Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hume City & Melbourne City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ffa Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Melbourne City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a A-League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Adelaide United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Melbourne City.
Hume City form and stats
Last season their Ffa Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Hume City have performed here at ABD Stadium Broadmeadows Valley Park - Pitch 3 this season with 6 wins from 9 Npl Victoria matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
Hume's last game was hosting Port Melbourne and winning 3-1. N. Bonada was on the receiving end of a red card in the Hume City-Port Melbourne match, being sent off in the 90th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 3-1 victory.
Before that, Hume drew at home versus South Melbourne.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (21 in 9 games), Hume City's attacking play is working. Hume City are not conceding a lot of goals here at ABD Stadium Broadmeadows Valley Park - Pitch 3 in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches.
Melbourne City form and stats
Melbourne City was sent out of Ffa Cup in the final last season.As the visiting team in A-League matches, Melbourne City have produced an overall stat of 0-1-0 so far. Visiting Melbourne City has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Adelaide United in their previous outing. The A-League match ended in a draw 2-2. It looked so good for Melbourne vs Adelaide United, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Andrew Nabbout got a match rating of 8.75 in that game, top player of the team. Nabbout scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Brisbane Roar.After this away game Melbourne City return home for a A-League game against Western United. That game is only three sleeps after this.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Melbourne City has managed 2 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Bingham 13 goals |  D. Dixon 6 goals |  A. Brennan 4 goals |
Hume City missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Hume City | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 57 | 34 | Scored | S | 23 | 63 | ||
| 24 | 7 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 4% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.4 | 7.8 | ||
| 6.5 | 7.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.7 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.8 | 19 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.8 | ||
| 53% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | ||
| 9.8 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Avondale Heights | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 41 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 34 |
| 3 | Bentleigh Greens | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Hume City | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 31 |
| 5 | Dandenong Thunder | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Heidelberg United | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 27 |
| 7 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 8 | Melbourne Knights | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | South Melbourne | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | Green Gully | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Eastern Lions | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -16 | 15 |
| 12 | Altona Magic | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -13 | 14 |
| 13 | Dandenong City | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -16 | 14 |
| 14 | St. Albans Saints | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -29 | 10 |
| 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 City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Wellington Phoenix | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Macarthur | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Western United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Sydney | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |