It's only seven days and nights since Northcote City faced Moreland Zebras and the result was 1-2. What will the score be against Kingston City?
- Northcote City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kingston City have the most scored goals (32) in Victoria Premier League 2
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.
Northcote City form and stats
The story so far in the Victoria Premier League 2 for Northcote City at their home stadium (John Cain Memorial Reserve) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Northcote's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Moreland Zebras (placed 14th).
Before that match, a win away at Langwarrin.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Northcote City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 12 latest league matches reveals that 10 of them had goals from both teams.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Northcote City as they have a new game in only four days, a Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary match thankfully also at home. Clifton Hill are visiting.
Goals decide football matches and Northcote are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches. Northcote City have conceded 12 from these games.
Kingston City form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Kingston City playing as the away team in the Victoria Premier League 2 this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Kingston City are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Kingston City's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Werribee City that finished 3-3. It looked so good for Kingston vs Werribee City, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Moreland Zebras at their stadium, the result 5-1.Kingston City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 7 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this side's 12 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
{12 goals} so far away for Kingston City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 12. All from 6 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
These two sides encountered each other before this match year: Kingston City - Northcote 2-0. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's four Northcote City victories, zero draws and three Kingston City wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Northcote City missing players
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| Northcote City | Kingston City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 28 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 32 |
| 26 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 81% |
| 81% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 83% | 62% |
| 38% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 19% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 75% | 86% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 56% |
| 19% | 14% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 19% |
| 5 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 5.4 | 6.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | 4 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.9 | 9.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.7 | 14.1 |
| 3.6 | 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| 49% | 53% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 32% | 35% |
| 10.8 | 10.6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 10 | 8.6 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5 | 3.6 |
- All of Northcote City's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Kingston City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Kingston City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kingston City have the most scored goals (32) in Victoria Premier League 2
- Kingston City have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Victoria Premier League 2
- Kingston City have the the best goal difference (+8) in Victoria Premier League 2
- Kingston City 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 | Preston Lions | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 30 |
| 2 | Kingston City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 27 |
| 3 | Western United II | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | Dandenong City | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Eastern Lions | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 25 |
| 6 | Werribee City | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Northcote City | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Manningham United Blues | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Melbourne City II | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Langwarrin | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -9 | 22 |
| 11 | Brunswick City | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Pascoe Vale | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Bulleen Lions | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 19 |
| 14 | Moreland Zebras | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -12 | 14 |
