National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's South Melbourne W or FV Emerging W that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
South Melbourne W form and stats
Last season their Victoria Women's State Knockout Cup adventure ended in the final.4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Victoria NPL Women numbers at home for South Melbourne W so far this season.
A nice win for South Melbourne W last time playing, versus Southern United W. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0.
Before that, South Melbourne W drew at home versus Calder United W.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Melbourne, as the Victoria NPL Women home game vs Boroondara Eagles W is only four days away.
South Melbourne W has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches.
FV Emerging W form and stats
They also participated in Victoria Women's State Knockout Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for FV Emerging W in their Victoria NPL Women matches away.
Emerging play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Boroondara Eagles W.
A draw for FV Emerging W before that, at their own venue hosting Southern United W (1-1).There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Emerging manager Lum as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Heidelberg United W.
FV Emerging W are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. As for defending, FV Emerging W rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - one - two (Melbourne wins - draws - FV Emerging W wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Wise 3 goals |   A. Cortellino 3 goals | T. Christensen 2 goals |
South Melbourne W missing players
FV Emerging W missing players
| South Melbourne W | FV Emerging W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 18 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 63 | 43 | Scored | S | 23 | 42 | ||
| 45 | 25 | Conceded | C | 24 | 47 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 39% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 39% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 28% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 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 | Boroondara Eagles W | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | South Melbourne W | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Alamein W | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Bayside United W | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Bulleen Lions W | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Heidelberg United W | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | Preston Lions W | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Calder United W | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | FV Emerging W | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 10 | Box Hill United W | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 11 | Southern United W | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 22 | -24 | 1 |
