After four games we know a little more about the qualities of Waitakere United and Southern United in this fresh Premiership season. Read our match preview!
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.
It's quite the trip for Southern United when visiting Waitakere United as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.
Waitakere United form and stats
Only two Premiership home games for Waitakere United so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
The home team returns to Fred Taylor Park after sharing the points with Eastern Suburbs (placed 4th) on their last time out; the Premiership game ended 1-1. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Canterbury United that ended 1-1.
Early season league goal statistics from Waitakere United's 2 home games: 4 goals, 2 conceded.
Southern United form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premiership ended in defeat. Last season Southern United had these away match statistics: Played 9; won 3, drew 1 and lost 5.
Southern United won their last game, 4-0 versus Hamilton Wanderers played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-4 defeat against Eastern Suburbs.
As mentioned above, Southern United was the only team on the pitch versus Hamilton Wanderers in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Southern United playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were 0 Southern United wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
1 goal so far away for Southern United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 2 - 4 (Waitakere United wins - draws - Southern United wins). As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Coughlan 3 goals |  D. Schnell 2 goals |
Waitakere United missing players
Southern United missing players
| Waitakere United | Southern United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 7.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 0.8 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 7 | 42 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 58% |
- Waitakere United has the fewest conceded goals (3)
- Waitakere United has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0)
| Waitakere United | Last season | Southern United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Scored | S | 10 | 24 | ||
| 46 | 20 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 78% | ||
| 78% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | ||
| 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 39% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 67% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 72% | ||
| 6% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 11% | ||
| 28% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 22% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 6.8 | 6.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 135 | 82 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 113 | ||
| 72 | 45 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 49 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 35% | ||
| 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 |