National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Green Gully or Whittlesea United that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are hustling days for the hosts, as they were in action only four days ago in the Npl Victoria. Thankfully the previous game, versus Port Melbourne, was also a home game here at Green Gully Reserve. The away team is better rested.
Green Gully form and stats
Last season, Green's Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary journey ended in the 6th round.Green Gully are steadily winning Npl Victoria games and points here at Green Gully Reserve. 6 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 9 games.
Green Gully's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Port Melbourne.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Altona Magic and winning 4-0.Everyone expects Green Gully to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 12 games: 3 home wins, 0 draws and 9 defeats. Green Gully have won with at least two goals margin 3 times in similar situations.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Green as they are travelling to their away game against Dandenong City in the Npl Victoria. That match is four days after this one.
Green Gully are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games.
Whittlesea United form and stats
Last season their Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary adventure ended in the 4th round.The followers enjoyed Whittlesea's previous game versus Upfield, a Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary win (4-0) played at home.
hometeam won Whittlesea United are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 7 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Of the defeats, 3 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Head 2 Head
Green Gully missing players
Whittlesea United missing players
| Green Gully | Whittlesea United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 46 | 24 | Scored | S | 9 | 22 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Conceded | C | 9 | 17 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 79% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 50% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | ||
| 28% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 50% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 21% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.3 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | ||
| 42% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 80% | ||
| 8.5 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 24 | 37 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 36 |
| 3 | Port Melbourne | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 31 |
| 4 | Green Gully | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Avondale Heights | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 27 |
| 6 | Bentleigh Greens | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | Heidelberg United | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Melbourne Knights | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Dandenong Thunder | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Altona Magic | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -10 | 20 |
| 12 | Hume City | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 12 |
| 13 | Dandenong City | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -21 | 10 |
| 14 | Eastern Lions | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -25 | 6 |
