Melbourne City get ready for this following their 0-2 result against Perth Glory, a game they learned a lot from. How will this affect the battle against Wellington Phoenix?
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (53) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals (47) in A-League
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the A-League. That game, against Western Sydney Wanderers, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Wellington Phoenix.
Melbourne City form and stats
Melbourne City have collected 22 points from their A-League home games so far after 6-4-2.
Leckie was the last player to score a league goal for Melbourne City and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Melbourne City haven't scored in 198 minutes.
No payout for Melbourne in their previous match, an away game at Perth Glory that ended in defeat 0-2. The forward MacLaren was announced as "man of the match" for Melbourne City with a rating of 7.33/10. MacLaren hit the woodwork once.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Melbourne City home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (25 in 12 games), Melbourne City's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Melbourne have conceded 15 goals.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
4-1-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Wellington Phoenix in their A-League matches away.
Wellington Phoenix play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Western Sydney Wanderers (placed 10th). Wellington goalie Sail was high and low in the Western Sydney Wanderers game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Sutton got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, top player of the team. Sutton scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Melbourne Victory's place.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Wellington Phoenix have scored 14 goals in 12 league games away. The Wellington Phoenix manager Talay has some worries about the defense as 27 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The previous head to head encounter ended Wellington Phoenix - Melbourne 0-6, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Melbourne City wins - draws - Wellington Phoenix wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 14 goals |  M. Leckie 9 goals |   J. Sotirio 6 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Wellington Phoenix missing players
| Melbourne City | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 53 | 25 | 10 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 33 |
| 32 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 27 | 47 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 84% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 72% |
| 52% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 16% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 16% |
| 60% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 52% |
| 24% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 16% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 28% |
| 6.6 | 7.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.5 | 16.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 12.3 | 13.2 |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 41% | 35% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 26% | 29% |
| 10.8 | 9.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21.7 | 19.5 | 18.4 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 6.9 | 6.1 |
- Melbourne City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (53) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+21) in A-League
- Melbourne City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wellington Phoenix have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the fewest points from losing position (0) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals (47) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals in the second half (36) 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 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 53 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 21 | 46 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 45 |
| 3 | Western United | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 45 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 40 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 39 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 47 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -14 | 39 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 46 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 32 |
| 8 | Sydney | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 31 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 45 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 26 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -12 | 23 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -23 | 18 |
