Game week two of the Premiership season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Eastern Suburbs - Canterbury United preview:
Eastern Suburbs and Canterbury 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.
Canterbury United have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Eastern Suburbs form and stats
and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Eastern haven't scored in 180 minutes.
Eastern faced defeat in their previous match, away at Auckland City (0-1). Preceding that match was a defeat to Auckland City (0-2).
Last season, Eastern Suburbs's league statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Premiership. Over these 16 matches they scored 33 goals and conceded 26. Playing at home last season Eastern Suburbs managed 4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 10 conceded.
Canterbury United form and stats
Home advantage was not enough for Canterbury in their previous game, as they lost their Premiership-match, hosting Waitakere United, 0-4. A draw for Canterbury before that, at their own venue hosting Wellington Phoenix Res (1-1).
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Waitakere United was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Let's have a look at how Canterbury United performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 4 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 19 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 8/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: five - zero - two (Eastern Suburbs wins - draws - Canterbury United wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Eastern Suburbs missing players
Canterbury United missing players
| Eastern Suburbs | Canterbury United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Eastern Suburbs | Last season | Canterbury United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 8 | Played | P | 7 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Scored | S | 8 | 19 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Conceded | C | 16 | 36 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 81% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 94% | ||
| 62% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 75% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 31% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 19% | ||
| 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 86% | 81% | ||
| 25% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 6% | ||
| 31% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.2 | 0.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 47 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 47 | ||
| 27 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 23 | ||
| 115% | 89% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 70% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Waitakere United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Hamilton Wanderers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Auckland City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Team Wellington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Eastern Suburbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Hawke's Bay United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 8 | Canterbury United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 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 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 27 | 37 |
| 2 | Team Wellington | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 34 |
| 3 | Waitakere United | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Tasman United | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Hamilton Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -15 | 20 |
| 7 | Southern United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 26 | -13 | 19 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 9 | Hawke's Bay United | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 29 | -12 | 15 |
| 10 | Canterbury United | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -17 | 10 |