With their 3 point advantage in the league table, Hamilton Wanderers fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Southern United.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Hamilton Wanderers form and stats
3-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for Hamilton Wanderers so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Hamilton Wanderers after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Hamilton Wanderers faced defeat in their previous match, away at Auckland City (1-3). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Eastern Suburbs (0-3).
Hamilton Wanderers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Porritt Athletics Stadium with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Hamilton Wanderers have conceded 10 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Southern United form and stats
Southern United, who have the most conceded goals (32) in Premiership, have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 1-1-4 (6 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Southern United are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Two away games in a row for Southern United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-6 versus Eastern Suburbs in the Premiership. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Canterbury United.
Southern United lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-6 beating and focus on this one.
Southern United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Southern United can't defend away. 22 goals have been scored by the opposition in 6 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
Southern United - Hamilton Wanderers 4-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last seven meetings between the teams: Hamilton Wanderers won one, Southern United won five and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Tieku 6 goals |   J. Stevens 6 goals |  G. Coughlan 5 goals |
Hamilton Wanderers missing players
Southern United missing players
| Hamilton Wanderers | Southern United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 28 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 64% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 36% | 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 67% | 42% |
| 55% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 58% |
| 18% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 0.6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 1.1 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
| 0.2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 25 | 60 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 14 | 31 |
| 650% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 83% | 57% | 45% |
- All of Southern United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hamilton Wanderers has the fewest matches under the total-line (1)
- Hamilton Wanderers has the fewest scored goals (8) at home
- Hamilton Wanderers has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5)
- Hamilton Wanderers has the most conceded goals in the first half (15)
- Hamilton Wanderers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Hamilton Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Southern United has the most conceded goals (22) away
- Southern United has the most conceded goals (32)
- Southern United has the most conceded goals in the second half (20)
- Southern United has the the worst goal difference (-14)
- Southern United has the the worst goal difference (-14) away
- Southern United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Southern United have created more than twice as many corners as Hamilton Wanderers.
- 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 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 21 | 28 |
| 2 | Team Wellington | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 22 |
| 3 | Eastern Suburbs | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 19 |
| 4 | Waitakere United | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 5 | Tasman United | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Hamilton Wanderers | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 18 | -12 | 15 |
| 7 | Hawke's Bay United | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 12 |
| 8 | Southern United | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 22 | -14 | 12 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 10 | Canterbury United | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -11 | 9 |