| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NW United W | 15 | L2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3/15 | 2-16 |
| Dunedin City Royals W | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9/15 | 13-8 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 3 finished meetings (2025-04-06 – 2026-06-27) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-27 | Dunedin City Royals W | 7-0 | NW United W |
| 2025-06-28 | Dunedin City Royals W | 2-0 | NW United W |
| 2025-04-06 | NW United W | 0-5 | Dunedin City Royals W |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NW United W | 8 | 14 | 7 | -43 | LWLLL | 20 | -12 |
| Dunedin City Royals W | 2 | 14 | 28 | 24 | LWWLW | 7 | -5 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2026-08-30
Dunedin City Royals W, 2nd with 28 points, sat 21 points above NW United W (8th, 7). NW United W had been under-performing their position — 20th on five-round form against 8th in the table. Against a league average of 2.15 goals per team per game, NW United W ran at 0.64 scored and 3.71 conceded, Dunedin City Royals W at 2.86 and 1.14.
Recent form was uneven: 3/15 points for NW United W, 9/15 for Dunedin City Royals W.
