was particularly ugly (2-8). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A loss against North Sunshine U21 was the result prior to that, in a home game.Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 11 of this club's latest 12 league games.
Ballarat has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. Ballarat City U21 can't defend away. 36 goals have been scored by the opposition in 6 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
The last head to head match ended Ballarat City U21 - Geelong U21 1-2, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Geelong three wins, zero draws and Ballarat City U21 zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.
Geelong U21 missing players
Ballarat City U21 missing players
| Geelong U21 | Ballarat City U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 34 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 36 | 59 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 67% | 58% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 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 matches have had more than 2,5 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 the most conceded goals (36) away in Victoria NPL 3 Youth
- Ballarat City U21 have the most conceded goals (59) in Victoria NPL 3 Youth
- Ballarat City U21 have the the worst goal difference (-26) away in Victoria NPL 3 Youth
- Ballarat City U21 have the the worst goal difference (-40) in Victoria NPL 3 Youth
- Ballarat City U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Geelong U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Geelong U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Geelong 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 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 47 | 33 |
| 2 | Goulburn Valley Suns U21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Box Hill United U21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | George Cross U21 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 5 | Nunawading City U21 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 19 |
| 6 | Essendon Royals U21 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Boroondara Eagles U21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | North Sunshine U21 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 9 | Doveton U21 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -18 | 15 |
| 10 | Geelong U21 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 22 | -19 | 15 |
| 11 | Beaumaris U21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 | -18 | 8 |
| 12 | Ballarat City U21 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 36 | -40 | 5 |
