Match Report
15 points separated the sides: WaiBOP 5th on 18, Southern United 8th on 3. Per game in the league, WaiBOP were scoring 2.07 and conceding 1.93, Southern United 0.79 and 3, against a competition average of 1.99 goals per team per game.
WaiBOP had won five straight, having scored in 8 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for WaiBOP against 6/15 for Southern United.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 2 WaiBOP wins, 0 for Southern United, 2 draws, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton, capacity 5,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: WaiBOP led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-0.