Ba will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 0 points behind Suva.
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.
Ba form and stats
Ba have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the National Football League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
A nice win for Ba last time playing, versus Labasa. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Nadi.
The Ba manager R. Herbert has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. Ba are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (6 from 3 played).
Suva form and stats
As the visiting team in National Football League matches, Suva, who have the most points (11) away in National Football League, have produced an overall stat of 3-2-0 so far. Suva has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
It's the second away game in a row for Suva, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Nadi (placed 5th) in the National Football League last time out. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Rewa.
Suva has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. Suva have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Ba victories, one draw and two Suva wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Ba missing players
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| Ba | Suva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 7.2 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 4.2 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 2.6 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 108 | 71 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 34 | 47 |
| 43 | 29 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 18 | 20 |
| 23% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 33% | 30% |
- All of Ba's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ba has the most conceded goals in the first half (5)
- Ba have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Ba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Suva has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
- Suva has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
- Suva has the fewest matches over the total-line (1)
- Suva has the most points (11) away
- Suva have not yet lost a game.
- Suva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Suva have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Suva have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Suva haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Suva | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Ba | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 4 | Lautoka | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
| 5 | Nadi | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Labasa | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 7 | Nasinu | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 7 |
| 8 | Navua | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 4 |