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| Team | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Lions U23 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9/15 | 14-11 |
| Dandenong Thunder U23 | L1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 1/15 | 6-13 |
Computed over each team's last 15 finished games before kickoff.
Aggregated from 3 finished meetings in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-02 | Dandenong Thunder U23 | 2-5 | Preston Lions U23 |
| 2025-08-23 | Preston Lions U23 | 1-0 | Dandenong Thunder U23 |
| 2025-05-10 | Dandenong Thunder U23 | 1-4 | Preston Lions U23 |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Lions U23 | 11 | 22 | 26 | -11 | LWWWL | 3 | +8 |
| Dandenong Thunder U23 | 14 | 22 | 14 | -39 | LLLDL | 14 | 0 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2026-08-16
12 points and 3 places separate them: Preston Lions U23 11th with 26, Dandenong Thunder U23 14th with 14. On the form table Preston Lions U23 stand 3rd over the last five rounds, despite being 11th overall. A win here leaves Preston Lions U23 on 29 points and up to 10th, other results permitting.
7 games without a win frame Dandenong Thunder U23's arrival. The five-game form split reads 9/15 points for Preston Lions U23 against 1/15 for Dandenong Thunder U23.
