This looks to be yet another engrossing run-in at AAMI Park in the A-League. Melbourne City is in 1st position and welcome Wellington Phoenix in 8th spot. Read all about the match here!
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+5) in A-League
Melbourne City and Wellington Phoenix should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Melbourne City form and stats
The A-League statistics playing at home this season for Melbourne City are 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Melbourne City are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Melbourne City in their previous game, a fixture away at Melbourne Victory (placed 7th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in MacLaren, having bagged a goal in three consecutive games. The goalie Glover was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.73 out of ten. Glover topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that match, a win away at Brisbane Roar.At AAMI Park, Melbourne City has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the A-League ended in defeat. Last season Wellington Phoenix had these away match statistics: Played 13; won 4, drew 1 and lost 8.
Two away games in a row for Wellington, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Newcastle Jets. Pennington got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, top player of the team. Pennington hit six key passes and had 48 successful passes (of 57 total).
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Central Coast Mariners.It's early days yet, but Wellington Phoenix has scored 1 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Melbourne City won four games, two matches ended with a tie and Wellington Phoenix got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 4 goals |   B. Waine 2 goals |  B. Kraev 1 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Wellington Phoenix missing players
| Melbourne City | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 11 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 4.3 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16.3 | 22 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 22 | 22 | 15.3 |
| 8 | 11 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 8 | 5.3 |
| 25% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 12% | 25% |
| 9.3 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9 | 13.3 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 5.7 |
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+5) in A-League
- Melbourne City is in the best form (3-0-0) in A-League
| Melbourne City | Last season | Wellington Phoenix | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 27 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 57 | 29 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Conceded | C | 30 | 50 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 83% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 85% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 70% | ||
| 45% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 37% | ||
| 14% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 15% | ||
| 59% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 19% | ||
| 21% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 30% | ||
| 6.6 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.6 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 39% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | ||
| 10.4 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.6 | 18.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.9 | 6.1 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Newcastle Jets | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Macarthur | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Sydney | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Melbourne Victory | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 9 | Adelaide United | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Western United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
