Only a few games have been played in the Premiership so far, with Wellington Phoenix Res placed 3rd and Eastern Suburbs sitting in the 5th position.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Wellington Phoenix Res form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Premiership game of the season here. Last season these fans witnessed 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from Wellington Phoenix Res's 8 home games.
Happy days for Wellington in their previous game, a Premiership match away at Waitakere United (placed 4th) that ended with a 4-1 victory. Preceding that match was the home game against Team Wellington that was lost 0-1.
Wellington Phoenix Res has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Eastern Suburbs form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premiership ended in defeat. Last season Eastern Suburbs had these away match statistics: Played 8; won 2, drew 2 and lost 4.
Eastern won their last game, 3-1 versus Canterbury United played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Auckland City before that.
0 goals so far away for Eastern Suburbs, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Wellington won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Eastern Suburbs has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / oneWellington Phoenix Res missing players
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| Wellington Phoenix Res | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 10 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 11 | 14 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| Wellington Phoenix Res | Last season | Eastern Suburbs | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 8 | Played | P | 8 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Scored | S | 14 | 33 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 81% | ||
| 69% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 62% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 31% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 81% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 25% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 66 | 57 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 47 | ||
| 38 | 34 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 27 | ||
| 79% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 175% | 115% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Team Wellington | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Waitakere United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Eastern Suburbs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Auckland City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Hawke's Bay United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 8 | Canterbury United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 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 |