Melbourne City - Wellington Phoenix. 1st place against 9th place. Nothing is certain - get a full match preview here!
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (52) in A-League
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wellington Phoenix have scored away.
The hosts Melbourne City saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the A-League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Adelaide United, was also a home game here at AAMI Park. The away team is better rested.
Melbourne City form and stats
9-0-1 is the performance here at AAMI Park so far in the A-League, giving Melbourne City a total of 27 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results! Ever since the Perth Glory game Melbourne has been unbeatable here at AAMI Park producing eight straight wins.
The attacker Jamie MacLaren was "man of the match" for Melbourne with a rating of 8.35/10. MacLaren scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, Melbourne City won a home game hosting Brisbane Roar (3-2).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 three games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.
It's goals goals goals for Melbourne who have scored 32 goals from 10 league home games. Melbourne have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
As the visiting team in A-League matches, Wellington Phoenix have produced an overall stat of 3-4-3 so far. One point away has become something of a habit for Wellington who have played out draws in their last three away games.
The attacking players of Wellington have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Wellington goalkeeper Oliver Sail is eager to challenge this, with his 219 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Wellington are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Adelaide United (placed 4th). Oliver Sail (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.91. Sail stopped the opponent with five saves.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Brisbane Roar.You'll want to know how Wellington managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and four home wins.
Wellington have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Wellington have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Wellington Phoenix - Melbourne 2-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - zero - 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 24 goals |   U. Dávila Plascencia 7 goals |  B. Waine 6 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
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| Melbourne City | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 52 | 32 | 11 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 32 |
| 24 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 90% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 86% |
| 67% | 90% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 40% | 57% |
| 52% | 70% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 19% |
| 62% | 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 67% |
| 29% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 19% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18.4 | 21 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.7 | 15.4 | 16.3 |
| 6.6 | 7.6 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| 37% | 42% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 37% | 35% |
- All of Melbourne City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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.
- 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 (32) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (52) 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) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+28) in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne City is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 28 | 44 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 33 |
| 3 | Sydney | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 32 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 32 |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 31 |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 31 |
| 8 | Western United | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -5 | 28 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -29 | 15 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 14 |