South Melbourne U21 have performed better than St. Albans Saints U21 this season, but every match opens at 0-0. Here's all the intelligence you require ahead of kickoff:
- South Melbourne U21 have the most scored goals (59) in Victoria NPL Youth League
- South Melbourne U21 have scored more than double the goals of St. Albans Saints U21.
South Melbourne 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.
South Melbourne U21 form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at State Football Centre Field 1 as South Melbourne U21 have scored 29 goals to get 20 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Victoria NPL Youth League are 6-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
South Melbourne U21 travelled for their previous game, a trip to Heidelberg United U21 that ended 2-2.
Ahead of that match, South Melbourne U21 won a home game hosting Dandenong Thunder U21 (10-0).Melbourne are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 5 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 0 and lost 1.
Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 9 of the 11 most recent league matches with this team has had three goals or more.
Goals are plentiful at State Football Centre Field 1 in the league this season as South Melbourne U21 has scored 29 goals here in 10 home games. South Melbourne U21 have conceded 11 in these home matches.
St. Albans Saints U21 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for St. Albans Saints U21 so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-7 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Albans as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
St. Albans Saints U21 are travelling again after losing away to Oakleigh Cannons U21 in their previous match (1-2).
Preceding that, the 2-4 home loss versus Hume City U21.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Albans played away with similar odds. This revealed 6 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 2 were draws and the home team won as expected 4 times.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, St. Albans Saints U21 rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when facing St. Albans Saints U21.This was the scoreline when the sides played each other earlier this campaign; St. Albans Saints U21 - South Melbourne U21 1-1.
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| South Melbourne U21 | St. Albans Saints U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 59 | 29 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 17 |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 89% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 61% |
| 78% | 80% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 56% |
| 56% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 11% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 72% | 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 44% |
| 17% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 39% |
| 11% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 28% |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 13.1 | 11 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 8.7 | 8.5 |
| 6.3 | 5.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| 52% | 54% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 23% | 26% |
| 7.8 | 7.1 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 10.4 | 9 |
| 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
- All of South Melbourne U21's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- South Melbourne U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- South Melbourne U21 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- South Melbourne U21 have scored more than double the goals of St. Albans Saints U21.
- South Melbourne U21 have the most scored goals (29) at home in Victoria NPL Youth League
- South Melbourne U21 have the most scored goals (59) in Victoria NPL Youth League
- South Melbourne U21 have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Victoria NPL Youth League
- South Melbourne U21 have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Victoria NPL Youth League
- South Melbourne U21 have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in Victoria NPL Youth League
- South Melbourne U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Albans Saints U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 38 | 52 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons U21 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 40 |
| 3 | South Melbourne U21 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 36 | 35 |
| 4 | Bentleigh Greens U21 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 35 |
| 5 | Hume City U21 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 33 |
| 6 | North Geelong U21 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 15 | -3 | 26 |
| 7 | Avondale Heights U21 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 23 |
| 8 | Heidelberg United U21 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | St. Albans Saints U21 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 21 |
| 10 | Melbourne Knights U21 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 22 | -10 | 20 |
| 11 | Altona Magic U21 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -12 | 20 |
| 12 | Green Gully U21 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -16 | 17 |
| 13 | Dandenong Thunder U21 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 31 | -30 | 13 |
| 14 | Moreland City U21 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 73 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 40 | -62 | 2 |
