More points have been won by Melbourne City so far, with their 1st spot in the A-League table and looking forward to facing Wellington Phoenix (who are placed 5th).
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (50) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in A-League
Melbourne City and Wellington Phoenix should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Melbourne City form and stats
Melbourne City have performed here at AAMI Park this season with 8 wins from 11 A-League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.
A nice win for Melbourne last time playing, versus Melbourne Victory. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with O'Neill (2) scoring for the victors. O'Neill (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.61/10. O'Neill scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Newcastle Jets that ended 1-1.Lots of goals? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league games with this team has contained three or more goals.
Melbourne City are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (30 goals in 11 games). Melbourne have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their A-League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Wellington Phoenix might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Melbourne Victory proved too strong as Wellington Phoenix slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Westpac Stadium. Zawada, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.42. Zawada scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that match, the Wellington manager Talay faced defeat when travelling to Adelaide United and losing 1-5.Take note that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league games have ended with three goals or more.
Wellington Phoenix find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Wellington have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last head to head game ended Wellington Phoenix - Melbourne City 1-3, earlier this season. Head to head totals (for the last ten meetings): Melbourne won five games, three matches ended with a draw and Wellington Phoenix have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two.
Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 18 goals |   O. Zawada 13 goals |  B. Kraev 7 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Wellington Phoenix missing players
| Melbourne City | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 50 | 30 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 35 |
| 27 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 35 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 68% | 82% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 68% |
| 45% | 55% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 45% |
| 27% | 27% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 10% | 14% |
| 73% | 73% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 82% |
| 27% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 18% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | 16.7 | 17.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 13.7 | 12.9 |
| 5.7 | 6.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 40% | 43% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 24% | 32% |
| 10.1 | 8.2 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 12.9 | 13.5 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
- Melbourne City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wellington Phoenix have scored away.
- Melbourne City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Melbourne City have the most points (27) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (50) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+23) in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Wellington Phoenix have scored in all their matches so far.
- Wellington Phoenix have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 23 | 45 |
| 2 | Adelaide United | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 40 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| 6 | Sydney | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | -6 | 28 |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -6 | 27 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 26 |
| 9 | Western United | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -10 | 26 |
| 10 | Macarthur | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -14 | 25 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 23 |
