Match Report
Napier City Rovers, 1st with 44 points, sat 29 points above Waterside Karori (7th, 15). Waterside Karori ranked just 13th in the league on five-round form despite their 7th table position. In league terms the two rates read 0.89/2.39 for Waterside Karori and 2.94/0.83 for Napier City Rovers (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.84.
Napier City Rovers arrived on a run of five straight wins, having scored in 14 consecutive games. Waterside Karori had banked 8 of the last 15 points on offer; Napier City Rovers, 15.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Waterside Karori, 0 draws and 4 for Napier City Rovers, at 5.6 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 80% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 100% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
J. Berry took charge of the match — our records show 13 games refereed with an average of 0.1 yellow cards per game. On the scoreboard, Napier City Rovers led 2-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-3.
Goal scorers
Waterside Karori: Albie Albert Francis-Alles (42') · Napier City Rovers: Ben Stanley (28'), Luca Barclay (43'), Leo Brown (70')
Key stats
Corners: 2-6