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 FFA Cup Preliminary. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Melbourne Knights form and stats
Last season their Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary adventure ended in the 5th round.Melbourne Knights have played 9 Npl Victoria games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-0-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The Melbourne Knights followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host South Melbourne and win 2-1.
Before that, Melbourne Knights played out a Npl Victoria draw 1-1 when visiting Avondale Heights.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Melbourne Knights as they are travelling to their away game against Bentleigh Greens in the Npl Victoria. That match is three days after this one.
Melbourne have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Knights Stadium with 14 goals in 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Melbourne Knights defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Oakleigh Cannons form and stats
Oakleigh's mission in Victoria FFA Cup Preliminary last season failed in the 7th round.Oakleigh Cannons's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Oakleigh Cannons collect 19 points from their 8 away matches in the Npl Victoria. 6 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Oakleigh Cannons has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Dandenong Thunder for a 0-0 draw.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Eastern Lions in the Npl Victoria.The Oakleigh Cannons manager Taylor has got the team scoring on the road, with 17 away goals in 8 league matches. It's not easy to score on Oakleigh as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Melbourne Knights victories, two draws and four Oakleigh Cannons wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Dekker 11 goals |   G. Albano 7 goals | J. Knowles 7 goals |
Melbourne Knights missing players
Oakleigh Cannons missing players
| Melbourne Knights | Oakleigh Cannons | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 37 | 19 | Scored | S | 21 | 66 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | ||
| 6 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.1 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 14 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 6.1 | ||
| 37% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 35% | ||
| 10.5 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 7.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3 | ||
| 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 |
