The Premiership season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Canterbury United and Hawke's Bay United promises to be an interesting one.
Canterbury United and Hawke's Bay United 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.
Hawke's Bay United play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Hawke's Bay United when playing on artificial turf are 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from six matches. They have scored 7 goals and conceded 9 times in these games.
Canterbury United form and stats
The hosts won their first Premiership game here, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Canterbury United last season were 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from 9 games.
The home team returns after sharing the points with Waitakere United (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the Premiership game ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Canterbury United won a home game hosting Southern United (2-1).
Canterbury United has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Hawke's Bay United form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premiership, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 1 win, 3 draws and 5 defeats from 9 matches.
Hawke's Bay United are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Premiership against Tasman United (placed 10th). Prior to that result Hawke's Bay United won their away game at Wellington Phoenix Res. The scoreline was 4-3.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Hawke's Bay United has managed 4 goals and let in 3 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 3 - 3 (Canterbury United wins - draws - Hawke's Bay United wins). As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. King 1 goals |   G. Hoy 1 goals |
Canterbury United missing players
Hawke's Bay United missing players
| Canterbury United | Hawke's Bay United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 6 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | 9 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 0.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Canterbury United | Last season | Hawke's Bay United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 19 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 38 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Conceded | C | 32 | 55 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 63% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 47% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 37% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 56% | 56% | ||
| 68% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 89% | 83% | ||
| 21% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 6% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 11% | ||
| 6.5 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 8.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
- All of Hawke's Bay United's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Canterbury United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Canterbury United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Canterbury United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Hawke's Bay United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Hawke's Bay United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hawke's Bay United 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 | Auckland City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Waitakere United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Hawke's Bay United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Team Wellington | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Canterbury United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Southern United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Hamilton Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Tasman United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -8 | 0 |
| 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 |