Melbourne Knights U21 - St. Albans Saints U21: Victoria NPL Youth League basement teams hungry for points and praise. Here are all the interesting statistics and facts before the match!
- Melbourne Knights U21 have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Victoria NPL Youth League
- St. Albans Saints U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Melbourne Knights U21 and St. Albans Saints U21 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.
Melbourne Knights U21 form and stats
With 1 Victoria NPL Youth League win, 1 draw and 7 defeats from their home games, Melbourne Knights U21 are certainly not brimming with confidence.
It's back home for Melbourne Knights U21, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Heidelberg United U21 away with the result 4-1.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Bentleigh Greens U21 (2-3).Melbourne Knights U21 have conceded 21 goals in these home games, a significant number.
St. Albans Saints U21 form and stats
There's been little loot from St. Albans Saints U21's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Victoria NPL Youth League. St. Albans Saints U21 only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. With the Albans losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
St. Albans Saints U21's previous game was their home loss versus Bentleigh Greens U21 (0-5). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Bentleigh Greens U21 was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A 1-6 defeat away at South Melbourne U21 before that.St. Albans Saints U21 has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. The opposition has been scoring high and low on St. Albans Saints U21's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 25 goals in 9 travels. It's worth mentioning that 15 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. When Albans is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Heidelberg United U21, St. Albans Saints U21, Green Gully U21 and Dandenong City U21.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other previously this season: St. Albans Saints U21 - Melbourne Knights U21 0-1. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: two - zero - zero (Melbourne Knights U21 wins - draws - St. Albans Saints U21 wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Melbourne Knights U21 missing players
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| Melbourne Knights U21 | St. Albans Saints U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 25 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 24 |
| 30 | 21 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 25 | 44 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 61% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 39% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 28% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 56% | 44% |
| 56% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 67% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.6 | 7.1 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 10.4 | 10.1 |
| 3.7 | 2.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 38% | 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | 28% |
| 11.1 | 11.8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14.6 | 15.6 |
| 4.4 | 5.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
- Melbourne Knights U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Melbourne Knights U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne Knights U21 have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Victoria NPL Youth League
- Melbourne Knights U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Albans Saints U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- St. Albans Saints U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Albans Saints 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 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 35 | 41 |
| 2 | Hume City U21 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 37 |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons U21 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 36 |
| 4 | Avondale Heights U21 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 28 | 35 |
| 5 | Port Melbourne U21 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 35 |
| 6 | Bentleigh Greens U21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -4 | 27 |
| 7 | Altona Magic U21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -4 | 25 |
| 8 | Dandenong Thunder U21 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | -10 | 25 |
| 9 | Eastern Lions U21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 21 | -5 | 24 |
| 10 | Melbourne Knights U21 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 9 | -5 | 19 |
| 11 | Dandenong City U21 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 26 | -27 | 18 |
| 12 | Heidelberg United U21 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 31 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 22 | -17 | 14 |
| 13 | St. Albans Saints U21 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 25 | -20 | 14 |
| 14 | Green Gully U21 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -21 | 14 |
