Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gold Coast Knights & Brisbane City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Queensland FFA Cup Preliminary. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Gold Coast Knights form and stats
Last season their Queensland FFA Cup Preliminary adventure ended in the 5th round.3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Npl Queensland numbers at home for Gold Coast Knights so far this season.
The home club members saw a 1-1 draw versus Brisbane City in the Queensland FFA Cup Preliminary last time out and are looking for a victory here.
Previous to that game, a Npl Queensland home match hosting Rochedale Rovers in a game that was won 2-1.The Knights fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Gold Coast Knights's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Brisbane City form and stats
Last season their Queensland FFA Cup Preliminary adventure ended in the 7th round.2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Brisbane City playing as the away team in the Npl Queensland this season.
It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Gold Coast Knights in their previous outing. The Queensland FFA Cup Preliminary battle ended 1-1.
Prior to that match, the Brisbane City manager Dodd faced defeat when travelling to Gold Coast United and losing 0-1.Brisbane have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent matches involving these sides have all ended as Gold Coast Knights victories. Will history repeat itself?Top Goalscorers
  M. Thurtell 7 goals |   A. Poljak 5 goals | J. Macuace 5 goals |
Gold Coast Knights missing players
Brisbane City missing players
| Gold Coast Knights | Brisbane City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 56 | 36 | Scored | S | 30 | 74 | ||
| 23 | 16 | Conceded | C | 23 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 16% | ||
| 6.6 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14.9 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 13.4 | ||
| 7.2 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.6 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 46% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 8.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gold Coast United | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 | Gold Coast Knights | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Moreton Bay United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Queensland Lions | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Brisbane City | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar II | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Redlands United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Rochedale Rovers | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 12 |
| 9 | Peninsula Power | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -9 | 11 |
| 10 | SC Wanderers | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 11 | Eastern Suburbs Brisbane | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 8 |
| 12 | Olympic | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -9 | 7 |
