Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Suva & Ba face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Suva nor Ba as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Suva form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Suva have to build on here at ANZ Stadium in the National Football League.
The Suva followers got no joy from their last fixture, a FA Cup duel also played here at ANZ Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Lautoka.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Auckland City (after extra-time) in the OFC Champions League.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Suva as they have a new game in only one day, a FA Cup match thankfully also at home. Navua are visiting.
Suva have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at ANZ Stadium with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Suva are not conceding a lot of goals here at ANZ Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Ba form and stats
Playing away, Ba have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the National Football League this season.
Ba aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 205 league minutes without a goal. Dogalau was the last player to find the net.
The fans enjoyed Ba's previous fixture versus Navua, a FA Cup win (2-1) played at home.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Tailevu Naitasiri's place.Ba have another fixture away from home in just one nights, a FA Cup fixture vs Lautoka. A rough schedule for the guests!
Ba are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 4 away games. 5 goals have been conceded by Ba in these games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former ten meetings featuring these two sides are: two wins for Suva, two draws and six wins for Ba. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Suva missing players
Ba missing players
| Suva | Ba | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 18 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 53 | 36 | Scored | S | 19 | 40 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 28% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 0.4 | 0.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0.4 | ||
| 0.2 | 0.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0.5 | ||
| 0.3 | 0.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.2 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 450% | ||
| 0.1 | 0.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0.1 | ||
| 0.1 | 0.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lautoka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Ba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Suva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Navua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rewa | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Lautoka | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | Labasa | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Nadi | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Suva | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 6 | Ba | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | Navua | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Tailevu Naitasiri | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 9 |
| 9 | Nadroga | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -14 | 6 |
| 10 | Tavua | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -12 | 2 |
