Struggling Wellington Phoenix will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Adelaide United in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Adelaide United have the most matches over the total-line (10) in A-League
Wellington Phoenix have less rest than Adelaide United in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a A-League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Western United, so at least Wellington Phoenix are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Wellington Phoenix have to build on here at WIN Stadium in the A-League.
Wellington Phoenix drew their last game, 1-1 away at Western United (placed 7th). Before that match, a win away at Perth Glory.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Wellington have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won ten, drawn three and lost three.
A decent goal production from Wellington Phoenix in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. Wellington have conceded 16 from these games.
Adelaide United form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Adelaide United, who have the most scored goals (17) away in A-League, playing as the away team in the A-League this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sydney (placed 4th) in their previous outing. The A-League match ended in a draw 2-2. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Macarthur.
An inspired comeback made the scores level in Adelaide United's duel with Sydney. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Tomi Jurić found the equalizer.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Adelaide United in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Adelaide United, three draws and two defeats.
Adelaide United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 9 away games so far. The Adelaide manager T. Veart has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Wellington won one, Adelaide United won four and five draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  U. Dávila Plascencia 7 goals |   T. Jurić 7 goals |  S. Mauk 6 goals |
Wellington Phoenix missing players
Adelaide United missing players
| Wellington Phoenix | Adelaide United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 30 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 10 | 17 | 31 |
| 28 | 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 7 | 20 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 94% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 82% |
| 61% | 70% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 89% | 71% |
| 33% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 78% | 53% |
| 22% | 30% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 33% | 24% |
| 72% | 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 71% |
| 11% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 24% |
| 17% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16.2 | 17.3 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 11.7 | 12.7 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 38% | 34% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 49% | 42% |
- Adelaide United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Adelaide United have the most matches over the total-line (10) in A-League
- Adelaide United have the most scored goals (17) away in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 30 |
| 4 | Sydney | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 27 |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 25 |
| 7 | Western United | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -6 | 18 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -11 | 13 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | -27 | 11 |