A-League game tips and game guide for the Adelaide United vs Wellington Phoenix meet

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 01.January
Match begins: 08:45 (UTC)
Venue: Coopers Stadium (17000 seats)

Adelaide United welcome Wellington Phoenix for another action-packed A-League game here at Coopers Stadium.

Insights:
  • Adelaide United have yet to win a game.
  • Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals (10) in A-League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Adelaide United form and stats

The story so far in the A-League for Adelaide United at their home stadium (Coopers Stadium) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

The fans are hoping that Adelaide United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the A-League game against Western United (placed 3rd). Jakobsen, defender, was given a rating of 7.83/10 in that game, top of the team. Jakobsen won 5 of 6 duels.

Ahead of that match, Adelaide United lost 1-2 at home to Melbourne Victory.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Adelaide United handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, four draws and one defeat.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Adelaide United as they are travelling to their away game against Melbourne City in the A-League. That match is four days after this one.

Early season league goal statistics from Adelaide United's 2 home games: 3 goals, 4 conceded.

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Wellington Phoenix form and stats

Still no away game victory in the A-League for Wellington Phoenix with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts. Three has not been a lucky number for Wellington as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Central Coast Mariners match.

Wellington Phoenix are travelling again after losing away to Sydney in their previous match (1-2). The attacker Waine got a match rating of 7.64 in that game. Waine scored one goal.

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Avondale Heights.

Wellington are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, six draws and eight defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

After this away game Wellington return home for a A-League game against Brisbane Roar. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Wellington when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. The Wellington manager Talay has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Adelaide won four games, four matches ended with a draw and Wellington Phoenix have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

Wellington PhoenixG. Hooper
G. Hooper
2 goals
Adelaide UnitedJ. Tratt
J. Tratt
1 goals
AdelaideB. Halloran
B. Halloran
1 goals

Adelaide United missing players

Wellington Phoenix missing players

Adelaide United Wellington Phoenix
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 3 5
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
4 3 0 Scored S 0 2 4
6 4 0 Conceded C 0 7 10
80% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
40% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 60%
20% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 60%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
40% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 40%
 
6.8 9.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.3 5.6
4.4 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 6.6
3.2 3.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 16.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.7 13
4.6 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.3 4.2
17% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 15% 19%
 
12.2 15.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17.7 15.8
3.8 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 5.6
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • Adelaide United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Adelaide United have yet to win a game.
  • All of Adelaide United's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Wellington Phoenix's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Wellington Phoenix have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Wellington Phoenix have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals (10) in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals (7) away in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have the the worst goal difference (-6) in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have yet to win a game away.
  • Wellington Phoenix haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Adelaide United Last season Wellington Phoenix
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 13   Played P   13 26
12 7   Won W   5 10
6 4   Drew D   5 8
10 2   Lost L   3 8
42 18   Scored S   20 44
44 13   Conceded C   15 34
89% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 92%
75% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 88%
68% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 65%
43% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 31%
21% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 15%
68% 54%   BTTS BTTS   62% 65%
29% 46%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 23%
14% 15%   Failed to Score F T   23% 19%
 
6.1 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.9
5.8 5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.3
2.4 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.1
4 4   Red cards R C   1 2
 
13.6 14.7   Shots (avg) S (   15.7 16.7
4.4 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 5
34% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 34%
 
13.8 12.3   Shots against (avg) S A   17.6 17.1
4.7 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 5.3

  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 Victory 6 4 1 1 11 7 3 2 0 1 6 4 3 2 1 0 5 3 4 13
2 Macarthur 6 4 1 1 7 5 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 13
3 Western United 6 4 0 2 5 4 4 3 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 12
4 Central Coast Mariners 5 3 0 2 7 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 9
5 Melbourne City 5 2 2 1 7 6 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 8
6 Sydney 6 2 2 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 8
7 Newcastle Jets 5 1 2 2 10 8 2 1 0 1 5 2 3 0 2 1 5 6 2 5
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 5 1 2 2 4 6 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 -2 5
9 Perth Glory 4 1 1 2 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 3 2 1 4
10 Wellington Phoenix 5 1 1 3 4 10 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 2 7 -6 4
11 Adelaide United 5 0 3 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 0 2 1 1 2 -2 3
12 Brisbane Roar 4 0 1 3 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 6 -5 1

Read more about A-League

The A-League is the top level of the Australian football league system. Seasons run from October to May. Ten teams play a regular season of 27 fixtures to create a league table winner and the highest placed teams qualify for a playoff. The league winner is called the “premier” while the playoff winner is the “champion”. There is no set system for relegation, unlike most leagues in the world.