Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gold Coast Knights & Melbourne Victory face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ffa Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Melbourne Victory could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a A-League game only four sleeps ago.
Gold Coast Knights form and stats
Last season, Knights's Ffa Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.The total Npl Queensland stats playing at home this season for Gold Coast Knights are 8-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The Knights fans got no joy from their last match, a Npl Queensland game also here at Gold Coast Croatian Sports Centre: A 0-4 defeat against Gold Coast United. Gold Coast Knights were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Heartbreak before that as Gold Coast Knights lost 1-2 at Redlands United's place.The Knights manager Kerwin has got the team scoring with 28 from 13 home games in the league. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Melbourne Victory's mission in Ffa Cup last season failed in the 16th finals.The seven points Melbourne Victory have gathered from their first three away trips in the A-League is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
Melbourne won their last game, 3-1 versus Western United played at home. Midfield player Brimmer was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.04/10. Brimmer served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match was the A-League away draw versus Melbourne City that ended 2-2.After this away game Melbourne Victory return home for a A-League game against Brisbane Roar. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Melbourne's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. 3 goals have been conceded by Melbourne in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Macuace 15 goals | C. Tipaldo 11 goals | M. Brown 7 goals |
Gold Coast Knights missing players
Melbourne Victory missing players
| Gold Coast Knights | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 56 | 36 | Scored | S | 19 | 34 | ||
| 33 | 21 | Conceded | C | 26 | 51 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 28% | ||
| 6.6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12.1 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 39% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 9.3 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 15.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Peninsula Power | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 72 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 47 | 60 |
| 2 | Brisbane Roar II | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 82 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 51 | 55 |
| 3 | Olympic | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 33 | 55 |
| 4 | Queensland Lions | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 76 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 42 | 53 |
| 5 | SC Wanderers | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 58 | 42 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 28 | 16 | 51 |
| 6 | Gold Coast Knights | 26 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 53 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 46 |
| 7 | Moreton Bay United | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 75 | 57 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 18 | 45 |
| 8 | Gold Coast United | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 47 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 37 |
| 9 | Eastern Suburbs Brisbane | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 37 | 58 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 33 | -21 | 32 |
| 10 | Logan Lightning | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 25 | -10 | 29 |
| 11 | Capalaba | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 33 | 70 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 39 | -37 | 24 |
| 12 | Redlands United | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 32 | 67 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 33 | -35 | 18 |
| 13 | Brisbane Strikers | 26 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 21 | 81 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 47 | -60 | 8 |
| 14 | Magpies Crusaders | 26 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 85 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 48 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 37 | -65 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne Victory | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Macarthur | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Western United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Sydney | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 11 | Adelaide United | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
