Match Report
8 points and 4 places separated them: Southern United 7th with 19, Waitakere United 3rd with 27. Per game in the league, Southern United were scoring 1.56 and conceding 2.38, Waitakere United 2.19 and 2, against a competition average of 1.89 goals per team per game.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Southern United 2, draws 0, Waitakere United 3, at 5 goals per meeting. 80% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Sunnyvale Park in Dunedin, capacity 30,748, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.