The season is still fairly new and the Premiership table has to be read with caution. So far Hawke's Bay United find themselves in 3rd position and Eastern Suburbs are placed 4th.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This pitch has grass, which is not Eastern Suburbs's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Eastern Suburbs have performed like this: Played twelve matches resulting in 7 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats with the goal stats 32-21 (scored/conceded).
Hawke's Bay United form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Hawke's Bay United's two home games in the Premiership so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Bluewater Stadium.
Hawke's Bay United drew their last game, 2-2 away at Canterbury United (placed 7th). Ahead of that match, Hawke's Bay United won a home game hosting Tasman United (2-0).
Early season league goal statistics from Hawke's Bay United's 2 home games: 4 goals, 3 conceded.
Eastern Suburbs form and stats
Eastern Suburbs are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premiership, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Eastern Suburbs's last game was the home draw against Waitakere United (1-1). Preceding that game was the away victory against Southern United with the score of 4-2.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Eastern Suburbs has managed 4 goals and let in 5 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's 2 Hawke's Bay United victories, 0 draws and 2 Eastern Suburbs wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 S. Goto 1 goals |  G. Hoy 1 goals |
Hawke's Bay United missing players
Eastern Suburbs missing players
| Hawke's Bay United | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 20 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 80% | 67% |
| Hawke's Bay United | Last season | Eastern Suburbs | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 20 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Scored | S | 27 | 57 | ||
| 55 | 23 | Conceded | C | 10 | 16 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | ||
| 94% | 89% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 78% | 70% | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 78% | 55% | ||
| 56% | 56% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 35% | ||
| 83% | 78% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | ||
| 6% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 45% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | ||
| 5.4 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.3 | ||
| 8.1 | 11 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 85 | 41 | Total Shots | T S | 38 | 120 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 56 | ||
| 50% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | Waitakere United | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Hawke's Bay United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Southern United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Team Wellington | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Canterbury United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Tasman United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
| 9 | Hamilton Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -10 | 3 |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 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 |