Opposition Focus: Lautoka

Words: ACFC Media

Thursday 1 March 2018

GET the lowdown on our next opponents ahead of Saturday's OFC Champions League match as the Navy Blues face Lautoka at Trusts Arena in West Auckland on Saturday 3 March 2018.

CLUB INFO:
FORMED: 1934
NICKNAME: Venus
STADIUM: Churchill Park, Lautoka
CAPACITY: 18,000

MATCH INFO:
DATE: Saturday 3 March 2018
KICK OFF: 4pm NZST
VENUE: Trusts Arena, Auckland
COMPETITION: OFC Champions League

MATCH STATS:
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE RECORD 2016-17
POSITION: 1st
PLAYED: 14
WON: 13
DRAWN: 1
LOST: 0
FOR: 35
AGAINST: 6
POINTS: 40

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE RECORD 2017-18
POSITION: 2nd
PLAYED: 3
WON: 3
DRAWN: 0
LOST: 0
FOR: 9
AGAINST: 2
POINTS: 9

LAUTOKA RESULTS
10.10.17 Lautoka 2-0 Suva (Battle of the Giants)
11.10.17 Lautoka 1-1 Tavua (Battle of the Giants)
12.10.17 Lautoka 1-0 Nadi (Battle of the Giants)
14.10.17 Lautoka 1-0 Rewa (Battle of the Giants)
15.10.17 Lautoka 1-1 Ba* (Battle of the Giants)
06.01.18 Labasa 0-0 Lautoka (Champion v Champion, 1st leg)
12.01.18 Lautoka 0-0 Labasa (Champion v Champion, 2nd Leg)**
14.01.18 Lautoka 5-1 Tavua
11.02.18 Rewa 0-2 Lautoka
18.02.18 Lautoka 2-1 Suva
25.02.18 Lautoka 3-1 Madang FC
28.02.18 AS Venus 1-2 Lautoka
* Lautoka won on penalties
**Labasa win 1-0 on aggregate

2017
04.02.17 Labasa 0-2 Lautoka
12.03.17 Suva 0-1 Lautoka
02.04.17 Lautoka 1-0 Rewa
23.04.17 Lautoka 4-2 Nadi
30.04.17 Rakiraki 1-1 Lautoka
30.07.17 Lautoka 4-0 Rakiraki
04.08.17 Lautoka 6-0 Dreketi
06.08.17 Lautoka 2-1 Labasa
13.08.17 Lautoka 2-1 Suva
18.08.17 Ba 0-1 Lautoka
26.08.17 Rewa 0-4 Lautoka

RECENT HOME FORM:
WIN-DRAW-LOSS-WIN-WIN

RECENT AWAY FORM:
WIN-WIN-WIN-DRAW-WIN

GOALS CONCEDED:
Average goals conceded by Lautoka at home = 1.00
Average goals conceded by Lautoka away = 0.00

LAUTOKA IN THE OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
18.10.09 Marist 1-3 Lautoka (Kamal Hassan, Samuela Kautoga, Nahuel Arrarte)
07.11.09 Hekari United 1-2 Lautoka (Valerio Nawatu, Apisai Smith)
29.11.09 Lautoka 1-2 Tafea (Valerio Nawatu)
14.02.10 Lautoka 3-0 Marist (Osea Vakatalesau, Alvin Avinesh, Jone Vono)
07.03.10 Lautoka 0-1 Hekari United
27.03.10 Tafea 1-3 Lautoka (Samuela Vula, Jone Vono, Silesh Samy)
23.10.10 Koloale 1-2 Lautoka (Matthew Mayora 2)
13.11.10 Lautoka 1-0 Amicale (Valerio Nawatu)
15.01.11 Lautoka 0-0 Hekari United
05.02.11 Lautoka 1-6 Koloale (Valerio Nawatu)
26.02.11 Amicale 5-1 Lautoka (Alvin Avinesh)
19.03.11 Hekari United 1-1 Lautoka (Peni Finau)
25.02.18 Lautoka 3-1 Madang FC
28.02.18 AS Venus 1-2 Lautoka

LAUTOKA OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RECORD
PLAYED: 14
WON: 8
DRAWN: 2
LOST: 4
FOR: 23
AGAINST: 21
POINTS: 26

2009-10 Group Stage
2010-11 Group Stage
2018 Quarter-Finals*

NAVY BLUES RECORD vs FIJIAN CLUBS
19.05.06 Auckland City FC 9-1 Nokia Eagles (Neil Sykes, Paul Seaman, Keryn Jordan, Grant Young 2, Jason Hayne, Che Bunce, Graham Little 2)
05.05.13 Auckland City FC 6-1 Ba (Manel Exposito 2, Emiliano Tade, Darren White 2, Mario Bilen)
11.05.13 Ba 0-1 Auckland City FC (Alex Feneridis)
11.04.15 Auckland City FC 3-0 Suva (David Browne, Sam Burfoot, Adam McGeorge)

TOTAL RECORD
PLAYED: 4
WON: 4
DRAWN: 0
LOST: 0
GOALS FOR: 19
GOALS AGAINST: 2

FAST FACTS
Lautoka has kept only three cleansheets in 14 OFC Champions League matches.

Last season, Lautoka won the Fiji National Football League with 13 wins and a draw from their 14 matches.

Auckland City FC have now kept a cleansheet for 773 consecutive minutes in the OFC Champions League. Goalkeeper Enaut Zubikarai has kept goal for 728 minutes of this run while Danyon Drake picked up- 45 minutes in the 11-0 win over Malampa Revivors - this is a competition record.

The last player to score against Auckland City FC in the OFC Champions League was James Naka who netted for Western in a 2-1 defeat to the Navy Blues on 11 March 2017 at Centre Park, Mangere. This is 355 days ago (or 11 months and 18 days).

Auckland City FC have also kept six consecutive cleansheets in the ISPS Handa Premiership for a total of 568 minutes without a goal against dating back to the 72nd minute of their 1-1 draw with Southern United on 13 January 2018 - this is a competition record. Goalkeeper Enaut Zubikarai has kept goal for all 568 minutes of this run.

The last player to score against Auckland City FC in the ISPS Handa Premiership was Ben Wade who netted for Southern United in a 1-1 draw with the Navy Blues on 13 January 2018 at Kiwitea Street, Auckland. This is 47 days ago (or 1 month and 16 days).

Auckland City FC have kept eight consecutive cleansheets in all competitions (ISPS Handa Premiership and OFC Champions League) for a total of 738 minutes since 13 January, 2018.

*All dates configured to the publication date of Thursday 1 March 2018.