3rd spot in the A-League table for Melbourne Victory so far, a competent performance. The match-going supporters pray for more joy as 5th-placed Wellington Phoenix visit AAMI Park.
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals (23) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the fewest points from losing position (0) in A-League
These are full days for the hometeam, as they played only four days ago in the A-League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Brisbane Roar.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
5-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Melbourne Victory so far this season. Melbourne Victory has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Western Sydney Wanderers defeat 72 days ago.
Melbourne Victory drew their last game, 1-1 away at Brisbane Roar (placed 11th). Miranda, defender, was given a rating of 7.82/10 in that game, top of the team. Miranda hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.
Before that match, a win away at Macarthur.The Melbourne Victory fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 12 league matches.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Wellington Phoenix so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-6 (win-draw-lose). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Wellington are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Waine scored in Wellington Phoenix's previous match, the home game against Western Sydney Wanderers that ended 1-0. Surman was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.8. The defender Surman won 4 of 5 duels.
A 0-4 loss hosting Central Coast Mariners before that.Wellington Phoenix find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. The Wellington manager Talay has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Wellington Phoenix - Melbourne Victory 1-0 was the story when these two sides previously did battle, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Melbourne Victory three wins, four draws and Wellington Phoenix three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. D'Agostino 8 goals |   J. Sotirio 6 goals |  M. Rojas 5 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Wellington Phoenix missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 35 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 30 |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 23 | 43 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 87% |
| 46% | 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 21% | 25% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 39% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 17% |
| 58% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 48% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 30% |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 5.9 | 5.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.6 | 14.9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 12.8 | 13.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 30% | 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 26% | 29% |
| 12.4 | 11.5 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 18.5 | 17.9 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 6.5 | 5.9 |
- Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals (23) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most matches under the total-line (10) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory is in the best form (4-2-0) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- 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 in the second half (34) 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 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | Western United | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 44 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 42 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 37 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 36 |
| 6 | Central Coast Mariners | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -6 | 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 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -25 | 14 |
