National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Goulburn Valley Suns or Hume City that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Goulburn nor Hume City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Goulburn Valley Suns form and stats
Last season their Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary adventure ended in the 6th round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at John McEwen Reserve as Goulburn Valley Suns have scored 15 goals to get 15 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Victoria NPL 3 are 5-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Goulburn Valley Suns in their previous game, a fixture away at Boroondara - Carey that ended with a 2-1 victory.
Ahead of that match, Goulburn Valley Suns won a home game hosting Melbourne Victory II (2-1).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Goulburn as they are travelling to their away game against Beaumaris in the Victoria NPL 3. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Goulburn Valley Suns are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. Goulburn Valley Suns have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Hume City form and stats
Last season their Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary adventure ended in the 6th round.As the visiting team in Npl Victoria matches, Hume City have produced an overall stat of 3-2-4 so far.
Mustafa was the last player to score for the away team. Hume City haven't scored a league goal in the last 184 minutes.
Hume might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Avondale Heights proved too strong as Hume City slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at ABD Stadium Broadmeadows Valley Park.
A 0-1 defeat away at Heidelberg United before that.Hume City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 9 away games so far. Hume City struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous two meetings featuring these sides: Goulburn won zero, Hume City were winners in two and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.
Goulburn Valley Suns missing players
Hume City missing players
| Goulburn Valley Suns | Hume City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 40 | 27 | Scored | S | 28 | 46 | ||
| 46 | 26 | Conceded | C | 19 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 28% | ||
| 2.2 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4.4 | 2.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 8.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 0.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 97% | 600% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 47% | ||
| 7.8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.4 | 7.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne Victory II | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 28 |
| 2 | Nunawading City | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Goulburn Valley Suns | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Sunshine Georgies | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
| 5 | North Sunshine Eagles | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | Doveton | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Boroondara - Carey | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| 8 | Beaumaris | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 9 | Geelong SC | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 14 |
| 10 | Essendon Royals | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 11 | Box Hill United | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Ballarat City | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -29 | 1 |
| 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 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 38 | 43 |
| 2 | South Melbourne | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 43 |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 36 |
| 4 | Melbourne Knights | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
| 5 | Port Melbourne | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 27 |
| 6 | Dandenong Thunder | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Green Gully | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 21 |
| 8 | Altona Magic | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Heidelberg United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 19 |
| 10 | Hume City | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 28 | -19 | 13 |
| 12 | Moreland City | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 23 | -26 | 12 |
| 13 | Bentleigh Greens | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -20 | 9 |
| 14 | North Geelong Warriors | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -35 | 7 |
