With their 3 point advantage in the league table, Eastern Suburbs fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Wellington Phoenix Res.
- Eastern Suburbs has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premiership
- Wellington Phoenix Res has the most dropped points from leading position (10) 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.
Eastern Suburbs form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Eastern Suburbs have managed 1 win, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Auckland City in the Premiership last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that, an away loss at Canterbury United.
Eastern have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Madills Farm with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Eastern have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Wellington Phoenix Res form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest points (4) away in Premiership, on their Premiership travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Wellington Phoenix Res are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Wellington Phoenix Res play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-5 to Team Wellington (placed 1st). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Waitakere United.
Leading 2-0 was not enough for Wellington in their fight with Team Wellington last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-5 loss. As you can tell from the result, the match against Team Wellington was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Wellington are regular goalscorers on their travels. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Wellington's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 11 goals in 4 travels.
Head 2 Head
Eastern and Wellington Phoenix Res have met before this season: Wellington Phoenix Res - Eastern Suburbs 0-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Eastern four wins, two draws and Wellington Phoenix Res zero victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Thurston 5 goals | B. Old 3 goals | R. Bidois 3 goals |
Eastern Suburbs missing players
Wellington Phoenix Res missing players
| Eastern Suburbs | Wellington Phoenix Res | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 10 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 56% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 56% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 75% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 75% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.8 | 8.4 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7.2 | 7.1 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5 | 3.6 |
| 42% | 42% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | 41% |
- All of Eastern Suburbs's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Wellington Phoenix Res's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Eastern Suburbs has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premiership
- Eastern Suburbs has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Premiership
- Eastern Suburbs have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Eastern Suburbs have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Eastern Suburbs have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Eastern Suburbs haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wellington Phoenix Res has the fewest points (4) away in Premiership
- Wellington Phoenix Res has the most conceded goals (11) away in Premiership
- Wellington Phoenix Res has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Premiership
- Wellington Phoenix Res has the the worst goal difference (-3) away in Premiership
- Wellington Phoenix Res have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Wellington Phoenix Res have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wellington Phoenix Res have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Wellington Phoenix Res 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 | Team Wellington | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Auckland City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Eastern Suburbs | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Hamilton Wanderers | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | Canterbury United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 6 | Hawke's Bay United | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 8 | Waitakere United | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -4 | 8 |