Possible nail-biting contest in Brisbane Roar - Wellington Phoenix game

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Wed 30.March
Match begins: 08:05 (UTC)
Venue: Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex 1 (1000 seats)

Wellington Phoenix know they face a hard journey to Brisbane Roar and their Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex 1. This news article has all the information you need before the game.

Insights:
  • Brisbane Roar have the most matches over the total-line (9) in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have the fewest clean sheets (2) in A-League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Brisbane and Wellington Phoenix.

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Brisbane Roar form and stats

When playing at home in the A-League, Brisbane Roar have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games. The Brisbane Roar manager Moon might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The Brisbane crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Western United here at Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex 1. Hingert (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Hingert served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Melbourne City (1-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Brisbane Roar perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Brisbane Roar as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Brisbane Roar has won four of these, drawn three and lost six.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the A-League game versus Newcastle Jets in only four days. This game is also played here at Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex 1.

Brisbane Roar have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex 1 with 13 goals in 8 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Wellington Phoenix form and stats

There's been little loot from Wellington Phoenix's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 6 away games in the A-League. Wellington Phoenix only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. Bitter travels for Wellington Phoenix as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Macarthur match.

Wellington won their last game, 2-1 versus Perth Glory played at home. Sandoval, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.8. Sandoval served one assist, hit three key passes and had 42 successful passes (of 51 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Newcastle Jets wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Wellington Phoenix in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Wellington Phoenix, two draws and three defeats.

After this away game Wellington Phoenix return home for a A-League game against Melbourne City. That game is only three sleeps after this.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Wellington Phoenix's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 6 matches. Wellington are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 3 goals in these matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Brisbane Roar - Wellington Phoenix 2-1 was the result in these participants' previous H2H game, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: Brisbane won three, Wellington Phoenix were winners in three and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Brisbane RoarJ. Lescano
J. Lescano
5 goals
Brisbane RoarN. Mileusnic
N. Mileusnic
5 goals
Brisbane RoarH. Hore
H. Hore
4 goals

Brisbane Roar missing players

Wellington Phoenix missing players

Brisbane Roar Wellington Phoenix
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 0 Played P 2 6 16
5 4 0 Won W 0 0 7
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
10 3 0 Lost L 2 5 6
21 13 0 Scored S 0 3 21
27 10 0 Conceded C 8 17 27
94% 88% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
71% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 69%
24% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 31%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
59% 62% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 62%
18% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
29% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 25%
 
4.5 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.3 5.1
5.9 5.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.5 5.8
1.8 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.9 14.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 14.2 14.4
5.1 5.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 4.7
24% 28% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 28%
 
13 12.1 0 Shots against (avg) S A 19 17.3 17.6
4.4 3.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 6.5 5.9
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • All of Wellington Phoenix's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Brisbane Roar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brisbane Roar have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wellington Phoenix have scored away.
  • Brisbane Roar have the most matches over the total-line (9) in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Wellington Phoenix have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wellington Phoenix have the fewest clean sheets (2) in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have the fewest points (1) away in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have the fewest points from losing position (0) in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have the fewest scored goals (3) away in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have the the worst goal difference (-14) away in A-League
  • 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 21 11 7 3 42 28 11 5 4 2 21 15 10 6 3 1 21 13 14 40
2 Western United 19 11 4 4 25 20 9 7 1 1 12 6 10 4 3 3 13 14 5 37
3 Adelaide United 20 7 7 6 28 27 8 3 2 3 15 12 12 4 5 3 13 15 1 28
4 Macarthur 18 7 4 7 28 31 8 4 2 2 13 10 10 3 2 5 15 21 -3 25
5 Melbourne Victory 16 6 6 4 22 19 9 4 3 2 15 11 7 2 3 2 7 8 3 24
6 Sydney 19 6 6 7 24 23 9 3 3 3 14 12 10 3 3 4 10 11 1 24
7 Wellington Phoenix 16 7 3 6 21 27 10 7 2 1 18 10 6 0 1 5 3 17 -6 24
8 Central Coast Mariners 17 6 4 7 27 24 9 5 3 1 19 11 8 1 1 6 8 13 3 22
9 Newcastle Jets 17 6 3 8 30 28 9 5 1 3 19 11 8 1 2 5 11 17 2 21
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 17 5 4 8 18 24 9 3 3 3 8 8 8 2 1 5 10 16 -6 19
11 Brisbane Roar 17 5 2 10 21 27 8 4 1 3 13 10 9 1 1 7 8 17 -6 17
12 Perth Glory 17 3 4 10 14 22 8 1 2 5 5 12 9 2 2 5 9 10 -8 13

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.