3rd position in the A-League table for Wellington Phoenix so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Adelaide United visits Westpac Stadium.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
Wellington Phoenix have performed here at Westpac Stadium this season with 8 wins from 11 A-League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena. Wellington Phoenix has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Westpac Stadium. We remember; it was Sydney.
The Wellington Phoenix supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Melbourne Victory in A-League and win 3-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Central Coast Mariners and winning 3-1.
Wellington Phoenix have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Westpac Stadium with 19 goals in 11 league matches. Wellington Phoenix are not conceding a lot of goals here at Westpac Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.
Adelaide United form and stats
Adelaide United have only collected 9 points from their away games in the A-League, after 3-0-7 (10 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Adelaide United who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Central Coast Mariners was the last time a defeat was avoided. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Adelaide United's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Home advantage was not enough for Adelaide United in their previous game, as they lost their A-League-match, hosting Newcastle Jets, 0-3. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-5 defeat against Western United.
Adelaide United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. The Adelaide United manager G. Verbeek has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Adelaide United - Wellington Phoenix 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wellington Phoenix one win, four draws and Adelaide United five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  U. Dávila Plascencia 11 goals |   R. McGree 10 goals |  B. Halloran 7 goals |
Wellington Phoenix missing players
Adelaide United missing players
| Wellington Phoenix | Adelaide United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 33 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 34 |
| 23 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 23 | 42 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 65% | 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 25% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 38% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 24% |
| 65% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 90% | 76% |
| 25% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 15% | 9% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 7.8 | 6.9 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 261 | 129 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 192 | 360 |
| 98 | 52 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 54 | 103 |
| 34% | 37% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 30% | 33% |
- Adelaide United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Adelaide United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Adelaide United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Adelaide United's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Wellington Phoenix has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10)
- Wellington Phoenix have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Wellington Phoenix haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Wellington Phoenix is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sydney | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 26 | 48 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 40 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 35 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Western United | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 34 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -14 | 21 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -11 | 20 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 22 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -29 | 13 |