National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Napier City Rovers or Waterside Karori that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Napier City Rovers form and stats
Last season their Chatham Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.A good away victory last time out for Napier, who won 3-1 against Western Suburbs.
In the match before that, Napier City Rovers hosted Petone and drew the Regional Leagues game 2-2.Waterside Karori form and stats
They also participated in Chatham Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Waterside Karori go into this game after a win, the home game against North Wellington that ended 5-1. As mentioned above, Waterside was the only team on the pitch versus North Wellington in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
Before that, Waterside Karori travelled to Wellington Olympic and returned home with a draw after the Regional Leagues game finished 2-2.Head 2 Head
Previous seven meetings with these squads: Napier won three, Waterside Karori were winners in three and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Corfe 11 goals | J. McNamara 9 goals | T. Alvarado 7 goals |
Napier City Rovers missing players
Waterside Karori missing players
| Napier City Rovers | Waterside Karori | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 65 | 40 | Scored | S | 26 | 47 | ||
| 54 | 24 | Conceded | C | 27 | 50 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 83% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 32% | ||
| 88% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 76% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 1.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.4 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 120% | 160% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 63% | 51% | ||
| 5.6 | 4.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 7.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 0.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
