About Match
7 points and 3 places separate them: Oakleigh Cannons 1st with 54, Avondale Heights 4th with 47. The last five rounds place Oakleigh Cannons no better than 8th for form, against 1st in the standings. Against a league average of 1.49 goals per team per game, Oakleigh Cannons run at 2.15 scored and 0.92 conceded, Avondale Heights at 2.5 and 1.31. A win here leaves Avondale Heights on 50 points and up to 3rd, other results permitting.
Momentum sits with Avondale Heights, winners of their last four, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 14 games: 4 Oakleigh Cannons wins, 7 for Avondale Heights, 3 draws, at 3.5 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 71% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 64%. 2.6 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a drop from the historical 3.5.
Jack Edwards Reserve stages the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000.