| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taradale W | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6/15 | 9-9 |
| Petone W | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6/15 | 5-8 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings (2025-05-24 – 2025-08-24) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-24 | Taradale W | 0-2 | Petone W |
| 2025-05-24 | Petone W | 4-0 | Taradale W |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taradale W | 10 | 10 | 3 | -41 | LLLLL | 25 | -15 |
| 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 2026-04-26
On the table this was a mismatch: Petone W (3rd, 38 pts) held a 35-point advantage over Taradale W (10th, 3 pts). Taradale W ranked just 25th in the league on five-round form despite their 10th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Taradale W 1.4 scored and 5.5 conceded per game, Petone W 4.06 and 0.88, with the league averaging 2.15.
