| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmerston North United W | 15 | W1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10/15 | 13-5 |
| Petone W | 15 | L1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8/15 | 14-6 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 3 finished meetings (2025-05-18 – 2026-05-01) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | Petone W | 3-0 | Palmerston North United W |
| 2025-08-08 | Petone W | 4-0 | Palmerston North United W |
| 2025-05-18 | Palmerston North United W | 0-6 | Petone W |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmerston North United W | 5 | 17 | 26 | -5 | DWLLL | 17 | -12 |
| Petone W | 3 | 17 | 38 | 54 | LWWLW | 7 | -4 |
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 2026-08-02
Palmerston North United W went into the game 5th in the table on 26 points; Petone W sat 3rd on 38 — a 12-point gap. The last five rounds placed Palmerston North United W no better than 17th for form, against 5th in the standings. In league terms the two rates read 1.59/1.88 for Palmerston North United W and 4.06/0.88 for Petone W (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 2.15.
