After three games we know a little more about the qualities of Eastern Suburbs and Waitakere United in this fresh Premiership season. Read our match preview!
- Eastern Suburbs has the most scored goals in the first half (4) in Premiership
- Waitakere United has the most matches over the total-line (3) in Premiership
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
4-1-3 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Waitakere United when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those eight matches are 13-10 (scored/conceded).
Eastern Suburbs form and stats
The hosts won their first Premiership game here at Madills Farm, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Eastern Suburbs last season were 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses from 8 games.
Eastern Suburbs are returning here after visiting Wellington Phoenix Res in a Premiership game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Canterbury United.
As mentioned above, Eastern Suburbs "killed" Wellington Phoenix Res in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Early season league goal statistics from Eastern Suburbs's 1 home game: 3 goals, 1 conceded.
Waitakere United form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premiership, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from 7 matches.
Waitakere United's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Team Wellington that finished 2-2. A loss against Wellington Phoenix Res was the result prior to that, in a home game.
It's early days yet, but Waitakere United has scored 4 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: four - one - one (Eastern wins - draws - Waitakere United wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Eastern Suburbs missing players
Waitakere United missing players
| Eastern Suburbs | Waitakere United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 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 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 18 | 18.7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 10 | 8.7 |
| 58% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 27% |
- Eastern Suburbs has the most scored goals in the first half (4) in Premiership
- Waitakere United has the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Premiership
- Waitakere United has the most matches over the total-line (3) in Premiership
| Eastern Suburbs | Last season | Waitakere United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 8 | Played | P | 7 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 35 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 32 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 81% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 62% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 69% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 50% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 86% | 81% | ||
| 25% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 19% | ||
| 31% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.1 | 4.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.3 | ||
| 115% | 89% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 94% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hamilton Wanderers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Team Wellington | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Eastern Suburbs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Auckland City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Waitakere United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 7 | Hawke's Bay United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| 8 | Canterbury United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 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 |