New Zealand are getting ready to clash with the Philippines this coming Tuesday at Wellington Regional Stadium. The match is played as one of the games in round two of the group stage at the World Cup.
Following the first round of the World Cup group stage, New Zealand are number two in Group A with three points, while the Philippines have zero points as number four.
New Zealand got their World Cup campaign safely going with a tight 1-0 win in their first outing against Norway. They would perhaps have hoped for more than one goal, but a clean sheet was satisfying. From that solid base, they enter their match on Tuesday with heads held high. The Philippines need to come out fighting in this round two after losing their World Cup opener 2-0 after a disappointing performance against Switzerland. Points are required to stay alive.
Form: New Zealand vs Philippines
New Zealand Form
New Zealand hope for some consistency following a mixed run of form from their last three matches. A meeting with Vietnam resulted in a 2-0 win, followed by a 0-1 defeat to Italy, before beating Norway by 1-0. In their last 10 internationals across all tournaments, New Zealand secured a modest two wins win, while drawing one and lost seven of these.
Philippines Form
The Philippines picked up two wins in their last three matches. They were first victorious against Malaysia by a 0-1 scoreline. Next up, they defeated Vietnam 1-2, before losing 0-2 against Switzerland. The Philippines won five of their last 10 internationals in various competitions but also lost five times. Interestingly, they went without a draw in this run.
New Zealand vs Philippines Stats
- In the last 7 New Zealand matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- New Zealand have not won 11 of the last 13 matches
- New Zealand have conceded in 12 of the last 14 matches
- In 6 of the last 7 New Zealand matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Philippines have lost the last 3 matches in a row while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Philippines have conceded in 9 of the last 10 matches
- Philippines have lost the last 3 matches in a row
- Philippines have not won 7 of the last 9 matches
- In 4 of the last 5 Philippines matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
Current position in the World Cup table: New Zealand vs Philippines
New Zealand vs Philippines H2H
Topscorer
As the World Cup campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for New Zealand and Philippines in this tournament. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.
WIN – DRAW – WIN
OVER – UNDER
Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet in four of New Zealand’s past ten matches across all tournaments. Over 2.5 goals happened in two of the last four outings for the Philippines, who managed to score 0.3 times in those matches.
BTTS & FIRST TO SCORE
Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While New Zealand managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, the Philippines failed to keep their opponents from scoring in the last two games.
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