This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premiership, Hawke's Bay United holding 7th place and Wellington Phoenix Res lying 8th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest scored goals (13) in Premiership
- Wellington Phoenix Res has the most conceded goals (28) in Premiership
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Hawke's Bay United form and stats
Hawke's Bay United, who have the fewest scored goals (13) in Premiership, have played 5 Premiership games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager C. Greatholder led his Hawke's to a defeat in the Premiership match away at Canterbury United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bluewater Stadium. Before that game, the home loss against Auckland City with the scoreline 0-4.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hawke's handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and one defeat.
Hawke's have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Hawke's are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 5 played).
Wellington Phoenix Res form and stats
1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Wellington Phoenix Res, who have the most conceded goals (28) in Premiership, in their Premiership matches away. Recent form does not give Wellington Phoenix Res much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Hawke's Bay United will be a tough nut to crack. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on P. Temple, the Wellington manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
We have checked recent matches where Wellington have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those one game were zero victories, zero draws and one defeat.
The travelling fans enjoy Wellington's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. The Wellington Phoenix Res defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 19 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Wellington Phoenix Res - Hawke's 3-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hawke's six wins, one draw and Wellington Phoenix Res three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Randall 4 goals | J. Akers 3 goals |  B. Old 3 goals |
Hawke's Bay United missing players
Wellington Phoenix Res missing players
| Hawke's Bay United | Wellington Phoenix Res | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 23 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 19 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 91% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 64% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 80% | 45% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 80% | 36% |
| 55% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 64% |
| 9% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 36% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.5 | 6.4 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 6.8 | 6.9 |
| 3.5 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| 34% | 40% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 35% | 39% |
- All of Hawke's Bay United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Wellington Phoenix Res's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest points (4) at home in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest scored goals (13) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the most matches under the total-line (6) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Hawke's Bay United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wellington Phoenix Res has the fewest points (4) away in Premiership
- Wellington Phoenix Res has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Premiership
- Wellington Phoenix Res has the most conceded goals (19) away in Premiership
- Wellington Phoenix Res has the most conceded goals (28) in Premiership
- Wellington Phoenix Res has the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Premiership
- Wellington Phoenix Res has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premiership
- Wellington Phoenix Res has the the worst goal difference (-11) away in Premiership
- Wellington Phoenix Res has the the worst goal difference (-14) in Premiership
- Wellington Phoenix Res have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Wellington Phoenix Res have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Wellington Phoenix Res have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wellington Phoenix Res haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wellington Phoenix Res is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Team Wellington | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Hamilton Wanderers | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | Canterbury United | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 6 | Waitakere United | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Hawke's Bay United | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -10 | 10 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 9 |