This could be an interesting match as Eastern Suburbs have their presumed home advantage while Hamilton Wanderers are ahead 2 points in the Premiership table.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Hamilton Wanderers play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Hamilton Wanderers when playing on artificial turf are 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from five matches. They have scored 9 goals and conceded 11 times in these games.
Eastern Suburbs form and stats
1-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for Eastern Suburbs so far this season.
Eastern Suburbs are returning here after visiting Canterbury United in a Premiership game and winning with a 6-1 scoreline. C. Gray, A. Thurston (2), R. Drake and M. Bueno (2) scored the goal(s). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Tasman United (0-2).
As mentioned above, Eastern Suburbs "killed" Canterbury United in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
A decent goal production from Eastern Suburbs in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Hamilton Wanderers form and stats
Playing away, Hamilton Wanderers have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premiership this season. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Hamilton Wanderers hope to make it five in this match. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Hamilton Wanderers, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Hamilton Wanderers won their last game, 1-0 versus Team Wellington played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Canterbury United with the score of 3-1.
Hamilton Wanderers has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Hamilton Wanderers concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own. The Hamilton Wanderers defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Hamilton Wanderers - Eastern Suburbs 3-0, played this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 4 Eastern Suburbs victories, 0 draws and 1 Hamilton Wanderers win. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Tieku 6 goals |  M. Bueno Imbrenda 5 goals |  R. Drake 3 goals |
Eastern Suburbs missing players
Hamilton Wanderers missing players
| Eastern Suburbs | Hamilton Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 40% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 60% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.7 | 0.6 |
| 2 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.3 | 1.2 |
| 0.6 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 9 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 142% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 200% | 600% |
- All of Hamilton Wanderers's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Eastern Suburbs has the fewest scored goals (6) at home
- Eastern Suburbs have created more than twice as many corners as Hamilton Wanderers.
- Eastern Suburbs have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Eastern Suburbs haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Hamilton Wanderers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Hamilton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hamilton Wanderers have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Hamilton Wanderers 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 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 24 |
| 2 | Team Wellington | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 18 |
| 3 | Hamilton Wanderers | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 4 | Tasman United | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Eastern Suburbs | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Hawke's Bay United | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 12 |
| 7 | Waitakere United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 8 | Southern United | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 12 |
| 9 | Canterbury United | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -10 | 9 |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | -5 | 8 |