National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hume City or Port Melbourne that keep their silverware dream alive.
Hume City form and stats
Hume was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Ffa Cup.Hume City are steadily winning Npl Victoria games and points here at ABD Stadium Broadmeadows Valley Park - Pitch 3. 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Hume, who played 1-1 against South Melbourne. That match was also played at this venue (ABD Stadium Broadmeadows Valley Park - Pitch 3). The hometeam coach N. Hegarty made a successful contribution in the game against South Melbourne, bringing on A. Walter who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Before that match, a Npl Victoria win away at Port Melbourne.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (21 in 9 games), Hume's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Hume City have conceded only 6 goals.
Port Melbourne form and stats
They also participated in Ffa Cup last season. This ended in the 16th finals.Playing away, Port Melbourne have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Npl Victoria this season.
V. Cesnik was the last player to score for the away team. Melbourne haven't scored a league goal in the last 195 minutes.
Two away games in a row for Melbourne, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Oakleigh Cannons in the Npl Victoria.
Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Hume City.The travelling fans enjoy Port Melbourne's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by Port Melbourne in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Hume City victories, two draws and two Port Melbourne wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Bingham 13 goals |   C. Duggan 8 goals | D. Dixon 6 goals |
Hume City missing players
Port Melbourne missing players
| Hume City | Port Melbourne | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 56 | 33 | Scored | S | 26 | 50 | ||
| 24 | 7 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.9 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.7 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5 | ||
| 52% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | ||
| 9.6 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 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 | 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 |