Match Report
The table gap was wide: 32 points between Canberra FC (1st, 52 pts) and O'Connor Knights (8th, 20 pts). Per game in the league, Canberra FC were scoring 3.2 and conceding 1.2, O'Connor Knights 1.2 and 1.95, against a competition average of 2.05 goals per team per game.
Canberra FC arrived on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 12/15 points for Canberra FC, 5/15 for O'Connor Knights.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Canberra FC, 0 draws and 2 for O'Connor Knights, at 5.57 goals per meeting. Only 29% of these meetings ended in a home win. History points to goals: 100% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 100%.
Deakin Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,500. O'Connor Knights led 3-2 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 5-4 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Canberra FC: Ryan Keir (17'), Nikola Ujdur (36'), Shandon Whitehead (63'), Shandon Whitehead (90'), Shandon Whitehead (90') · O'Connor Knights: Daniel Galic (13'), Hayden Tunney (41'), Cale Brown (45'), Chan Ho Park (68')
Key stats
Possession: Canberra FC 57% · O'Connor Knights 43% · Total shots: 22-10 · On target: 10-6 · Corners: 10-2