After the first game it's Bulleen Lions - Melbourne City II 0-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second Victoria Premier League 2 fixture of the season?
Bulleen Lions and Melbourne City II 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.
Bulleen Lions form and stats
Last season, Bulleen Lions's league results were 9 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, resulting in 5th place in the Victoria Premier League 2. During these 22 matches they scored {42 goals} and let in 26. Performing at home in the last season Bulleen Lions generated 5-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with {31 goals} and 15 conceded.
Bulleen lost their last game at Manningham United Blues (placed 6th) after a 1-3 scoreline.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Kingston City.Melbourne City II form and stats
Let's have a look at how Melbourne City II performed last season in the Victoria NPL 3: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 57 and conceded {22 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 30/12 goals scored/conceded. A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Victoria Premier League 2, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 11 matches.
It's the second away game in a row for Melbourne City II, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Northcote City (placed 12th) last time out.
Prior to that result Melbourne City II won their away game at Springvale White Eagles in the Victoria NPL 3. The scoreline was 6-2.{2 goals} so far away for Melbourne City II, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Bulleen Lions zero wins, two draws and Melbourne City II zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Bulleen Lions missing players
Melbourne City II missing players
| Bulleen Lions | Melbourne City II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 40% |
| 18 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Bulleen Lions | Last season | Melbourne City II | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 42 | 31 | Scored | S | 30 | 57 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 82% | ||
| 45% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 59% | ||
| 27% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 45% | ||
| 27% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 41% | ||
| 59% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 55% | ||
| 23% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 14% | ||
| 4.7 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 37% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pascoe Vale | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Langwarrin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Western United II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Eastern Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Melbourne City II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Manningham United Blues | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Dandenong City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Preston Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Moreland Zebras | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Werribee City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Kingston City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Northcote City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Bulleen Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Brunswick City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Moreland City | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 49 |
| 2 | North Geelong Warriors | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 51 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 28 | 48 |
| 3 | Pascoe Vale | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 51 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 29 | 44 |
| 4 | Moreland Zebras | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 44 |
| 5 | Bulleen Lions | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 33 |
| 6 | Northcote City | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 30 | -6 | 33 |
| 7 | Langwarrin | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -2 | 27 |
| 8 | Manningham United Blues | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | -5 | 24 |
| 9 | Brunswick City | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 20 | -16 | 22 |
| 10 | Werribee City | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 24 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -20 | 21 |
| 11 | Kingston City | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 22 | -18 | 20 |
| 12 | Goulburn Valley Suns | 22 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 68 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 33 | -49 | 4 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Preston Lions | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 30 | 52 |
| 2 | Melbourne City II | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 57 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 35 | 49 |
| 3 | Western United II | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 39 |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory II | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 38 |
| 5 | Nunawading City | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | North Sunshine Eagles | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Doveton | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 29 |
| 8 | Geelong SC | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -10 | 27 |
| 9 | Box Hill United | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | Ballarat City | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 61 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 36 | -30 | 19 |
| 11 | Springvale White Eagles | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 35 | 60 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 34 | -25 | 18 |
| 12 | Whittlesea Ranges | 22 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 32 | -32 | 8 |
