National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hellenic Athletic or Verdi that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are hectic days for the host team, as they played only three days ago in the Northern Territory Premier League. This match was also played here at Larrakia Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Verdi have had more rest.
Hellenic Athletic form and stats
Last season their Northern Territory FFA Cup Preliminary adventure ended in the 6th round.When playing at home in the Northern Territory Premier League, Hellenic Athletic have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
Hellenic drew their last game, also a home match. Mindil Aces was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
In the game before, an away victory in the Northern Territory Premier League match versus Darwin Olympic with a 8-1 scoreline.Hellenic Athletic can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 10 times.
Verdi form and stats
Last season their Northern Territory FFA Cup Preliminary adventure ended in the 6th round.Two travels in a row for Verdi, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Northern Territory FFA Cup Preliminary win against Mindil Aces.
Before that match, the win at home hosting Celtic in the Northern Territory FFA Cup Preliminary (5-0).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the former two meetings): Hellenic Athletic won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Verdi managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero.
Hellenic Athletic missing players
Verdi missing players
| Hellenic Athletic | Verdi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 74 | 40 | Scored | S | 18 | 47 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 86% | 93% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 73% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 53% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 27% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 13% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.8 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.1 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 6 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.7 | ||
| 50% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 162% | ||
| 9.7 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hellenic Athletic | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 23 | 17 |
| 2 | Mindil Aces | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Casuarina | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Uni Azzurri | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 19 | -1 | 12 |
| 5 | Port Darwin | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 6 | Darwin Olympic | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -11 | 4 |
| 7 | Darwin Hearts | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -14 | 4 |
