Wellington Phoenix vs Brisbane Roar preview

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 04.Nov
Match begins: 04:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sky Stadium (37034 seats)

Brisbane Roar have come here for an exciting fight against the hosting Wellington Phoenix. Prepare for the match with this in-depth A-League preview!

This has all the signs of an intriguing game with lots of fun and bustle as both participants are well rested since they last played a game. Bring it on!

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Wellington Phoenix form and stats

The hosts won their first A-League game here at Sky Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Wellington Phoenix last season were 5 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses from 13 games.

Wellington Phoenix's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Perth Glory (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The forward Zawada outshone all the other footballers in that game and managed a match rating of 8.41 out of 10. Zawada scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Western Sydney Wanderers that finished 0-0.

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 17 games. Wellington Phoenix has won 10 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Wellington Phoenix has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Brisbane Roar form and stats

One match played away so far in the A-League for Brisbane Roar and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from 13 games.

Impressive finishing from Hore (2) and Mileusnić secured the home win 3-0 against Sydney in their previous game. Brisbane goalie Freke was high and low in the Sydney game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Hore got a match rating of 9.11 in that game, top player of the team. Hore scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that, Brisbane Roar travelled to Macarthur and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Brisbane Roar playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 5 Brisbane Roar wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

{1 goals} so far away for Brisbane Roar, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings with these contenders: Wellington won four, Brisbane Roar were winners in two and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Brisbane RoarH. Hore
H. Hore
2 goals
Wellington PhoenixB. Kraev
B. Kraev
1 goals
Wellington PhoenixO. Zawada
O. Zawada
1 goals

Wellington Phoenix missing players

Brisbane Roar missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wellington Phoenix Brisbane Roar
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 0 1 4
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
50% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.5 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 10 7
10.5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4.5
1.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 20 17
2.5 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 7
40% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 29%
 
14 12 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15 17
3.5 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 7
Wellington Phoenix Last season Brisbane Roar
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 13   Played P   13 26
9 5   Won W   3 7
8 5   Drew D   4 9
10 3   Lost L   6 10
39 24   Scored S   14 26
47 20   Conceded C   22 33
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 88%
85% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 69%
67% 77%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 42%
48% 54%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 19%
15% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 8%
74% 92%   BTTS BTTS   69% 54%
19% 8%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 31%
7% 0%   Failed to Score F T   8% 27%
 
5.1 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5
4.6 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 5.3
2.1 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
5 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
12.9 13   Shots (avg) S (   12.7 12.7
4.9 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.2
30% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 24%
 
14.3 13.9   Shots against (avg) S A   13.4 13.9
5.9 5.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Western Sydney Wanderers 2 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
2 Brisbane Roar 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
3 Wellington Phoenix 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
4 Adelaide United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
5 Melbourne Victory 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Western United 2 1 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 6 -4 3
7 Newcastle Jets 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Macarthur 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Perth Glory 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
10 Melbourne City 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Central Coast Mariners 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
12 Sydney 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 0
Last season 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 26 16 7 3 61 32 13 10 3 0 37 15 13 6 4 3 24 17 29 55
2 Central Coast Mariners 26 13 5 8 55 35 13 7 3 3 31 17 13 6 2 5 24 18 20 44
3 Adelaide United 26 11 9 6 53 46 13 7 3 3 26 17 13 4 6 3 27 29 7 42
4 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 11 8 7 43 27 13 8 2 3 24 10 13 3 6 4 19 17 16 41
5 Sydney 26 11 5 10 40 39 13 5 3 5 20 22 13 6 2 5 20 17 1 38
6 Wellington Phoenix 26 9 8 9 39 45 13 5 5 3 24 20 13 4 3 6 15 25 -6 35
7 Western United 26 9 5 12 34 47 13 4 3 6 14 23 13 5 2 6 20 24 -13 32
8 Brisbane Roar 26 7 9 10 26 33 13 4 5 4 12 11 13 3 4 6 14 22 -7 30
9 Perth Glory 26 7 8 11 36 46 13 6 5 2 25 21 13 1 3 9 11 25 -10 29
10 Newcastle Jets 26 8 5 13 30 45 13 5 2 6 21 22 13 3 3 7 9 23 -15 29
11 Melbourne Victory 26 8 4 14 29 34 13 5 2 6 17 14 13 3 2 8 12 20 -5 28
12 Macarthur 26 7 5 14 31 48 13 5 3 5 18 16 13 2 2 9 13 32 -17 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Western Sydney Wanderers 2 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
2 Brisbane Roar 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
3 Wellington Phoenix 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
4 Adelaide United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
5 Melbourne Victory 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Western United 2 1 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 6 -4 3
7 Newcastle Jets 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Macarthur 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Perth Glory 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
10 Melbourne City 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Central Coast Mariners 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
12 Sydney 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 0

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