Essendon Royals are depending on their home crowd to support them to do well in this match hosting Boroondara - Carey. Who is the winner at Sweeny Reserve - Pitch 1?
- Essendon Royals have the fewest scored goals (22) in Victoria NPL 3
- Boroondara - Carey have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Victoria NPL 3
Essendon Royals and Boroondara - Carey should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Essendon Royals form and stats
The story so far in the Victoria NPL 3 for Essendon Royals at their home stadium (Sweeny Reserve - Pitch 1) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. It's trouble wherever Essendon are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
The fans are hoping that Essendon Royals will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the game against Ballarat City (placed 12th). Did Essendon Royals get overconfident in their match against Ballarat City? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Doveton (0-3).If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 12 latest league matches reveals that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
The Essendon fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Essendon Royals defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Boroondara - Carey form and stats
3-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Boroondara - Carey in their Victoria NPL 3 matches away. Boroondara has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-2 against Geelong SC in their previous game.
Prior to that match, the Boroondara - Carey manager faced defeat when travelling to Ballarat City and losing 0-4.Lots of goals? This team have played 11 consecutive league games all ending with at least three goals (over 2.5 goals).
The attacking power of Boroondara when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the squads met earlier this campaign; Boroondara - Carey - Essendon Royals 2-2.
Essendon Royals missing players
Boroondara - Carey missing players
| Essendon Royals | Boroondara - Carey | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 38 |
| 34 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 95% |
| 74% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 89% |
| 63% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 56% | 79% |
| 42% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 58% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 42% |
| 63% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 58% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 16% |
| 26% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 32% |
| 4.9 | 7.1 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0.9 |
| 2 | 3.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1.1 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.5 | 12.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 2.7 |
| 3.1 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1.4 |
| 40% | 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 171% |
| 6.1 | 7.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 2.8 |
| 3.1 | 4.2 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1.2 |
- Boroondara - Carey have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Boroondara - Carey have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Victoria NPL 3
- Boroondara - Carey have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Essendon Royals have created more than twice as many corners as Boroondara - Carey.
- Essendon Royals have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Essendon Royals have the fewest scored goals (22) in Victoria NPL 3
- Essendon Royals have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Essendon Royals have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Essendon Royals 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 |
