Game week two of the Victoria Premier League 2 season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first fixture. Here's the best Werribee City - Preston Lions guide:
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.
Werribee City form and stats
The previous season, Werribee City's league statistics were 7 wins, 0 draws and 15 losses, resulting in 10th place in the Victoria Premier League 2. From these 22 matches they scored {24 goals} and let in 44. Appearing at their own stadium in the last season Werribee City delivered 1-0-10 (win-draw-lost) with {8 goals} and 26 conceded.
The home team returns to Galvin Park Reserve after drawing with Moreland Zebras (placed 8th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Moreland Zebras with a 3-2 scoreline.Preston Lions form and stats
Let's have a look at how Preston Lions performed last season in the Victoria NPL 3: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded {13 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 2 and lost 1 with 18/7 goals scored/conceded.
The manager was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium. Preston suffered a 1-2 loss to Pascoe Vale (placed 1st).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Box Hill United at their stadium, the result 3-0.Head 2 Head
Werribee City missing players
Preston Lions missing players
| Werribee City | Preston Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 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% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Werribee City | Last season | Preston Lions | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 24 | 8 | Scored | S | 18 | 43 | ||
| 44 | 26 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 77% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 41% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 23% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | ||
| 36% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 64% | 59% | ||
| 45% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 7.3 | ||
| 38% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 41% | ||
| 11.2 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 5.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.7 | ||
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |