The guesting Moreland Zebras side should be the strongest party at Goulburn Valley Suns, as the away team have a 31 point lead from their 17 league fixtures this season.
- Goulburn Valley Suns have the fewest scored goals (15) in Victoria Premier League 2
- Moreland Zebras have the most clean sheets (8) in Victoria Premier League 2
For Goulburn Valley Suns relegation is already certain this season. Only divine intervention and/or time travel can save them and neither look likely.
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.
Goulburn Valley Suns form and stats
Goulburn Valley Suns's struggle is real here at John McEwen Reserve with only 1 point collected from 9 Victoria Premier League 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-1-8. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.
The followers are hoping that Goulburn Valley Suns will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the match against Northcote City (placed 6th). Goulburn were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Ahead of that match, Goulburn Valley Suns lost 0-4 at home to Moreland City.Lots of goals? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 12 of the 15 latest league matches with this team has seen three or more goals.
Goulburn Valley Suns aren't scoring a lot here at John McEwen Reserve in the league, with only 5 goals from 9 games. Goulburn have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far. When Goulburn Valley Suns hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Langwarrin, Kingston and Werribee City), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Moreland Zebras form and stats
4-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Moreland Zebras, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Victoria Premier League 2, in their Victoria Premier League 2 matches away.
The followers enjoyed Moreland's previous game versus Langwarrin (placed 9th), a 5-0 win played at home. As mentioned above, Moreland Zebras was the only team on the pitch versus Langwarrin in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Northcote City with the score of 2-0.Observe that 11 of this club's 14 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
The travelling fans enjoy Moreland Zebras's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 9 league matches away. 13 goals have been conceded by Moreland in these games.
Head 2 Head
Moreland Zebras - Goulburn Valley Suns 3-2 was the scoreline in these contenders' last h2h game, played this season. Head to head totals (for the previous three meetings): Goulburn Valley Suns won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Moreland Zebras got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / oneGoulburn Valley Suns missing players
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| Goulburn Valley Suns | Moreland Zebras | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 17 | 38 |
| 58 | 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 19 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 82% |
| 72% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 71% |
| 67% | 67% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 56% | 59% |
| 50% | 44% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 29% |
| 67% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 47% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 44% | 47% |
| 33% | 44% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 6.6 | 5.1 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.8 | 4.9 | 5.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 10.8 | 11.8 |
| 2.1 | 1.1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8.3 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 39% | 50% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | 39% |
| 13.6 | 12 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.7 |
| 6.2 | 5.7 | 7.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
- Goulburn Valley Suns have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Goulburn Valley Suns have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Goulburn Valley Suns have the fewest points (1) at home in Victoria Premier League 2
- Goulburn Valley Suns have the fewest scored goals (15) in Victoria Premier League 2
- Goulburn Valley Suns have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Victoria Premier League 2
- Goulburn Valley Suns have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Victoria Premier League 2
- Goulburn Valley Suns have the most conceded goals (29) at home in Victoria Premier League 2
- Goulburn Valley Suns have the most conceded goals (58) in Victoria Premier League 2
- Goulburn Valley Suns have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Victoria Premier League 2
- Goulburn Valley Suns have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in Victoria Premier League 2
- Goulburn Valley Suns have the the worst goal difference (-24) at home in Victoria Premier League 2
- Goulburn Valley Suns have the the worst goal difference (-43) in Victoria Premier League 2
- Goulburn Valley Suns have yet to win a game.
- Goulburn Valley Suns is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Moreland Zebras have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Moreland Zebras have scored more than double the goals of Goulburn Valley Suns.
- Moreland Zebras have the most clean sheets (8) in Victoria Premier League 2
- Moreland Zebras haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | North Geelong Warriors | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 29 | 42 |
| 2 | Moreland City | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 37 |
| 3 | Moreland Zebras | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 34 |
| 4 | Pascoe Vale | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 33 |
| 5 | Bulleen Lions | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 29 |
| 6 | Northcote City | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 29 | -3 | 27 |
| 7 | Manningham United Blues | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Brunswick City | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | -13 | 19 |
| 9 | Langwarrin | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Kingston | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 18 | -16 | 17 |
| 11 | Werribee City | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -19 | 15 |
| 12 | Goulburn Valley Suns | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 29 | -43 | 3 |
