National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hamilton Olympic or Lake Macquarie that keep their silverware dream alive.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Lake Macquarie could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Northern Nsw game only three sleeps ago.
Hamilton Olympic form and stats
Last season, Hamilton Olympic's Northern NSW FFA Cup Preliminary journey ended in the 7th round.The story so far in the Northern Nsw for Hamilton Olympic at their home stadium (Darling Street Oval) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Hamilton, who played 1-1 against Broadmeadow Magic. That match was also played at this venue (Darling Street Oval).
2-2 away at Weston Bears before that.Hamilton Olympic can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 11 times. Hamilton Olympic have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Lake Macquarie form and stats
Macquarie's mission in Northern NSW FFA Cup Preliminary last season failed in the 6th round.Lake Macquarie have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Northern Nsw, after 2-0-4 (6 played).
The manager was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Macquarie Field. Lake Macquarie suffered a 1-4 loss to Maitland.
Prior to that match, the Lake Macquarie manager faced defeat when travelling to Charlestown City Blues and losing 1-6.The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Macquarie we find 7 games. Results are 0 Lake Macquarie wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lake Macquarie as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. There are big problems for the Macquarie defense as they have conceded 20 goals in 6 away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Hamilton Olympic won eight games, one match ended in a draw and Lake Macquarie got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / oneHamilton Olympic missing players
Lake Macquarie missing players
| Hamilton Olympic | Lake Macquarie | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 49 | 28 | Scored | S | 25 | 41 | ||
| 41 | 20 | Conceded | C | 42 | 62 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 88% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 44% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 4% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 6.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14.2 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 29% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | ||
| 12.2 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 13.4 | ||
| 5.7 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 6.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Charlestown City Blues | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 19 | 25 |
| 2 | Broadmeadow Magic | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 23 |
| 3 | Maitland | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 23 |
| 4 | Lambton Jaffas | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Edgeworth Eagles | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 13 |
| 6 | Hamilton Olympic | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Weston Bears | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Valentine | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 9 |
| 9 | Cooks Hill United | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -9 | 8 |
| 10 | Lake Macquarie | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 7 |
| 11 | Adamstown Rosebuds | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 19 | -26 | 1 |
