Match Report
Manurewa (12th, 15 pts) visited Auckland City (2nd, 20 pts) with 5 points between them. On recent form Manurewa sat only 28th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 12th overall. Per game in the league, Auckland City were scoring 1.9 and conceding 1.4, Manurewa 1.14 and 2.71, against a competition average of 1.94 goals per team per game.
Manurewa entered with three losses in a row.
Kiwitea Street in Auckland, capacity 1,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Auckland City led 2-1 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 5-2.