Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Melbourne Knights & Oakleigh Cannons face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Victoria Dockerty Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
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 Melbourne and Oakleigh Cannons.
Melbourne Knights form and stats
Melbourne Knights have played 11 Npl Victoria games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Melbourne Knights, who won 3-0 against North Geelong Warriors. The 3-0 win against North Geelong Warriors was decided after a strong and deadly first half, making the second half more of a journey towards the final whistle.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Npl Victoria home game that ended 1-1 versus Avondale Heights.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Melbourne, as the Npl Victoria home game vs Moreland City is only four days away.
The Melbourne Knights manager Cahn has got the team scoring with 23 from 11 home games in the league. Melbourne have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Oakleigh Cannons form and stats
They also participated in Victoria Dockerty Cup last season. This ended in the final.Oakleigh Cannons's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Oakleigh Cannons collect 23 points from their 10 away matches in the Npl Victoria. 7 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Oakleigh Cannons play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Bentleigh Greens.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus South Melbourne at their stadium, the result 2-0.Oakleigh Cannons have another game away in just three sleeps, a Npl Victoria game against Port Melbourne. A gruelling schedule for the visitors!
The Oakleigh manager Taylor has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 10 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
Oakleigh Cannons have managed a streak of 8 consecutive matches without defeat (4-4-0) when playing Melbourne Knights.Top Goalscorers
  A. Salmon 9 goals | S. Valentini 8 goals |  C. Bramwell 7 goals |
Melbourne Knights missing players
Oakleigh Cannons missing players
| Melbourne Knights | Oakleigh Cannons | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 20 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 59 | 37 | Scored | S | 25 | 68 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 64% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.2 | 7.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.8 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.9 | ||
| 55% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 46% | ||
| 7.3 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.6 | 5 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Avondale Heights | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 71 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 52 | 56 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 35 | 51 |
| 3 | South Melbourne | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 50 |
| 4 | Melbourne Knights | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 38 |
| 5 | Port Melbourne | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 37 |
| 6 | Altona Magic | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 40 | 43 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 25 | -3 | 32 |
| 7 | Green Gully | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 47 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 31 |
| 8 | Dandenong Thunder | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | -8 | 24 |
| 9 | Hume City | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -4 | 21 |
| 10 | Heidelberg United | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 27 | -17 | 20 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 34 | -26 | 16 |
| 12 | Bentleigh Greens | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -21 | 14 |
| 13 | Moreland City | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 30 | -33 | 13 |
| 14 | North Geelong Warriors | 21 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | -41 | 13 |
