It's only match two of the Victoria Premier League 2 for these teams. And fresh bodies and minds here at Gardiners Creek Reserve as Eastern Lions greet Manningham United Blues. Don't miss this preview!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Eastern Lions form and stats
Last season, Eastern Lions's league statistics were 1 win, 5 draws and 20 losses, producing 14th spot in the Npl Victoria. In these 26 matches they scored {17 goals} and let in 70. Performing as the host team in the previous season Eastern Lions generated 0-1-12 (win-draw-lost) with {7 goals} and 35 conceded.
The fans are hoping that Eastern Lions will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Western United II (placed 5th).
Ahead of that match, Eastern Lions lost 1-5 at home to Heidelberg United.Manningham United Blues form and stats
Let's have a look at how Manningham United Blues performed last season in the Victoria Premier League 2: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 6 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded {34 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 2 with 18/11 goals scored/conceded.
Manningham go into this game after a win, the home game against Bulleen Lions that ended 3-1.
Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Langwarrin's place.Head 2 Head
Eastern Lions missing players
Manningham United Blues missing players
| Eastern Lions | Manningham United Blues | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Eastern Lions | Last season | Manningham United Blues | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Won | W | 5 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 18 | 29 | ||
| 70 | 35 | Conceded | C | 11 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 95% | ||
| 81% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 86% | ||
| 65% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 59% | ||
| 46% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 27% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 14% | ||
| 46% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 64% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 18% | ||
| 50% | 62% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 23% | ||
| 2.5 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 8 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 11.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | ||
| 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 27% | ||
| 17.9 | 15.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 11 | ||
| 6.6 | 5.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5 | ||
| 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 | Manningham United Blues | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Melbourne City II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Western United II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Dandenong City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Werribee City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Moreland Zebras | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Kingston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Preston Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Eastern Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 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 | South Melbourne | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 59 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 39 | 62 |
| 2 | Port Melbourne | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 56 |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 58 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 29 | 51 |
| 4 | Green Gully | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 45 |
| 5 | Bentleigh Greens | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 14 | 42 |
| 6 | Heidelberg United | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 50 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 42 |
| 7 | Avondale Heights | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 40 |
| 8 | Dandenong Thunder | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 38 |
| 9 | Melbourne Knights | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 22 | -4 | 30 |
| 10 | St. Albans Saints | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | -13 | 30 |
| 11 | Altona Magic | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -17 | 27 |
| 12 | Hume City | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -15 | 26 |
| 13 | Dandenong City | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -36 | 20 |
| 14 | Eastern Lions | 26 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 35 | -53 | 8 |
| 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 | 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 |