| Team | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Suburbs | W1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6/15 | 11-17 |
| Wanaka | L3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3/15 | 5-14 |
Computed over each team's last 15 finished games before kickoff.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | Wanaka | 3-1 | Nelson Suburbs |
| 2025-05-17 | Nelson Suburbs | 2-1 | Wanaka |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Suburbs | 4 | 14 | 24 | 20 | WWWWW | 1 | +3 |
| Wanaka | 10 | 13 | 7 | -33 | LLLDL | 18 | -8 |
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 2026-06-20
The table gap was wide: 17 points between Nelson Suburbs (4th, 24 pts) and Wanaka (10th, 7 pts). Wanaka ranked just 18th in the league on five-round form despite their 10th table position.
Wanaka had been beaten in three straight games.
Nelson Suburbs: Johnny Reynolds (29'), Lennon Whewell (46'), Ben Polak (51'), Ben Polak (67'), Lennon Whewell (83')
Possession: Nelson Suburbs 57% · Wanaka 43% · Total shots: 36-5 · On target: 21-3 · Corners: 17-4
