Auckland City and Team Wellington are both riding high in the Premiership with their 1st and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
- Auckland City have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premiership
- Team Wellington have the most scored goals (35) in Premiership
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Auckland City form and stats
Auckland City, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premiership, have been outstanding at home so far in the Premiership with 6 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. Auckland haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Canterbury United, 98 days ago.
The Auckland supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Eastern Suburbs in Premiership and win 2-1. Before that, Auckland City drew at home versus Waitakere United.
Goals decide football matches and Auckland City are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches. Auckland have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Team Wellington form and stats
Playing away, Team Wellington, who have the most scored goals (35) in Premiership, have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premiership this season. The fact that Team Wellington have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Wellington go into this game after a win, the home game against Hamilton Wanderers that ended 4-1. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Hamilton Wanderers.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Team Wellington have scored 10 goals in 7 league games away. As opposed to that, Wellington have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Auckland City - Team Wellington 3-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - five - one (Auckland wins - draws - Team Wellington wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Watson 15 goals |   L. Rogerson 8 goals |  D. Manickum 6 goals |
Auckland City missing players
Team Wellington missing players
| Auckland City | Team Wellington | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 9 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | 18 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 39 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 88% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 86% | 93% |
| 60% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 73% |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 67% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 60% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 71% | 80% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 13% | 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 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.9 | 11.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.9 | 11.7 |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 40% | 39% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 47% |
- Auckland City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Auckland City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Auckland City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Auckland City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Auckland City have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premiership
- Auckland City have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Premiership
- Auckland City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premiership
- Auckland City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Premiership
- Auckland City have the most clean sheets (4) in Premiership
- Auckland City have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Premiership
- Auckland City have the most points (19) at home in Premiership
- Auckland City have the the best goal difference (+15) in Premiership
- Auckland City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Auckland City is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Team Wellington have scored in all their matches so far.
- Team Wellington have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Premiership
- Team Wellington have the most scored goals (35) in Premiership
- Team Wellington have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Premiership
- Team Wellington have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Premiership
- Team Wellington haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 2 | Team Wellington | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 26 |
| 3 | Hamilton Wanderers | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Waitakere United | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Canterbury United | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 18 |
| 7 | Hawke's Bay United | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -12 | 13 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 27 | -19 | 10 |