Whittlesea Ranges will hope that their home advantage is enough to get something from this difficult battle, versus high-flying Melbourne City II.
- Whittlesea Ranges have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Victoria NPL 3
- Melbourne City II have the most scored goals (45) in Victoria NPL 3
This has all the signs of an engrossing match with lots of fun and bustle as both participants are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Whittlesea Ranges form and stats
Whittlesea Ranges's struggle is real here at Epping Stadium with only 2 points collected from 9 Victoria NPL 3 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-2-7. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in twelve attempts.
The fans are hoping that Whittlesea will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Preston Lions (placed 2nd).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Nunawading City (1-4).An interesting fact: 10 of the most recent 11 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each side.
Whittlesea Ranges aren't scoring a lot here at Epping Stadium in the league, with only 7 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Whittlesea Ranges have conceded 19 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Melbourne City II form and stats
Melbourne City II have an excellent away record in the Victoria NPL 3 so far with 6-1-2 from 9 games. Melbourne has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Melbourne City II played 0-0 against Nunawading City in their previous match.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Geelong SC with the score of 4-1.The Melbourne manager has got the team scoring on the road, with 20 away goals in 9 league matches. Melbourne City II are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other already this season, with the final score Melbourne City II - Whittlesea 4-1 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Whittlesea Ranges zero wins, zero draws and Melbourne City II two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Whittlesea Ranges missing players
Melbourne City II missing players
| Whittlesea Ranges | Melbourne City II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 20 | 45 |
| 45 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 56% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 56% |
| 44% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 39% |
| 33% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 39% |
| 72% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 44% |
| 28% | 44% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Whittlesea Ranges's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Melbourne City II have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Melbourne City II have scored more than double the goals of Whittlesea Ranges.
- Melbourne City II have the most scored goals (20) away in Victoria NPL 3
- Melbourne City II have the most scored goals (45) in Victoria NPL 3
- Melbourne City II have the the best goal difference (+12) away in Victoria NPL 3
- Melbourne City II have the the best goal difference (+30) in Victoria NPL 3
- Melbourne City II haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Whittlesea Ranges have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Whittlesea Ranges have created more than twice as many corners as Melbourne City II.
- Whittlesea Ranges have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Whittlesea Ranges have the fewest points (2) at home in Victoria NPL 3
- Whittlesea Ranges have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Victoria NPL 3
- Whittlesea Ranges have the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in Victoria NPL 3
- Whittlesea Ranges have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Victoria NPL 3
- Whittlesea Ranges have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Whittlesea Ranges have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Whittlesea Ranges have yet to win a game at home.
- Whittlesea Ranges 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 City II | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 30 | 41 |
| 2 | Preston Lions | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 37 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory II | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 32 |
| 4 | Western United II | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Nunawading City | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 6 | Doveton | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Geelong SC | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 21 |
| 8 | North Sunshine Eagles | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -3 | 20 |
| 9 | Box Hill United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Springvale White Eagles | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 28 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 30 | -15 | 16 |
| 11 | Ballarat City | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 26 | -23 | 16 |
| 12 | Whittlesea Ranges | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 25 | -24 | 7 |
