Rain will be ideal but Wanderers Soccer Club coach Darren Bazeley knows his troops will need a lot more than that to win in Napier today.
Sure, the red-card, one-match suspension to midfielder Dave Mulligan will help the visitors' cause, too, but Bazeley reckons Kinetic Electrical Hawke's Bay United remain a hard nut to crack especially after their 6-1 loss to Team Wellington last Sunday.
"People will look at that result and think it's a funny one but it's not a great time to play them down there," he says before Bay United host them at Bluewater Stadium in a 2pm kick off in the ASB Premiership match.
"What would have been a make-up game for them will now be a bounce-back one so it doesn't help us but it does make it a more exciting opportunity for us when they are up for the game," Bazeley says, after Bay United lost ex-All White Mulligan's services just before halftime for a "heavy double-footed tackle" in Wellington.
The Wanderers haven't won a game this summer on the field but, ironically, last month claimed three points from the hosts who fielded new signing Harry Edge in their first outing after the Christmas holidays despite winning 2-1 at North Harbour.