A-League: Two squads in reasonably good form get together for this match. Adelaide United have a slight edge with their 3rd position in the standings?
- Wellington Phoenix have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in A-League
- Adelaide United have the most scored goals (8) away in A-League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
1-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Wellington Phoenix so far this season.
The home regulars saw a 1-1 draw versus Western Sydney Wanderers last time out and are looking for a victory here. Wellington's goalie Sail played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Western Sydney Wanderers with a stunning seven saves.
Ahead of that match, Wellington Phoenix lost 2-3 at home to Western United.This is expected to be a close game, with Wellington Phoenix perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Wellington Phoenix as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Wellington Phoenix has won 10 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Goals from both teams! That has happened in 7 league rounds in a row for this team. Could it happen again?
Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Adelaide United form and stats
1-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Adelaide United, who have the most scored goals (8) away in A-League, in their A-League matches away.
Adelaide are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Brisbane Roar (placed 8th). The draw against Brisbane Roar came from a losing position. The Adelaide United manager Veart brought on Blackwood as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfield player Prados was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.0/10. Prados hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 36 successful passes (of 40 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Melbourne Victory.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Adelaide United in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Adelaide United, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Adelaide United's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Adelaide have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Adelaide United have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (1-3-0) when facing Wellington Phoenix.Wellington Phoenix - Adelaide United 1-1 was the score in these contenders' last H2H match, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Kraev 4 goals |  B. Waine 3 goals |   H. Ibusuki 3 goals |
Wellington Phoenix missing players
Adelaide United missing players
| Wellington Phoenix | Adelaide United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 57% |
| 71% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 29% |
| 29% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 80% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 14% |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 7.6 | 7.1 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.7 | 12.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 23 | 18.6 | 17.4 |
| 5.3 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 35% | 40% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 32% | 36% |
| 12.6 | 13.8 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 16.2 | 14.4 |
| 5.6 | 6 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | 4.3 |
- Adelaide United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Adelaide United have the most scored goals (8) away in A-League
- Adelaide United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Adelaide United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Wellington Phoenix's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Wellington Phoenix have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Wellington Phoenix have scored in all their matches so far.
- Wellington Phoenix have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the most scored goals (10) at home 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Sydney | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 6 | Melbourne Victory | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Central Coast Mariners | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 3 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Western United | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 4 |
