National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Maitland or Lambton Jaffas that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Maitland form and stats
Maitland participated in Northern NSW FFA Cup Preliminary the last season, where they reached the 5th round.Maitland have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Northern Nsw. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Maitland's last game was hosting Valentine and winning 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Maitland played a great game against Valentine and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Charlestown City Blues that finished 3-3.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Maitland have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Maitland, as the Northern Nsw home game vs Hamilton Olympic is only three days away.
It's goals goals goals for Maitland who have scored 11 goals from 3 league home games.
Lambton Jaffas form and stats
Lambton Jaffas was sent out of Northern NSW FFA Cup Preliminary in the 6th round last season.It's gone fairly well in the Northern Nsw away games so far for Lambton Jaffas with six points collected from three matches.
Lambton play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Cooks Hill United.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Hamilton Olympic in the Northern Nsw.Lambton Jaffas are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Northern Nsw trip to Adamstown Rosebuds.
Lambton have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Maitland-Lambton Jaffas H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Maitland five wins, Lambton Jaffas three wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Thompson 2 goals |  S. Pratt 1 goals |
Maitland missing players
Lambton Jaffas missing players
| Maitland | Lambton Jaffas | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 11 | 18 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 72 | 42 | Scored | S | 50 | 70 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 32% | ||
| 64% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 12% | ||
| 6.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 7.5 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 15.3 | 16.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 14.3 | ||
| 8.3 | 8.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.6 | 7.5 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | ||
| 10.9 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Broadmeadow Magic | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 2 | Charlestown City Blues | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Maitland | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 |
| 4 | Hamilton Olympic | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Lambton Jaffas | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Weston Bears | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Edgeworth Eagles | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 9 |
| 8 | Lake Macquarie | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | Valentine | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Cooks Hill United | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -12 | 2 |
| 11 | Adamstown Rosebuds | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | -24 | 0 |
