After the first game it's Waitakere United - Wellington Phoenix Res 3-0 in points. Who will triumph in this second Premiership game of the season?
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.
Waitakere United form and stats
It's back home for Waitakere, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Canterbury United away with the result 4-0. Gerard Gibert (2), A. Connor-McClean and A. Greive found the net in that victory. Before that, Waitakere had a home game versus Hawke's Bay United which ended with a victory 5-2.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Waitakere played a great game against Canterbury United and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Last season, Waitakere United's league statistics were 8 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Premiership. Over these 16 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 32. Playing at home last season Waitakere United managed 5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 18 conceded.
Wellington Phoenix Res form and stats
The manager P. Temple was unhappy after their last game, a Premiership match played at their home ground. Wellington suffered a 0-1 loss to Team Wellington (placed 4th). A 1-1 draw at Canterbury United's stadium before that.
Let's have a look at how Wellington Phoenix Res performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 2 with 15/14 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Waitakere United six wins, one draw and Wellington Phoenix Res three victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Waitakere United missing players
Wellington Phoenix Res missing players
| Waitakere United | Wellington Phoenix Res | ||||||
| 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 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 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 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Waitakere United | Last season | Wellington Phoenix Res | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 9 | Played | P | 8 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Scored | S | 15 | 30 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Conceded | C | 14 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 94% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 69% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 69% | ||
| 50% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 44% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 31% | ||
| 81% | 78% | BTTS | BTTS | 88% | 81% | ||
| 19% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 6% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 66 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 66 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 38 | ||
| 94% | 124% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 375% | 79% | ||
| 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 |