Victoria NPL Youth League preview: Can Oakleigh Cannons U21 edge out victory against Melbourne Knights U21?

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Competition: Australia Victoria NPL Youth League
Competition: Fri 26.May
Match begins: 08:15 (UTC)
Venue: Jack Edwards Reserve - Pitch 2 (1000 seats)

It's advantage Oakleigh Cannons U21 so far this season, with their 4th place in the Victoria NPL Youth League table and looking forward to facing Melbourne Knights U21 (who are placed 6th).

Insights:
  • Oakleigh Cannons U21 have the most points from losing position (12) in Victoria NPL Youth League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Oakleigh Cannons U21 form and stats

The story so far in the Victoria NPL Youth League for Oakleigh Cannons U21 at their home stadium (Jack Edwards Reserve - Pitch 2) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Oakleigh Cannons U21 are returning here after visiting Green Gully U21 and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.

In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Moreland City U21.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Oakleigh handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 10 of the 13 latest league matches with this club has had at least three goals.

A decent goal production from Oakleigh Cannons U21 in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Oakleigh's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Melbourne Knights U21 form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Melbourne Knights U21 playing as the away team in the Victoria NPL Youth League this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Melbourne Knights U21, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Melbourne Knights U21 failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs St. Albans Saints U21 (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 0-3.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Heidelberg United U21.

Take note that 12 of this team's 13 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.

Melbourne has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. Melbourne Knights U21's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The latest head to head meeting ended Melbourne Knights U21 - Oakleigh Cannons U21 1-2, played this season. Last five meetings involving these sides: Oakleigh won four, Melbourne Knights U21 triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

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Oakleigh Cannons U21 Melbourne Knights U21
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 2 6 14
9 4 1 Won W 0 2 6
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 3 1 Lost L 2 3 6
29 13 2 Scored S 2 11 31
16 8 2 Conceded C 5 11 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 93%
93% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 86%
71% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 86%
36% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 67% 64%
21% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 43%
64% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 64%
29% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 21%
7% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 21%
 
5.6 5.9 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.7 5.4
5.5 6.3 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.7 6.6
2.7 3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.3 1.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11 11 7 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8.3 9.3
5.1 5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 4.4
40% 37% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 58% 51%
 
7.5 8 7 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 9.7 10.8
2.9 2.6 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4 4.9
Key stats in Victoria NPL Youth League this season:
  • Oakleigh Cannons U21 have the most points from losing position (12) in Victoria NPL Youth League
  • Oakleigh Cannons 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 Port Melbourne U21 14 13 1 0 37 8 6 6 0 0 15 5 8 7 1 0 22 3 29 40
2 South Melbourne U21 14 8 4 2 40 18 8 5 2 1 19 8 6 3 2 1 21 10 22 28
3 Hume City U21 14 9 1 4 34 21 6 3 1 2 13 9 8 6 0 2 21 12 13 28
4 Oakleigh Cannons U21 14 9 1 4 29 16 7 4 0 3 13 8 7 5 1 1 16 8 13 28
5 Bentleigh Greens U21 14 7 2 5 21 21 6 3 1 2 10 7 8 4 1 3 11 14 0 23
6 Melbourne Knights U21 14 6 2 6 31 26 8 4 1 3 20 15 6 2 1 3 11 11 5 20
7 North Geelong U21 14 6 1 7 23 26 7 2 1 4 10 14 7 4 0 3 13 12 -3 19
8 Avondale Heights U21 14 4 6 4 24 12 9 2 4 3 15 7 5 2 2 1 9 5 12 18
9 St. Albans Saints U21 14 5 3 6 13 17 5 2 2 1 4 3 9 3 1 5 9 14 -4 18
10 Heidelberg United U21 14 5 2 7 21 22 8 4 0 4 12 11 6 1 2 3 9 11 -1 17
11 Green Gully U21 14 4 2 8 22 31 7 3 0 4 13 18 7 1 2 4 9 13 -9 14
12 Altona Magic U21 14 4 1 9 20 33 6 3 0 3 11 15 8 1 1 6 9 18 -13 13
13 Dandenong Thunder U21 14 4 1 9 23 38 8 2 1 5 17 21 6 2 0 4 6 17 -15 13
14 Moreland City U21 14 0 1 13 7 56 7 0 1 6 3 29 7 0 0 7 4 27 -49 1