The season is still fairly new and the Premiership table has to be read with caution. So far Auckland City find themselves in 1st position and Tasman United are placed 8th.
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Auckland City form and stats
A Premiership draw at home so far for Auckland City. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 9 matches.
The Auckland City goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 222 minutes without conceding a goal.
Happy days for Auckland City in their previous game, a Premiership match away at Wellington Phoenix Res (placed 10th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Before that match, a win away at Hamilton Wanderers.
Everyone expects Auckland City to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 51 games: 42 home wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. Auckland City have won with at least two goals margin 27 times in similar situations.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Auckland City at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Tasman United form and stats
No Premiership points yet away for Tasman United, from their first 2 matches. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Tasman United are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
The supporters enjoyed Tasman United's previous game versus Team Wellington (placed 6th), a Premiership 1-0 win played at home. A 0-2 defeat away at Hawke's Bay United before that.
Tasman United are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 27 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 6 wins, 7 draws and 14 defeats. Of the defeats, 11 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Tasman United have the goal stats of 0-6 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: 5 - 1 - 0 (Auckland City wins - draws - Tasman United wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Browne 1 goals |
Auckland City missing players
Tasman United missing players
| Auckland City | Tasman United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 3.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 2.3 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
- Auckland City has the most scored goals (13)
- Auckland City has the most scored goals in the first half (8)
- Auckland City has the the best goal difference (+9)
- Auckland City is in the best form (3-1-0)
- Tasman United has the fewest scored goals (0) away
- Tasman United has the fewest scored goals (1)
- Tasman United has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0)
| Auckland City | Last season | Tasman United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 19 | 10 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 47 | 29 | Scored | S | 8 | 22 | ||
| 21 | 17 | Conceded | C | 17 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 83% | ||
| 74% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 72% | ||
| 47% | 70% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 17% | ||
| 74% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 72% | ||
| 26% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 11% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 28% | ||
| 3.6 | 4.1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 133 | 86 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 67 | ||
| 63 | 43 | Shots on Target | S O | 23 | 31 | ||
| 51% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 19% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Auckland City | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | Waitakere United | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Hawke's Bay United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Southern United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Team Wellington | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Canterbury United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Tasman United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
| 9 | Hamilton Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -10 | 3 |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Auckland City | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 28 | 52 |
| 2 | Eastern Suburbs Brisbane | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 28 | 31 |
| 2 | Eastern Suburbs | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 53 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 37 | 40 |
| 3 | Team Wellington | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 18 | 34 |
| 4 | Canterbury United | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 34 |
| 5 | Southern United | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 6 | Hamilton Wanderers | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 34 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 23 | -10 | 17 |
| 7 | Hawke's Bay United | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 32 | -17 | 17 |
| 8 | Tasman United | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 14 |
| 9 | Waitakere United | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -17 | 13 |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -24 | 11 |