Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hamilton Olympic & Melbourne City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Australian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Not a lot of time to rest for the hosting team, as they performed in a Northern Nsw match only three days back. That game was an away game at Charlestown City Blues, so at least Hamilton Olympic are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Hamilton Olympic form and stats
Last season, Hamilton's Australian Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.3-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Northern Nsw numbers at home for Hamilton Olympic so far this season.
Hamilton Olympic are returning here after visiting Charlestown City Blues and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Before that, Hamilton Olympic had a Northern Nsw home game versus Edgeworth Eagles which ended with a victory 3-0.The manager Griffiths will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Adamstown Rosebuds in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Hamilton are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. Hamilton Olympic's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Melbourne City form and stats
Melbourne's mission in Australian Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The manager Kisnorbo was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium AAMI Park. Melbourne City suffered a 0-2 loss to Western United. Defender Jamieson was the best team player with a rating of 7.83. Jamieson hit three key passes and won 11 of 13 duels.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Adelaide United (after extra-time) in the A-League.Head 2 Head
Hamilton Olympic missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Hamilton Olympic | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 60 | 32 | Scored | S | 22 | 48 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 11 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 6.7 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14.4 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 36% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 40% | ||
| 9.8 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Charlestown City Blues | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 33 |
| 2 | Maitland | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 30 |
| 3 | Broadmeadow Magic | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 29 |
| 4 | Lambton Jaffas | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 29 |
| 5 | Hamilton Olympic | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 27 |
| 6 | Edgeworth Eagles | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 25 |
| 7 | Valentine | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -5 | 25 |
| 8 | Weston Bears | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | Cooks Hill United | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Lake Macquarie | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 26 | -37 | 7 |
| 11 | Adamstown Rosebuds | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 26 | -35 | 2 |
