National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gold Coast Knights or Queensland Lions 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!
Gold Coast Knights form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Gold Coast Croatia Sports Centre as Gold Coast Knights have scored 15 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Npl Queensland are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Knights are returning here after guesting Edge Hill United in a Queensland FFA Cup Preliminary fixture and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
Before that, Gold Coast Knights played out a Npl Queensland draw 1-1 when visiting Moreton Bay United.The match schedule is unforgiving for Gold Coast Knights as they have a new game in only four days, a Npl Queensland match thankfully also at home. Redlands United are visiting.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (15 in 7 games), Gold Coast Knights's attacking play is working. Knights have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Queensland Lions form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Npl Queensland.
The followers enjoyed Queensland Lions's previous fixture versus Brisbane Roar II, a 3-1 win played at home.
Prior to that result Queensland Lions won their away game at Brisbane City in the Npl Queensland. The scoreline was 2-0.Queensland Lions are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Queensland as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Gold Coast Knights-Queensland Lions H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Gold Coast Knights three wins, Queensland Lions three wins, three draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Poljak 6 goals | M. Brown 5 goals | G. Debele 5 goals |
Gold Coast Knights missing players
Queensland Lions missing players
| Gold Coast Knights | Queensland Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | ||
| 66 | 42 | Scored | S | 32 | 75 | ||
| 19 | 14 | Conceded | C | 8 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 6.9 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 15.2 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 12 | ||
| 7.8 | 8.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 34% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 103% | 58% | ||
| 6.5 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 7.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gold Coast Knights | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | Gold Coast United | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | Moreton Bay United | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 27 |
| 4 | Queensland Lions | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Brisbane City | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| 6 | Rochedale Rovers | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar II | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 8 | Peninsula Power | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Redlands United | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | SC Wanderers | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 16 |
| 11 | Olympic | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -15 | 9 |
| 12 | Eastern Suburbs Brisbane | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 24 | -30 | 8 |
