The visiting Auckland City side should be favourites in this visit to Hawke's Bay United, as the away team holds a 7 point advantage from their nine league games this season.
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest scored goals (12) in Premiership
- Auckland City has the fewest conceded goals (8) in Premiership
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Hawke's Bay United form and stats
Hawke's Bay United, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in Premiership, have collected 4 points from their Premiership home games so far after 1-1-2.
Hawke's are returning here after visiting Hamilton Wanderers in a Premiership game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Nobody expected Hawke's to beat Hamilton Wanderers in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. Before that, Hawke's drew at home versus Team Wellington.
Hawke's Bay United has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Hawke's with 8 goals conceded in these matches.
Auckland City form and stats
1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Auckland City, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Premiership, in their Premiership matches away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Eastern Suburbs (placed 3rd) in their previous outing. The Premiership match ended in a draw 1-1. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Hamilton Wanderers.
Auckland City has another fixture away, a FIFA Club World Cup game, against Al Duhail in just two days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Auckland City have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Auckland have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Auckland City - Hawke's Bay United 2-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Hawke's Bay United, zero draws and nine wins for Auckland City. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Randall 4 goals |  D. Manickum 4 goals |  L. Rogerson 4 goals |
Hawke's Bay United missing players
Auckland City missing players
| Hawke's Bay United | Auckland City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 67% |
| 89% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 56% |
| 22% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 56% | 25% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 56% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 22% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.9 | 6.8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 5.6 | 8 |
| 3.8 | 2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 35% | 50% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 46% | 43% |
- All of Hawke's Bay United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Auckland City has the fewest conceded goals (8) in Premiership
- Auckland City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Premiership
- Auckland City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest scored goals (12) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay 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 | 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 |