National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Moreton Bay United or Gold Coast United that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Moreton Bay United form and stats
Last season their Queensland FFA Cup Preliminary adventure ended in the 6th round.This stadium, Wolter Park, has been a fortress for Moreton Bay United in the Npl Queensland so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-0-1.
Moreton Bay United faced defeat in their previous match, away at Rochedale Rovers (1-2).
Previous to that game, a Npl Queensland home match hosting Olympic in a game that was won 5-0.The match schedule is unforgiving for Moreton Bay United as they have a new game in only three days, a Npl Queensland match thankfully also at home. Gold Coast Knights are visiting.
Moreton are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Wolter Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 19 goals in 7 matches. Moreton Bay United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Wolter Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Gold Coast United form and stats
Last season their Queensland FFA Cup Preliminary adventure ended in the 6th round.Gold Coast United have an excellent away record in the Npl Queensland so far with 4-0-2 from 6 games.
There might be some fixture complaints from Gold Coast United as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Brisbane Roar II.
A 1-2 loss hosting Gold Coast Knights before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Gold Coast United manager Piddick as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Eastern Suburbs Brisbane.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Coast have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Data for the former ten meetings involving these two squads are: five wins for Moreton Bay United, three draws and two wins for Gold Coast United. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Walters 11 goals | J. Stewart 4 goals |  C. Tipaldo 3 goals |
Moreton Bay United missing players
Gold Coast United missing players
| Moreton Bay United | Gold Coast United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Won | W | 10 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 66 | 45 | Scored | S | 33 | 50 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 56% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.3 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.8 | ||
| 6.2 | 7.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 42% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 61% | 42% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 7.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 Knights | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Gold Coast United | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Moreton Bay United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 23 |
| 4 | Brisbane City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | Queensland Lions | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar II | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | Redlands United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Rochedale Rovers | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Peninsula Power | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -8 | 15 |
| 10 | SC Wanderers | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 11 | Eastern Suburbs Brisbane | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 24 | -24 | 8 |
| 12 | Olympic | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -15 | 7 |
