National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ba or Auckland City that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Ba form and stats
Ba participated in OFC Champions League the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Ba haven’t lost a league-game in 22 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Nadi, 617 days ago. The Ba fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stade Pater Te Hono Nui and will expect new points from this game. Ba has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
Ahead of that match, Ba won a home game hosting Lautoka (3-0).
The manager R. Kumar will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Lupe Ole Soaga in only three days.
Auckland City form and stats
Auckland City was sent out of OFC Champions League in the semi-finals last season, when Magenta turned out to be too strong.Auckland City have an excellent away record in the Premiership so far with 5-2-1 from 8 games.
Two away games in a row for Auckland City, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Tasman United in the Premiership. Before that, Auckland City secured a home win against Canterbury United with the score 5-1.
Auckland City were so close to getting something from the game against Tasman United, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime.
Auckland City has another fixture away, a OFC Champions League game, against Vénus in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 21 goals in 8 league games away this season. Auckland City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Bevan 14 goals |  C. Howieson 4 goals |  E. Tade 4 goals |
Ba missing players
Auckland City missing players
| Ba | Auckland City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 45 | 26 | Scored | S | 46 | 80 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 10 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 36% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 36 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 87 | ||
| 21 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 40 | ||
| 38% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 61% | 65% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Auckland City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Vénus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Rewa | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Lautoka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 3 | Nadi | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 6 |
| 4 | Suva | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Ba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Labasa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 7 | Nasinu | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | -11 | 3 |
| 8 | Navua | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | Auckland City | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 25 | 34 |
| 2 | Team Wellington | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | Waitakere United | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | -3 | 21 |
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | Tasman United | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Hamilton Wanderers | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 19 |
| 7 | Southern United | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 23 | -13 | 16 |
| 8 | Hawke's Bay United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -6 | 15 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 10 | Canterbury United | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -17 | 9 |