There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Eastern Suburbs leading Southern United by 4 points.
Eastern Suburbs and Southern 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.
Southern United play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Southern United when playing on artificial turf are 2 wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats from nine matches. They have scored 8 goals and conceded 17 times in these games.
It's quite the trip for Southern United when visiting Eastern Suburbs as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.
Eastern Suburbs form and stats
Overall Premiership stats at home this season for Eastern Suburbs are 2-2-1 (wins-draw-losses).
A nice win for Eastern Suburbs last time playing, versus Hamilton Wanderers. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Canterbury United and winning 6-1.
A decent goal production from Eastern Suburbs in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. Eastern Suburbs have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Southern United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Southern United are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Premiership against Canterbury United (placed 10th). Preceding that game, the 0-5 loss visiting Tasman United's place.
Southern United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. Southern United can't defend away. 16 goals have been scored by the opposition in 5 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Southern United - Eastern Suburbs 2-4. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's five Eastern Suburbs victories, zero draws and zero Southern United wins. three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Stevens 6 goals |  M. Bueno Imbrenda 5 goals |  G. Coughlan 5 goals |
Eastern Suburbs missing players
Southern United missing players
| Eastern Suburbs | Southern United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 22 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 26 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 82% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 64% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 60% | 36% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 64% |
| 27% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
| 0.6 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 9 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 25 | 60 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| 142% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 57% | 45% |
- All of Southern United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Eastern Suburbs have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Eastern Suburbs haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Southern United has the most conceded goals in the second half (16)
- Southern United have created more than twice as many corners as Eastern Suburbs.
- Southern United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Southern United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Southern United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 25 |
| 2 | Team Wellington | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 19 |
| 3 | Eastern Suburbs | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Waitakere United | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 5 | Hamilton Wanderers | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 15 |
| 6 | Tasman United | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Hawke's Bay United | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 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 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Canterbury United | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -10 | 9 |