Struggling Hawke's Bay United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Team Wellington in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest scored goals (6) in Premiership
- Team Wellington has the most matches over the total-line (4) in Premiership
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Hawke's Bay United form and stats
Hawke's Bay United have played three Premiership home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Before that, Hawke's Bay United had a home game versus Waitakere United which ended with a victory 2-0.
Hawke's Bay United aren't scoring a lot here at Bluewater Stadium in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Hawke's are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (6 from 3 played).
Team Wellington form and stats
The visitors are W1-D3-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership. One point away has become something of a habit for Wellington who have played out draws in their last three away games.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Canterbury United.
The visiting Wellington have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 4 games. 4 goals have been conceded by Wellington in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Team Wellington - Hawke's 2-1 earlier this season. Hawke's Bay United-Team Wellington H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hawke's Bay United one win, Team Wellington six wins, three draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Randall 4 goals |   H. Watson 4 goals | J. Rocha de Carvalho Moreira 3 goals |
Hawke's Bay United missing players
Team Wellington missing players
| Hawke's Bay United | Team Wellington | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 43% | 67% | 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 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.3 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.8 | 11.3 |
| 3.1 | 1.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 26% | 36% |
- All of Hawke's Bay United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest scored goals (6) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the the worst goal difference (-8) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hawke's Bay United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Team Wellington has the most matches over the total-line (4) in Premiership
- Team Wellington have not yet lost a game.
- Team Wellington have scored at least twice as many goals away as Hawke's Bay United have scored home.
- Team Wellington have scored in all their matches so far.
- Team Wellington 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 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Team Wellington | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Hamilton Wanderers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 6 | Canterbury United | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 7 | Waitakere United | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 8 | Hawke's Bay United | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 6 |