It's the second chance for points this season as Waitakere United and Canterbury United battle it out.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Canterbury United have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 10-8-5 (win-draw-loss) from 23 matches.
Canterbury United have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Waitakere United form and stats
The hosts won their first Premiership game here, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Waitakere United last season were 2 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from 9 games.
Waitakere United's previous game was a Premiership match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Wellington Phoenix Res (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Auckland City (2-5).
Waitakere United has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Last season, Waitakere United's league statistics were 4 wins, 1 draw and 13 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Premiership. Over these 18 matches they scored 29 goals and conceded 46. Playing at home last season Waitakere United managed 2-1-6 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 20 conceded.
Canterbury United form and stats
Canterbury United have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premiership were 4 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 9 fixtures.
Canterbury United play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Eastern Suburbs (placed 5th). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Eastern Suburbs's place.
It's early days yet, but Canterbury United has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Let's have a look at how Canterbury United performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 2 with 17/17 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Waitakere United victories, 3 draws and 4 Canterbury United wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 L. McIsaac 1 goals | D. Schnell 1 goals |
Waitakere United missing players
Canterbury United missing players
| Waitakere United | Canterbury United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Waitakere United | Last season | Canterbury United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 10 | 19 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Scored | S | 17 | 34 | ||
| 46 | 20 | Conceded | C | 18 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 95% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 78% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 63% | ||
| 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 47% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 37% | ||
| 67% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 68% | ||
| 6% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 21% | ||
| 28% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 6.5 | ||
| 6.8 | 6.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
- All of Waitakere United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Waitakere United 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 | Team Wellington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Southern United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Waitakere United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Auckland City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Eastern Suburbs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Hawke's Bay United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Canterbury United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Hamilton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 | Tasman United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -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 | 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 |