National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Eastern Lions or Brimbank Stallions that keep their silverware dream alive.
Little time to rest for the host team, as they performed in a Npl Victoria match only three days ago. This match was also played here at Egan Lee Reserve - Pitch 1. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Brimbank Stallions have had more rest.
Eastern Lions form and stats
Eastern Lions participated in Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary the last season, where they reached the 6th round.Eastern Lions have played three Npl Victoria home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Eastern Lions suffered an unexpected defeat 2-4 against Avondale Heights in their previous match, also a home game.
Before that, Eastern played out a Npl Victoria draw 2-2 when visiting Dandenong City.Eastern Lions are traveling soon after this match as the Npl Victoria match at South Melbourne awaits in four days.
The Eastern fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Eastern Lions have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Brimbank Stallions form and stats
Brimbank Stallions's mission in Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary last season failed in the 3rd round.Two travels in a row for Stallions, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary win against Sandringham.
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Head 2 Head
Eastern Lions missing players
Brimbank Stallions missing players
| Eastern Lions | Brimbank Stallions | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 5 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 36 | 14 | Scored | S | 19 | 21 | ||
| 48 | 21 | Conceded | C | 8 | 12 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 60% | 67% | ||
| 68% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 83% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 17% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.2 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 12.9 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| 2 | Avondale Heights | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | Port Melbourne | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Oakleigh Cannons | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Bentleigh Greens | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 9 |
| 6 | Melbourne Knights | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Green Gully | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 8 | Dandenong Thunder | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Altona Magic | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | St. Albans Saints | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 7 |
| 11 | Heidelberg United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Dandenong City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 13 | Eastern Lions | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | Hume City | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 2 |
