Bentleigh Greens U21 will want to use their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s adversaries. The hosts are currently 12 points behind Port Melbourne U21.
- Bentleigh Greens U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Port Melbourne U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Bentleigh Greens U21 nor Port Melbourne U21 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Bentleigh Greens U21 form and stats
7-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Victoria NPL Youth League numbers at home for Bentleigh Greens U21 so far this season.
The Bentleigh crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Port Melbourne U21 here at Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Field 2.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Altona Magic U21 (1-2).Observe: 8 of the latest 10 league games from this football club have had goals from both sides.
Bentleigh Greens U21 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games. Bentleigh Greens U21 have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Port Melbourne U21 form and stats
As the visiting team in Victoria NPL Youth League matches, Port Melbourne U21 have produced an overall stat of 8-1-4 so far.
Melbourne play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Bentleigh Greens U21 (placed 6th).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against South Melbourne U21.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this club's 11 most recent league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
Port Melbourne U21 have conceded 17 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the squads met earlier this campaign; Bentleigh Greens U21 - Port Melbourne U21 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Bentleigh Greens U21 one win, zero draws and Port Melbourne U21 two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.
Bentleigh Greens U21 missing players
Port Melbourne U21 missing players
| Bentleigh Greens U21 | Port Melbourne U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 40 | 19 | 2 | Scored | S | 12 | 26 | 58 |
| 41 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 69% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 88% |
| 60% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 69% | 68% |
| 44% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 38% | 44% |
| 28% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 31% | 36% |
| 56% | 46% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 62% | 64% |
| 20% | 31% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 23% | 24% |
| 24% | 23% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 12% |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.7 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 11.5 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 17.6 | 14.3 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 7.6 | 6.3 |
| 36% | 29% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 26% | 34% |
| 8.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.3 | 8.1 | 8.3 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
- Bentleigh Greens U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Port Melbourne U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Port Melbourne 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 | South Melbourne U21 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 82 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 19 | 46 | 56 |
| 2 | Hume City U21 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 25 | 52 |
| 3 | Port Melbourne U21 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 58 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 26 | 47 |
| 4 | Avondale Heights U21 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 60 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 29 | 45 |
| 5 | Oakleigh Cannons U21 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 44 |
| 6 | Bentleigh Greens U21 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 27 | -1 | 35 |
| 7 | Altona Magic U21 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 47 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | -8 | 34 |
| 8 | Eastern Lions U21 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 48 | 53 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 26 | -5 | 33 |
| 9 | Dandenong Thunder U21 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 35 | 51 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -16 | 29 |
| 10 | Melbourne Knights U21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 34 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 16 | -9 | 26 |
| 11 | Dandenong City U21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 39 | 69 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 35 | -30 | 24 |
| 12 | Green Gully U21 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 33 | 57 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -24 | 23 |
| 13 | Heidelberg United U21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 39 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 29 | -20 | 20 |
| 14 | St. Albans Saints U21 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 33 | 59 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 32 | -26 | 18 |
