The stage is set for A-League and Sydney - Wellington Phoenix. In this super-preview you'll get statistics, previous results, data, trends and news!
- Sydney have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in A-League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Sydney form and stats
The story so far in the A-League for Sydney, who have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in A-League, at their home stadium (Allianz Stadium) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
A strong away win for Sydney against Newcastle Jets the last match, as Fondre and Mak were on target. The forward Fondre edged out all others in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.82 out of 10. Fondre scored one goal and hit four key passes.
Before that game, the home loss against Macarthur with the scoreline 0-3.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sydney handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league games with this team has seen at least three goals.
The Sydney fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
The A-League season is young and Wellington Phoenix have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far. Visiting Wellington has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
The manager Talay was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Westpac Stadium. Wellington Phoenix suffered a 1-3 loss to Melbourne City (placed 1st). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points. Attacker Ball got a player rating of 7.44 in the game. "Man of the match" Ball scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Before that, Wellington Phoenix travelled to Perth Glory and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.We have checked recent matches where Wellington Phoenix have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 10 defeats.
Both teams to score? This team's most recent fixtures suggest that, having finished 10 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each team.
Wellington have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 4 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
Sydney have won or drawn the last 9 fixtures (7-2-0) against Wellington Phoenix.Top Goalscorers
  B. Kraev 5 goals |   R. Mak 4 goals |  A. Le Fondre 3 goals |
Sydney missing players
Wellington Phoenix missing players
| Sydney | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 70% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 70% |
| 20% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 70% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.1 | 5.8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.3 | 5.9 |
| 4.5 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16.8 | 16.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 22 | 13 | 13.9 |
| 5.7 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| 28% | 24% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 24% | 32% |
| 13.2 | 15.8 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.3 | 11.9 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
- All of Wellington Phoenix's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sydney have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sydney have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in A-League
- Sydney haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wellington Phoenix have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Wellington Phoenix have scored in all their matches so far.
- Wellington Phoenix have the fewest points (2) away in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Wellington Phoenix have yet to win a game away.
- 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 6 | Sydney | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 12 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Western United | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -8 | 7 |
