With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Lautoka fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Navua.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Lautoka form and stats
3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the National Football League numbers at home for Lautoka so far this season.
Lautoka's last game was hosting Navua (placed 7th) and winning 3-1.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Lautoka home games with this odds we find one game with a similar winning chance. Resulting in one win, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.
Goals are plentiful at Churchill Park in the league this season as Lautoka has scored 16 goals here in 6 home games. Lautoka are not conceding a lot of goals here at Churchill Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Navua form and stats
There's been little loot from Navua's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 7 away games in the National Football League. Navua, who have the most conceded goals (23) away in National Football League, only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on the Navua manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Navua lost away at Lautoka (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Before that, Navua secured a home win against Rewa with the score 2-0.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Navua played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
Navua have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. There are big problems for the Navua defense as they have conceded 23 goals in 7 away games.
Head 2 Head
Lautoka - Navua 3-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: four - three - zero (Lautoka wins - draws - Navua wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Lautoka missing players
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| Lautoka | Navua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 22 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 10 | 23 | 32 |
| 85% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 46% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 77% |
| 31% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 71% | 38% |
| 23% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 57% | 31% |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 69% |
| 31% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 181 | 90 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 54 | 77 |
| 86 | 40 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 19 | 27 |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 42% | 52% |
- All of Navua's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lautoka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lautoka have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Navua has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in National Football League
- Navua has the most conceded goals (23) away in National Football League
- Navua has the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in National Football League
- Navua has the most matches over the total-line (8) in National Football League
- Navua have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Navua have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Navua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Navua haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Rewa | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 23 |
| 3 | Nadi | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Ba | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Lautoka | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 16 |
| 6 | Labasa | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Navua | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 10 |
| 8 | Nasinu | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 19 | -20 | 8 |