Auckland City fights Team Wellington in Premiership battle

Competition: New Zealand Premiership
Date: Sun 24.March
Match begins: 01:35 (UTC)

Auckland City and Team Wellington are both riding high in the Premiership with their 1st and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Auckland City and Team Wellington should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Auckland City form and stats

Auckland City have been outstanding at home so far with 9 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses. Auckland City haven’t lost a game in 24 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Solomon Warriors. The Auckland City fans aren't used to losing here and will expect new points from this game. Auckland City has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.

Auckland City's previous game was a Premiership match also played at home, ending 5-2 versus Waitakere United (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Team Wellington with a 2-1 scoreline.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Auckland City is on fire here. A stunning 28 from 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Auckland City defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games.

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Team Wellington form and stats

5-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Team Wellington in their matches away. Team Wellington have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Team Wellington play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-2 victory visiting Hamilton Wanderers (placed 6th). Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Auckland City.

Team Wellington are a potent attacking force on the road with their 25 goals in 9 games on the road. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Team Wellington have conceded 15 goals on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Team Wellington - Auckland City 1-2 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Auckland City won 5, Team Wellington won 2 and 3 draws.

Top Goalscorers

Javi Camochu
8 goals
D. Browne
6 goals
M. Lea'alafa
5 goals

Auckland City missing players

Team Wellington missing players

Auckland City Team Wellington
Total Home Statistic Away Total
18 9 Played 9 18
100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 94%
83% 100% Over 1.5 100% 94%
72% 100% Over 2.5 78% 83%
44% 67% Over 3.5 33% 44%
33% 56% Over 4.5 0% 22%
72% 100% Both teams to score 78% 78%
28% 0% Clean Sheet 22% 22%
0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 6%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D 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

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