A home win is anticipated from this match if the league standings is to be believed. The Lautoka regulars are confident that the gulf between 1st and Ba's 8th place in the table will be revealed on the playing field.
- Lautoka have the most scored goals (37) in National Football League
- Ba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Lautoka form and stats
Overall National Football League statistics playing at home this season for Lautoka are 4-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). Lautoka has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Churchill Park. We remember; it was Tavua.
Lautoka's previous game was also played at home, ending 6-1 versus Nadi (placed 4th). The home side are looking to build on that result. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Lautoka played a great game against Nadi and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Labasa in a game that was won 1-0.Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league games with this side has seen three or more goals.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Lautoka is on fire here. A stunning 20 from 4 league matches. Lautoka have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ba form and stats
1-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ba in their National Football League matches away. Bitter travels for Ba as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Nadi match.
Ba lost away at Navua (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
A draw for Ba before that, at their own venue hosting Tailevu Naitasiri (2-2).The attacking power of Ba when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. As opposed to that, Ba have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The newest registered result featuring both these sides is the Ba - Lautoka 0-0 played not long ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Lautoka victories, four draws and four Ba wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Lautoka missing players
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| Lautoka | Ba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 37 | 20 | 13 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 64% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Ba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Ba haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Lautoka have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lautoka have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Lautoka have scored more than double the goals of Ba.
- Lautoka have the most points (12) at home in National Football League
- Lautoka have the most scored goals (20) at home in National Football League
- Lautoka have the most scored goals (37) in National Football League
- Lautoka have the the best goal difference (+17) at home in National Football League
- Lautoka have the the best goal difference (+23) in National Football League
- Lautoka have won all their matches at home so far.
- Lautoka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 23 | 28 |
| 2 | Rewa | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Suva | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Nadi | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 | Labasa | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Navua | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Tailevu Naitasiri | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 8 | Ba | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | Nadroga | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | -24 | 6 |
| 10 | Tavua | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -13 | 5 |
