National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sydney United or NWS Spirit that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sydney United and NWS Spirit.
Sydney United form and stats
Sydney United was eliminated in the 7th round last season in the NSW FFA Cup Preliminary.Sydney United have collected 13 points from their New South Wales home games so far after 4-1-3.
Sydney faced defeat in their previous match, away at Mt Druitt Town (0-1).
A New South Wales defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Marconi Stallions.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 Sydney United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Sydney United are traveling soon after this match as the New South Wales match at APIA Leichhardt Tigers awaits in four days.
Sydney United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sydney United Sports Center with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Sydney's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
NWS Spirit form and stats
They also participated in NSW FFA Cup Preliminary last season. This ended in the 7th round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for NWS Spirit so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
There might be some fixture complaints from NWS Spirit as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-3 against St George City FA.
Preceding that game was the away New South Wales victory against Bulls Academy with the score of 2-1.After this away game NWS Spirit return home for a New South Wales game against Blacktown City. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Spirit rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous two meetings): Sydney United won zero games, one match ended with a draw and NWS Spirit managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero. Payne loves to meet NWS Spirit and have scored 2 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Antelmi 6 goals | C. Payne 5 goals |  R. Darko 4 goals |
Sydney United missing players
NWS Spirit missing players
| Sydney United | NWS Spirit | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 32 | 20 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Conceded | C | 20 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 12 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 24% | ||
| 10.8 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 25 | 40 |
| 2 | Marconi Stallions | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 20 | 34 |
| 3 | Rockdale City Suns | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | St George City FA | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Sydney II | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | Blacktown City | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 7 | Sydney United | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Sutherland Sharks | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 9 | Sydney Olympic | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 22 |
| 10 | Central Coast II | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 22 |
| 11 | Wollongong Wolves | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Mt Druitt Town | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -8 | 21 |
| 13 | NWS Spirit | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 21 |
| 14 | Manly United | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
| 15 | Western Sydney W. II | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -13 | 14 |
| 16 | Bulls Academy | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -20 | 10 |
