- Dandenong City have won three and drawn one of the last four NPL Victoria encounters between these two teams.
- Altona Magic have failed to win either of their last two home games, and Dandenong City have lost two of their four away games.
- Altona Magic have the poorest home form in NPL Victoria 2026 with one draw and four defeats from five matches.
No place like home, unless you’re Altona Magic
After ten games of the 2026 NPL Victoria season, Altona Magic have seven points and sit 13th in the table while Dandenong City have 12 and are 9th. Both sides will be seeking momentum in this match to propel them further up the table in the early stages of the season, and neither can afford to lose given they are both currently in the bottom half.
Goran Lozanovski’s Altona Magic have had a poor start to the season, particularly on home turf where they have 1 draw and 4 defeats from 5 matches. The visitors are a slight 2.29 favourite for Saturday’s game, where Magic are 2.73 to take the win.
Magic play an aggressive pressing system in a 4-2-3-1 shape, usually looking to press the opposition from the front and break with numbers in behind when they win the ball. The front three will look to play quick passes and run in behind the defence to catch them off balance. But this style has backfired in recent weeks with Altona picking up zero wins, four draws and a 2-4 home defeat to Dandenong Thunder SC in their last five games.
Dandenong should have the edge
Dandenong City’s system is almost the opposite of Magic, with Nick Tolios’ men looking to pack the centre of the pitch in a 4-4-2 formation. They sit deep and wait for the ball to come to them, and usually look to hit on the break with long passes into the feet of their two frontmen.
Their start to the 2026 NPL season has been mixed; they pulled themselves into back-to-back home wins before losing to the Thunder last week. They have let in 2.25 goals per away game this season and will need to keep things very tight if they are to get a result.
Dandenong have a much better record against Altona Magic and look to have more momentum for this clash, so we’re going with the visitors to nick a tight game on Saturday. BTTS looks good at 1.55 and over 2.5 goals is 1.69.
