Glory for the home side, the away team claims the win or a tactical 0-0 draw? Anything could happen when the mid-table inhabitants Birkenhead United and Western Springs U23 duel at Seddon Fields.
- Birkenhead United have the most scored goals (58) in Northern RFL U23
- Western Springs U23 have scored in all their away matches so far.
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.
Birkenhead United form and stats
2 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Birkenhead United have to build on here at Seddon Fields in the Northern RFL U23. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Birkenhead, their manager and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The Birkenhead United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Bay Olympic U23 here at Seddon Fields.
Preceding that match was the home game against Auckland City U23 that was lost 2-3.Lots of goals? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 13 of the 15 most recent league matches with this side has seen three or more goals.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Birkenhead United is on fire here. A stunning 23 from 5 league matches. Birkenhead United have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Western Springs U23 form and stats
There's been little loot from Western Springs U23's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Northern RFL U23. Western Springs U23 only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.
Western has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Takapuna U23 for a 1-1 draw.
That result followed a home victory 5-1 versus Bay Olympic U23.Goal hungry football fans should note that 13 of this team's 15 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Western Springs U23 are regular goalscorers on their travels. Western Springs U23 are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 14 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Funnily enough, Western Springs U23 have scored at least one goal in every league fixture they've featured in since NOT scoring against today's home team; the Western - Birkenhead United 0-3 match eleven fixtures ago. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's three Birkenhead United victories, zero draws and zero Western Springs U23 wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.
Birkenhead United missing players
Western Springs U23 missing players
| Birkenhead United | Western Springs U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 58 | 23 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 41 |
| 25 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 17 | 34 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 87% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 83% | 87% |
| 73% | 80% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 67% | 80% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 53% |
| 60% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 13% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 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 |
- All of Western Springs U23's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Birkenhead United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Birkenhead United have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Northern RFL U23
- Birkenhead United have the most scored goals (58) in Northern RFL U23
- Birkenhead United have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in Northern RFL U23
- Birkenhead United have the the best goal difference (+33) in Northern RFL U23
- Birkenhead United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western Springs U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Western Springs U23 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Western Springs U23 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 | Bay Olympic U23 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Auckland City U23 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 22 | 30 |
| 3 | Eastern Suburbs U23 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 23 | 29 |
| 4 | Auckland United U23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 22 | 28 |
| 5 | Takapuna U23 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Western Springs U23 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 22 |
| 7 | Birkenhead United | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 58 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 33 | 20 |
| 8 | Hamilton Wanderers U23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| 9 | West Coast Rangers U23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 24 | -14 | 18 |
| 10 | Manurewa U23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 31 | -30 | 12 |
| 11 | Melville United U23 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | -24 | 8 |
| 12 | Manukau United U23 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 78 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 34 | -54 | 6 |
