National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bentleigh Greens or Oakleigh Cannons that keep their silverware dream alive.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Bentleigh Greens form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Kingston Heath Soccer Complex as Bentleigh Greens have scored 20 goals to get 27 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Npl Victoria are 8-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Bentleigh are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Green Gully.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Dandenong City and winning 5-0.Bentleigh Greens have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kingston Heath Soccer Complex with 20 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Bentleigh Greens have conceded only 9 goals.
Oakleigh Cannons form and stats
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ffa Cup home loss versus Macarthur with 2-5 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game was the away Npl Victoria victory against South Melbourne with the score of 5-0.Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Bentleigh won eight games, zero matches ended in a draw and Oakleigh Cannons got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Bentleigh Greens missing players
Oakleigh Cannons missing players
| Bentleigh Greens | Oakleigh Cannons | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 42 | 24 | Scored | S | 33 | 63 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Conceded | C | 11 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 28% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.6 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.9 | ||
| 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 42% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | South Melbourne | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 59 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 39 | 62 |
| 2 | Port Melbourne | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 56 |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 58 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 29 | 51 |
| 4 | Green Gully | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 45 |
| 5 | Bentleigh Greens | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 14 | 42 |
| 6 | Heidelberg United | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 50 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 42 |
| 7 | Avondale Heights | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 40 |
| 8 | Dandenong Thunder | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 38 |
| 9 | Melbourne Knights | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 22 | -4 | 30 |
| 10 | St. Albans Saints | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | -13 | 30 |
| 11 | Altona Magic | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -17 | 27 |
| 12 | Hume City | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -15 | 26 |
| 13 | Dandenong City | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -36 | 20 |
| 14 | Eastern Lions | 26 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 35 | -53 | 8 |