With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Premiership game of the season. Team Wellington look forward to welcoming Hawke's Bay United in front of their home support.
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.
Team Wellington form and stats
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 257 minutes.
It's back home for Team Wellington, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Wellington Phoenix Res away with the result 1-0. J. Sinclair found the net in that victory. In the game before, an away victory match versus Southern United with a 1-0 scoreline.
Last season, Team Wellington's league statistics were 10 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Premiership. Over these 16 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 15. Playing at home last season Team Wellington managed 6-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 7 conceded.
Hawke's Bay United form and stats
Home advantage was not enough for Hawke's in their previous game, as they lost their Premiership-match, hosting Hamilton Wanderers, 0-3. Prior to that match, the Hawke's manager B. Robertson faced defeat when travelling to Waitakere United and losing 2-5.
Let's have a look at how Hawke's Bay United performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 44 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 16/29 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wellington five wins, four draws and Hawke's Bay United one victory. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Team Wellington missing players
Hawke's Bay United missing players
| Team Wellington | Hawke's Bay United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Team Wellington | Last season | Hawke's Bay United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 8 | Played | P | 9 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 36 | 26 | Scored | S | 16 | 32 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 29 | 44 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 69% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 62% | 88% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 50% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 89% | 75% | ||
| 25% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 44% | 50% | ||
| 62% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 89% | 81% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 6% | ||
| 19% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.1 | 0.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 63 | 63 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 35 | 35 | ||
| 580% | 480% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 63% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Waitakere United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Hamilton Wanderers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Auckland City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Team Wellington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Eastern Suburbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Hawke's Bay United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 8 | Canterbury United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -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 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 27 | 37 |
| 2 | Team Wellington | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 34 |
| 3 | Waitakere United | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Tasman United | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Hamilton Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -15 | 20 |
| 7 | Southern United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 26 | -13 | 19 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 9 | Hawke's Bay United | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 29 | -12 | 15 |
| 10 | Canterbury United | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -17 | 10 |