St. Albans Saints U21 v Hume City U21 preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Australia Victoria NPL Youth League
Competition: Sun 10.July
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)
Venue: Churchill Reserve (3500 seats)

St. Albans Saints U21 are putting faith in their home advantage to assist them to win this match hosting Hume City U21. Who is the winner at Churchill Reserve?

Insights:
  • St. Albans Saints U21 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Hume City U21 have won significantly more corners away than at home.

St. Albans Saints U21 and Hume City 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.

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St. Albans Saints U21 form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Victoria NPL Youth League this season. St. Albans Saints U21 have only managed 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from their games here at Churchill Reserve.

St. Albans Saints U21's last game was hosting Heidelberg United U21 (placed 13th) and winning 3-2. What a relief, as that was the first league win after going winless in six fixtures in a row.

Before that, St. Albans Saints U21 played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Melbourne Knights U21.

Take note that 11 of the latest 14 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.

Albans are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. St. Albans Saints U21 are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (21 from 10 played).

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Hume City U21 form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 0 draws and only 3 losses in the Victoria NPL Youth League.

Hume City U21 won their last game, 3-0 versus Melbourne Knights U21 played at home.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Bentleigh Greens U21's place.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this club's 12 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

Hume are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 9 away games so far. Hume City U21 have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the squads played each other earlier this season; Hume City U21 - St. Albans Saints U21 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Albans zero wins, two draws and Hume City U21 zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

St. Albans Saints U21 missing players

Hume City U21 missing players

St. Albans Saints U21 Hume City U21
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 9 20
5 3 1 Won W 2 6 12
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 4
12 6 2 Lost L 1 3 4
28 13 3 Scored S 6 16 43
47 21 8 Conceded C 4 11 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
85% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 85%
60% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 70%
60% 60% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 35%
45% 40% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 30%
70% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 70%
5% 10% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 20%
25% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 15%
 
3.6 3.4 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 5.2 4.3
6.9 7.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.2 4.8
1.6 1.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.1 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
9.8 9.1 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 11.4 10.2
4.5 4.6 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.5 4.5
30% 28% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 39% 48%
 
14.8 15.3 17.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 12.2 10.3
6.3 6.4 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 4.1
Key stats in Victoria NPL Youth League this season:
  • Hume City U21 have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Hume City U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • St. Albans Saints U21 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at 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 21 15 2 4 71 30 10 8 0 2 30 13 11 7 2 2 41 17 41 47
2 Oakleigh Cannons U21 21 13 4 4 42 24 11 7 1 3 25 18 10 6 3 1 17 6 18 43
3 Avondale Heights U21 21 13 3 5 58 25 11 7 2 2 29 11 10 6 1 3 29 14 33 42
4 Port Melbourne U21 21 13 2 6 49 25 10 6 1 3 25 10 11 7 1 3 24 15 24 41
5 Hume City U21 20 12 4 4 43 25 11 6 4 1 27 14 9 6 0 3 16 11 18 40
6 Bentleigh Greens U21 21 10 3 8 34 33 11 7 1 3 17 11 10 3 2 5 17 22 1 33
7 Altona Magic U21 21 8 4 9 32 40 10 4 1 5 13 21 11 4 3 4 19 19 -8 28
8 Eastern Lions U21 21 8 3 10 40 48 10 3 3 4 18 22 11 5 0 6 22 26 -8 27
9 Dandenong Thunder U21 21 8 1 12 28 44 10 3 0 7 10 24 11 5 1 5 18 20 -16 25
10 Dandenong City U21 21 6 3 12 33 62 11 4 1 6 21 34 10 2 2 6 12 28 -29 21
11 Melbourne Knights U21 20 6 2 12 26 34 10 1 2 7 10 22 10 5 0 5 16 12 -8 20
12 St. Albans Saints U21 20 5 3 12 28 47 10 3 1 6 13 21 10 2 2 6 15 26 -19 18
13 Heidelberg United U21 21 5 2 14 37 55 9 1 1 7 12 26 12 4 1 7 25 29 -18 17
14 Green Gully U21 20 4 2 14 24 53 11 2 1 8 17 31 9 2 1 6 7 22 -29 14