Possible nail-biting contest in Wellington Phoenix - Brisbane Roar game

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Wed 16.February
Match begins: 06:25 (UTC)
Venue: Leichhardt Oval (7500 seats)

Most people believe in Wellington Phoenix in this match against Brisbane Roar, but the away team will battle to the bitter end. Here's our match guide!

Insights:
  • Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals (17) in A-League
  • Brisbane Roar have yet to win a game away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Wellington and Brisbane Roar.

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Wellington Phoenix form and stats

Wellington Phoenix are steadily winning A-League games and points here at Leichhardt Oval. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games.

The home club members saw a 1-1 draw versus Adelaide United last time out and are looking for a win here. The attacking player Ball won the honour of being "man of the match" for Wellington Phoenix with the rating of 7.93/10. Ball served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Ahead of that match, Wellington Phoenix won a home game hosting Melbourne Victory (1-0).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the A-League game versus Sydney in only three days. This game is also played here at Leichhardt Oval.

Wellington have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Leichhardt Oval with 9 goals in 6 league matches.

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Brisbane Roar form and stats

0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Brisbane Roar playing as the away team in the A-League this season.

Impressive finishing from Brown, Hore and Mileusnić secured the home win 3-1 against Macarthur in their previous game. O'Shea, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.84. O'Shea served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 54 successful passes (of 64 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Newcastle Jets wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The A-League trip to Perth Glory.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Brisbane Roar as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. Brisbane Roar's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Wellington Phoenix-Brisbane Roar H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Wellington two wins, Brisbane Roar two wins, six draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Brisbane RoarN. Mileusnic
N. Mileusnic
5 goals
Wellington PhoenixG. Hooper
G. Hooper
3 goals
Wellington PhoenixJ. Sotirio
J. Sotirio
3 goals

Wellington Phoenix missing players

Brisbane Roar missing players

Wellington Phoenix Brisbane Roar
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 6 2 Played P 2 5 10
4 4 1 Won W 0 0 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 1 1 Lost L 2 4 5
11 9 2 Scored S 1 3 11
17 6 3 Conceded C 5 9 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
90% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 70%
60% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 60%
30% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 50%
10% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 30%
30% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 30%
 
5.2 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.4 4.4
6.4 6.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.2 5.9
1.7 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 1.6 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.8 15 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 15 12.6 14
4.6 5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4.6
24% 30% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 16% 24%
 
17.8 17.3 13 Shots against (avg) S A 13 15.6 12.8
6.2 5.7 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 4.1
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • Brisbane Roar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Brisbane Roar have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Brisbane Roar have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Brisbane Roar have yet to win a game away.
  • Brisbane Roar haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Wellington Phoenix have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Brisbane Roar have scored away.
  • Wellington Phoenix have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals (17) in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have the most points (13) 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 Western United 11 6 2 3 11 9 5 4 0 1 4 1 6 2 2 2 7 8 2 20
2 Melbourne City 11 5 4 2 22 16 5 2 2 1 8 7 6 3 2 1 14 9 6 19
3 Sydney 12 4 5 3 17 15 7 2 3 2 10 10 5 2 2 1 7 5 2 17
4 Adelaide United 12 3 6 3 18 14 5 1 2 2 10 8 7 2 4 1 8 6 4 15
5 Melbourne Victory 10 4 3 3 15 13 6 2 2 2 10 9 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 15
6 Macarthur 10 4 3 3 14 16 5 2 2 1 6 7 5 2 1 2 8 9 -2 15
7 Wellington Phoenix 10 4 2 4 11 17 6 4 1 1 9 6 4 0 1 3 2 11 -6 14
8 Newcastle Jets 9 3 2 4 17 16 5 2 0 3 10 9 4 1 2 1 7 7 1 11
9 Central Coast Mariners 9 3 2 4 14 14 5 2 2 1 9 7 4 1 0 3 5 7 0 11
10 Brisbane Roar 10 3 2 5 11 13 5 3 1 1 8 4 5 0 1 4 3 9 -2 11
11 Western Sydney Wanderers 10 2 3 5 9 16 6 1 2 3 4 8 4 1 1 2 5 8 -7 9
12 Perth Glory 8 2 2 4 7 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 2 1 4 6 6 0 8

Read more about A-League

The A-League is the top level of the Australian football league system. Seasons run from October to May. Ten teams play a regular season of 27 fixtures to create a league table winner and the highest placed teams qualify for a playoff. The league winner is called the “premier” while the playoff winner is the “champion”. There is no set system for relegation, unlike most leagues in the world.