Soccer betting preview: Hamilton Wanderers welcomes Waitakere United in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: New Zealand Premiership
Competition: Sun 14.February
Match begins: 03:00 (UTC)
Venue: Porritt Park

With their 2 point advantage in the league table, Hamilton Wanderers fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Waitakere United.

Insights:
  • Hamilton Wanderers has the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Premiership
  • Waitakere United has the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Premiership

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Hamilton Wanderers form and stats

With 1 Premiership win, 3 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Hamilton Wanderers are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Wanderers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won zero, drawn zero and lost one.

Hamilton Wanderers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Waitakere United form and stats

2-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Waitakere United, who have the most scored goals (11) away in Premiership, in their Premiership matches away.

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-3 at Team Wellington.

As mentioned above, Waitakere United was the only team on the pitch versus Eastern Suburbs in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Waitakere United in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Waitakere United, zero draws and zero defeats.

Waitakere have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 11 goals from 5 away matches. Waitakere United struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Waitakere United - Wanderers 1-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Wanderers, one draw and four wins for Waitakere United. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

WanderersD. Tieku
D. Tieku
8 goals
Waitakere UnitedA. Greive
A. Greive
5 goals
Waitakere UnitedG. Gibert
G. Gibert
5 goals

Hamilton Wanderers missing players

Waitakere United missing players

Hamilton Wanderers Waitakere United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 2 5 11
4 1 0 Won W 1 2 3
4 3 1 Drew D 1 2 5
3 2 1 Lost L 0 1 3
16 6 2 Scored S 6 11 22
15 9 5 Conceded C 2 8 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
55% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 73%
18% 17% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 64%
18% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 27%
82% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 64%
18% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 18%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 18%
 
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 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.6 1.7
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.6 11.5 20 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10.4 10.7
4.5 4.3 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 5.6 5.8
26% 23% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 39% 34%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • All of Waitakere United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hamilton Wanderers has the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Premiership
  • Hamilton Wanderers have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Hamilton Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Waitakere United has the most scored goals (11) away in Premiership
  • Waitakere United has the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Premiership
  • Waitakere United 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 11 7 2 2 22 9 5 5 0 0 12 4 6 2 2 2 10 5 13 23
2 Team Wellington 11 4 5 2 23 19 5 3 1 1 15 10 6 1 4 1 8 9 4 17
3 Hamilton Wanderers 11 4 4 3 16 15 6 1 3 2 6 9 5 3 1 1 10 6 1 16
4 Eastern Suburbs 11 4 3 4 22 14 6 2 3 1 16 7 5 2 0 3 6 7 8 15
5 Canterbury United 11 4 3 4 16 19 5 3 0 2 6 8 6 1 3 2 10 11 -3 15
6 Waitakere United 11 3 5 3 22 21 6 1 3 2 11 13 5 2 2 1 11 8 1 14
7 Hawke's Bay United 11 3 1 7 13 23 5 1 1 3 4 12 6 2 0 4 9 11 -10 10
8 Wellington Phoenix Res 11 2 3 6 14 28 6 1 2 3 6 9 5 1 1 3 8 19 -14 9

Read more about Premiership

The New Zealand Football Championship, also known by the sponsorship name ISPS Handa Premiership, is the top level of football in New Zealand. The season runs from October to April and has 18 regular fixtures played by ten teams, followed by a playoff series and a Grand Final.