Victoria Premier League 2: We're previewing an interesting and crucial battle between Northcote City and Bulleen Lions at John Cain Memorial Reserve. Both need the points!
- Northcote City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bulleen Lions have the fewest points (7) away in Victoria Premier League 2
4 - 4 - 12 with 18-32. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Bulleen Lions when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Bulleen Lions play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Bulleen Lions could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Victoria Premier League 2 game only four sleeps ago.
Northcote City form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. That’s what Northcote City have to build on here at John Cain Memorial Reserve in the Victoria Premier League 2. When Northcote City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Moreland Zebras, Brunswick City, Pascoe Vale and Northcote City), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Northcote has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Vassiliadis and the players.
The Northcote City followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at John Cain Memorial Reserve: A 1-2 defeat against Werribee City (placed 7th).
A 1-1 scoreline against Clifton Hill (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) before that one, played at their own home stadium in the Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary.
An interesting fact: 12 of the latest 14 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.
Northcote have conceded 17 from these games.
Bulleen Lions form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bulleen Lions so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-7 (win-draw-lose).
Bulleen Lions aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 191 league minutes without a goal.
Home advantage was not enough for Bulleen Lions in their previous game as they lost hosting Kingston, 0-3.
Prior to that match, the Bulleen manager Maisano faced defeat when travelling to Moreland Zebras and losing 0-1.Goal hungry football fans should note that 12 of this team's 14 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Bulleen Lions has managed {10 goals} and let in 20 from 10 matches.
Head 2 Head
Bulleen Lions have put together a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when playing Northcote City.The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties meet this season, as the statistics show this recent match: Bulleen Lions - Northcote City 4-1.
Northcote City missing players
Bulleen Lions missing players
| Northcote City | Bulleen Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 30 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 30 |
| 31 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 78% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 78% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 44% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 78% | 89% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 33% |
| 5.1 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.8 | 5.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 46% | 47% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | 42% |
| 10.9 | 10.8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 12.1 | 10.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.7 | 4.4 |
- All of Northcote City's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Bulleen Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bulleen Lions have the fewest points (7) away in Victoria Premier League 2
- Bulleen Lions have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Victoria Premier League 2
- Bulleen Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Northcote City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Northcote City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Northcote City 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 | Kingston | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 33 |
| 2 | Preston Lions | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 3 | Western United II | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 31 |
| 4 | Dandenong City | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Eastern Lions | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 29 |
| 6 | Manningham United Blues | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Werribee City | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Melbourne City II | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 16 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Langwarrin | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 33 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -8 | 25 |
| 10 | Northcote City | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Brunswick City | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -6 | 23 |
| 12 | Pascoe Vale | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -13 | 20 |
| 13 | Bulleen Lions | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 30 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Moreland Zebras | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -11 | 18 |
