It's the second chance for points this season as Hamilton Wanderers and Auckland City battle it out at Porritt Stadium.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Hamilton Wanderers form and stats
The fans are hoping that Hamilton Wanderers will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-5 away loss in the Premiership game against Team Wellington (placed 1st). Preceding that match was a defeat to Team Wellington (2-4).
Hamilton Wanderers were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Auckland City form and stats
Only one away game in the Premiership so far for Auckland City and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 8 victories, 1 draw and 0 losses from 9 travels.
Auckland City play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Hawke's Bay United (placed 6th). It was a OFC Champions League defeat before that one as the away game against Magenta wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
It's hard not to mention M. Bevan's lethal finishing against Hawke's Bay United. 3 goals was a big reason for the three points.
It's early days yet, but Auckland City has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Hamilton Wanderers 0 wins, 0 draws and Auckland City 6 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.Hamilton Wanderers missing players
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| Hamilton Wanderers | Auckland City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hamilton Wanderers | Last season | Auckland City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Scored | S | 18 | 47 | ||
| 44 | 21 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 89% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 84% | ||
| 78% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 74% | ||
| 67% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 47% | ||
| 50% | 44% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 32% | ||
| 78% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 74% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 56% | 26% | ||
| 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 2.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
- Auckland City have not yet lost a game away.
- Auckland City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Auckland City have scored in all their matches so far.
- Auckland City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Auckland City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hamilton Wanderers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Hamilton Wanderers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | Team Wellington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Southern United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Waitakere United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Auckland City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Eastern Suburbs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Hawke's Bay United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Canterbury United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Hamilton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 | Tasman United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -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 | 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 |