Auckland City and Eastern Suburbs are ready to show off their new players and skills: It's their first game of the Premiership season.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Eastern Suburbs's home stadium. The visitors last 17 games on grass have ended in 8 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Auckland City form and stats
Auckland City could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Premiership. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Kiwitea Street they witnessed 5 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W11 - D4 - L1 from 16 games.
Eastern Suburbs form and stats
Let's have a look at how Eastern Suburbs performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 14/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Auckland City-Eastern Suburbs H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Auckland six wins, Eastern Suburbs zero wins, one draw. two of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
![]() M. Bueno Imbrenda 11 goals | ![]() R. Drake 5 goals |
Auckland City missing players
Eastern Suburbs missing players
| Auckland City | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Auckland City | Last season | Eastern Suburbs | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 7 | Played | P | 8 | 16 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 33 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | ||
| 81% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 81% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 81% | ||
| 75% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 62% | ||
| 50% | 71% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 38% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 44% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 25% | ||
| 19% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.2 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 56 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 47 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 27 | ||
| 133% | 167% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 175% | 115% | ||
| 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 | Canterbury United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Eastern Suburbs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hamilton Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Hawke's Bay United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Team Wellington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Waitakere United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 27 | 37 |
| 2 | Team Wellington | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 34 |
| 3 | Waitakere United | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Tasman United | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Hamilton Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -15 | 20 |
| 7 | Southern United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 26 | -13 | 19 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 9 | Hawke's Bay United | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 29 | -12 | 15 |
| 10 | Canterbury United | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -17 | 10 |