Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Suva & Lautoka face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Suva form and stats
Suva have played 5 National Football League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans hope that Suva will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the OFC Champions League fixture against Auckland City.
Before that game, a strong away victory at Pirae (after extra-time). A OFC Champions League game.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Suva, as the FA Cup home game vs Ba is only one day away.
Suva have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at ANZ Stadium with 8 goals in 5 league matches. From these home matches, Suva have conceded only 4 goals.
Lautoka form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the National Football League.
It's the second away game in a row for Lautoka, but there's smiles all around after the 4-3 victory versus Nadroga last time out. A mental fixture with heaps of goals last time out for Lautoka, as mentioned above. 7 goals in total, will this fixture be as gleeful?
Prior to that match, the Lautoka manager Prasad faced defeat when travelling to Navua and losing 1-2.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Navua in just one day.
The Lautoka manager Prasad has got the team scoring on the road, with 17 away goals in 8 league matches. As opposed to that, Lautoka have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Suva-Lautoka H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Suva five wins, Lautoka three wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Suva missing players
Lautoka missing players
| Suva | Lautoka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 18 | Played | P | 17 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 9 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 53 | 36 | Scored | S | 36 | 51 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 28 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 76% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 28% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 35% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 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 | Suva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Lautoka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Navua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
