National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gold Coast United or Peninsula Power 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 Gold Coast United and Peninsula Power.
Gold Coast United form and stats
Last season their Queensland FFA Cup Preliminary adventure ended in the 5th round.When playing at home in the Npl Queensland, Gold Coast United have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.
A strong away win for Coast against Brisbane City the last match.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Brisbane Roar II and winning 2-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Npl Queensland game versus Olympic in only four days. This game is also played here at Coplick Family Sports Park Tallebudgera.
Gold Coast United are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Coplick Family Sports Park Tallebudgera in their league games, having scored an impressive 14 goals in 5 matches. Coast have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Peninsula Power form and stats
They also participated in Queensland FFA Cup Preliminary last season. This ended in the 7th round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Npl Queensland travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Peninsula Power played 1-1 against Queensland Lions in their previous match.
Prior to that result Peninsula Power won their away game at Logan Lightning in the Npl Queensland. The scoreline was 3-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Peninsula manager Philp as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Gold Coast Knights.
Peninsula Power are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. Peninsula are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 9 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Last seven meetings featuring these contenders: Gold Coast United won one, Peninsula Power triumphed in four and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Poljak 8 goals |   S. Smeltz 4 goals | B. Fox 3 goals |
Gold Coast United missing players
Peninsula Power missing players
| Gold Coast United | Peninsula Power | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 46 | 29 | Scored | S | 23 | 64 | ||
| 35 | 14 | Conceded | C | 18 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 56% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 44% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 16% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.3 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 13.1 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 40% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 40% | ||
| 9.7 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queensland Lions | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 29 |
| 2 | Olympic | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 26 |
| 3 | Peninsula Power | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 23 |
| 4 | Gold Coast Knights | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | Gold Coast United | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | SC Wanderers | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Eastern Suburbs Brisbane | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 14 |
| 8 | Moreton Bay United | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 12 |
| 9 | Brisbane City | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 11 |
| 10 | Logan Lightning | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -13 | 8 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar II | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 | -16 | 8 |
| 12 | Capalaba | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 33 | -40 | 3 |
