In total; 19 league matches have been played and Box Hill United are 5 points in front of Ballarat City. How will it turn out?
- Box Hill United have the most points from losing position (7) in Victoria NPL 3
- Ballarat City have the most conceded goals (53) in Victoria NPL 3
Both squads have had a decent time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic fixture!
Box Hill United form and stats
Box Hill United have played 9 Victoria NPL 3 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Wembley Park after three straight home wins.
The home team returns to Wembley Park after drawing with Doveton (placed 7th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Beaumaris.A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 18 latest league games reveals that 16 of them had goals from both teams.
The Hill fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. Box Hill United have conceded 10 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Ballarat City form and stats
There's been little loot from Ballarat City's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Victoria NPL 3. Ballarat City only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Box Hill United.
Ballarat City won their last game, 3-2 versus Essendon Royals played at home. Ballarat can call themselves comeback kings after the match against Essendon Royals. Buried deep in trouble at 0-2, the troops rallied and completely turned the match around to a 3-2 victory. Gabor scored the final goal.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Boroondara - Carey.Take note that 18 of this club's 19 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ballarat City have scored 12 goals in 9 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Ballarat City's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 23 goals in 9 travels.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head match ended Ballarat City - Box Hill United 1-4, earlier this season. Previous four meetings with these contenders: Hill won two, Ballarat City triumphed in one and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Box Hill United missing players
Ballarat City missing players
| Box Hill United | Ballarat City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 32 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 29 |
| 39 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 23 | 53 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 89% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 68% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 47% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | 58% |
| 32% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 42% |
| 84% | 78% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 84% |
| 11% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| 3.5 | 5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.8 | 9.1 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 4.7 | 3.2 |
| 2.4 | 3.4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| 69% | 44% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 83% | 139% |
| 5.2 | 7 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
- All of Ballarat City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ballarat City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Ballarat City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Ballarat City have the most conceded goals (53) in Victoria NPL 3
- Ballarat City have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Victoria NPL 3
- Ballarat City have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Ballarat City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Box Hill United have created more than twice as many corners as Ballarat City.
- Box Hill United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Box Hill United have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Victoria NPL 3
- Box Hill United have the most points from losing position (7) in Victoria NPL 3
- Box Hill United have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Victoria NPL 3
- Box Hill United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Box Hill United 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 | Sunshine Georgies | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory II | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 26 | 38 |
| 3 | Goulburn Valley Suns | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 32 |
| 4 | North Sunshine Eagles | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | Nunawading City | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 | Boroondara - Carey | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Doveton | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 18 | -3 | 27 |
| 8 | Box Hill United | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 39 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 29 | -7 | 22 |
| 9 | Beaumaris | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -13 | 18 |
| 10 | Essendon Royals | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -12 | 17 |
| 11 | Geelong SC | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -13 | 17 |
| 12 | Ballarat City | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 29 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 23 | -24 | 17 |