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Napier City Rovers vs Wellington Phoenix Reserves

25 Oct 2026 · 01:30
FOOTBALL MATCH INTELLIGENCE · MATCH OVERVIEW

Match Overview

Model vs Market

The model identifies a slight model-market difference for a home win for Napier City Rovers. The difference indicates only a limited disagreement with market expectations.

Recent Performance

The home side have experienced mixed results recently. Defensive difficulties have been apparent. Across the matches with available shooting data, their opponents have held a modest advantage in shooting volume.

The visitors have struggled to obtain positive results. Finding the net has been a recurring difficulty. They have faced considerably more attempts than they have produced.

Pre-Match Betting Perspective

Despite the positive model-market difference, the available Pinnacle pre-match reference odds of 1.20 do not exceed the model's estimated fair odds of approximately 1.26. At this price, a home win for Napier City Rovers does not appear sufficiently attractive. A more favourable price before kick-off would be needed.

Statistical Context & Data Notes

Historical samples may involve different opponents, competitions and dates; shared fixtures are not independent. Missing shooting data are excluded. No xG, shot-quality or opponent-strength adjustment. Editorial selection thresholds are not significance tests; no prediction is implied.

Historical performance provides context rather than a prediction of the final result.

FOOTBALL MATCH INTELLIGENCE

Model vs Market

MARKET · PINNACLE
HOME MODEL > MARKET
Napier City Rovers
STOCHASTICBET 79.4%
PINNACLE 76.8% odd 1.20
DIFFERENCE +2.6 pp
DRAW
Draw
STOCHASTICBET 12.4%
PINNACLE 13.3% odd 6.93
DIFFERENCE -0.9 pp
AWAY
Wellington Phoenix Reserves
STOCHASTICBET 8.2%
PINNACLE 9.8% odd 9.40
DIFFERENCE -1.7 pp
STOCHASTICBET
PINNACLE MARKET
Market · PINNACLE Snapshot · 24 Oct 2026 · 23:41
PERFORMANCE · LAST 4 MATCHES

Napier City Rovers has the stronger recent profile

The home side has the stronger recent profile in both attack and defence.

Attack Recent attacking output
Napier City Rovers Wellington Phoenix Reserves
Shots 8.3 · On target 3.0 Shots 6.8 · On target 2.5

Recent attacking output is broadly balanced between the two teams.

Defence Recent defensive resistance
Napier City Rovers Wellington Phoenix Reserves
Shots allowed 11.5 · On target allowed 6.3 Shots allowed 20.8 · On target allowed 9.3

Napier City Rovers has the stronger recent defensive profile, allowing fewer dangerous attempts.

Overall Performance Combined attack and defence
Napier City Rovers Wellington Phoenix Reserves

The combined recent performance profile favours Napier City Rovers.

Based on the teams' four most recent matches in the available data.

Market Momentum

Normalized implied probability movement · percentage points · as of 2026-10-25 00:13:02

6h window

OutcomePinnacleBet365
HOME +0.58 pp +0.00 pp
DRAW -0.27 pp +0.00 pp
AWAY -0.31 pp +0.00 pp

No qualified strong agreement in this window.

24h window

OutcomePinnacleBet365
HOME +0.58 pp +4.14 pp
DRAW -0.27 pp -2.14 pp
AWAY -0.31 pp -2.00 pp

No qualified strong agreement in this window.

Based on available observation endpoints; continuous coverage is not verified. Unavailable values are not zero movements. Market movement is descriptive, not a prediction.

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RECENT FORM · LAST 6 MATCHES

Recent matches compared

These charts compare recent performance with the league average. The central line represents the benchmark: values to the right are higher and values to the left are lower. Higher values are not always better, particularly for defensive metrics.
Benchmark: New Zealand Football Championship · 24 matches with scores · 23 with shots · coverage 95.8%.
Historical window: 180 days before kickoff. Shooting benchmarks require at least 30 complete matches.

How have the teams performed recently?

Most recent first · W win · D draw · L loss

Napier City Rovers6 matches · 3 home / 3 away
LWLDWL
Shot data available for 5/6 matches
Wellington Phoenix Reserves6 matches · 4 home / 2 away
LLDLLL
Shot data available for 6/6 matches

Shots taken

Shots per match · difference from league average

0 = league average
Napier City RoversHome team
—Insufficient data
Wellington Phoenix ReservesAway team
—Insufficient data
Napier City Rovers: — · league average — · 5 valid matchesWellington Phoenix Reserves: — · league average — · 6 valid matches

Shots conceded

Opposition shots per match · difference from league average

0 = league average
Napier City RoversHome team
—Insufficient data
Wellington Phoenix ReservesAway team
—Insufficient data
Napier City Rovers: — · league average — · 5 valid matchesWellington Phoenix Reserves: — · league average — · 6 valid matches

Shots on target

Shots on target per match · difference from league average

0 = league average
Napier City RoversHome team
—Insufficient data
Wellington Phoenix ReservesAway team
—Insufficient data
Napier City Rovers: — · league average — · 5 valid matchesWellington Phoenix Reserves: — · league average — · 6 valid matches

Shots on target conceded

Opposition shots on target per match · difference from league average

0 = league average
Napier City RoversHome team
—Insufficient data
Wellington Phoenix ReservesAway team
—Insufficient data
Napier City Rovers: — · league average — · 5 valid matchesWellington Phoenix Reserves: — · league average — · 6 valid matches

Goals scored

Goals per match · difference from league average

0 = league average
Napier City RoversHome team
+0.272.00 actual
Wellington Phoenix ReservesAway team
−1.380.50 actual
Napier City Rovers: 2.00 · league average 1.73 · 6 valid matchesWellington Phoenix Reserves: 0.50 · league average 1.88 · 6 valid matches

Shot conversion

Goals per shot · difference from league average in percentage points

0 = league average
Napier City RoversHome team
—Insufficient data
Wellington Phoenix ReservesAway team
—Insufficient data
Napier City Rovers: — · league average — · 5 valid matchesWellington Phoenix Reserves: — · league average — · 6 valid matches

Goals conceded per shots faced

Goals conceded per opposition shot · difference from league average in percentage points

0 = league average
Napier City RoversHome team
—Insufficient data
Wellington Phoenix ReservesAway team
—Insufficient data
Napier City Rovers: — · league average — · 5 valid matchesWellington Phoenix Reserves: — · league average — · 6 valid matches

Individual match details

Napier City Rovers · individual matches
DateVenueResultShots for/againstOn target for/against
18/10/2026Away0–25 / 160 / 5
11/10/2026Home2–118 / 139 / 7
04/10/2026Away1–76 / 111 / 9
27/09/2026Home1–14 / 62 / 4
29/08/2026Away6–0——
23/08/2026Home2–312 / 112 / 3
Wellington Phoenix Reserves · individual matches
DateVenueResultShots for/againstOn target for/against
10/10/2026Home0–10 / 10 / 1
04/10/2026Away0–108 / 403 / 21
26/09/2026Home1–15 / 243 / 9
29/08/2026Home1–214 / 184 / 6
22/08/2026Away1–27 / 101 / 7
08/08/2026Home0–22 / 111 / 3

The recent matches are the latest available before kickoff within the historical window and may include other competitions. The benchmark refers to the event league and is weighted by the home/away composition of the recent sample. Goals and shots may have different data coverage; conversion rates use only matches with paired observations. Benchmarks are reconstructed from match dates rather than certified data-capture timestamps. Opponent strength and chance quality (xG) are not adjusted for. Some statistics may be incomplete or anomalous. These indicators are descriptive, not predictive.