National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Northern Tigers or Sydney United that keep their silverware dream alive.
Sydney United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a New South Wales game only three sleeps ago.
Northern Tigers form and stats
Northern participated in NSW FFA Cup Preliminary the last season, where they reached the 6th round.Northern Tigers's previous fixture was a NSW FFA Cup Preliminary game also played at their home, finishing 8-1 versus Willoughby Dalleys. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.
Sydney United form and stats
They also participated in NSW FFA Cup Preliminary last season. This ended in the 4th round.The story so far for the visiting team on their New South Wales travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Sydney United are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against North Shore Mariners.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sydney United are hosting Blacktown City in the New South Wales only four days away.
The Sydney manager Haywood has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 7 league matches. For Sydney United, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Northern Tigers missing players
Sydney United missing players
| Northern Tigers | Sydney United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 12 | 7 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 47 | 34 | Scored | S | 31 | 46 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Conceded | C | 23 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 72% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 56% | ||
| 67% | 71% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 48% | ||
| 50% | 57% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 58% | 32% | ||
| 83% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 52% | ||
| 17% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 5.7 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | ||
| 0.3 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 20.3 | 23 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 12.2 | ||
| 13.3 | 13.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 45% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 31% | ||
| 13.7 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 12.5 | ||
| 5.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 29 |
| 2 | Manly United | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 28 |
| 3 | Sydney Olympic | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Sydney II | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Marconi Stallions | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Blacktown City | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Rockdale City Suns | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Sydney United | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 17 | -9 | 21 |
| 9 | Wollongong Wolves | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Mt Druitt Town | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -15 | 11 |
| 11 | Sutherland Sharks | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -14 | 9 |
| 12 | North Shore Mariners | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -21 | 8 |
