A short glance at the A-League table suggest an advantage to Wellington Phoenix when they arrive at Melbourne Victory. But; let's wait before select a winner!
- Melbourne Victory is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Wellington Phoenix have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in A-League
Both sides have had adequate rest since their last game. Let's wish for an in-your-face game!
Melbourne Victory form and stats
The story so far in the A-League for Melbourne Victory at their home stadium (AAMI Park) is 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats. Melbourne Victory are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at AAMI Park, having lost their two previous games here.
Melbourne's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Sydney (placed 8th). Geria, defender, was given a rating of 7.8/10 in that game, top of the team. Geria hit one key pass and won 8 of 13 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Melbourne Victory lost 1-3 at Perth Glory's place.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Melbourne handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
6 goals have been conceded.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the A-League. Wellington Phoenix love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Wellington Phoenix delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Perth Glory (placed 7th) in their previous match. It looked so good for Wellington vs Perth Glory, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie four matches in a row for the away team? The answer is Zawada and that is impressive! The attacker Barbarouses got a match rating of 7.33 in that game. Barbarouses scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 19 successful passes (of 21 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Central Coast Mariners.We have checked recent matches where Wellington Phoenix have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were 4 victories, 4 draws and 10 defeats.
Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 12 of this club's latest 14 league matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Wellington have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. As opposed to that, Wellington Phoenix have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Melbourne Victory won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Wellington Phoenix got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Zawada 7 goals |  B. Kraev 5 goals |   J. Brillante 2 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Wellington Phoenix missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 24 |
| 18 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 86% |
| 43% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 64% |
| 21% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 57% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 86% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 14% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.5 | 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.6 | 5.1 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 1.9 | 3 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13.7 | 12 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.5 | 10.8 | 12 |
| 4.1 | 4.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 25% | 34% |
| 11.1 | 11 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11 | 12.3 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest points (3) at home in A-League
- Melbourne Victory haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Melbourne Victory is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Wellington Phoenix have scored in all their matches so far.
- Wellington Phoenix have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 27 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -4 | 18 |
| 8 | Sydney | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 11 | Western United | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
