Yet another action-packed game in the A-League. Wellington Phoenix is in the 9th position after participating in four fixtures. They host Macarthur who are placed 5th after four matches.
- Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in A-League
Both sides have had enough rest since their last game. Let's hope for an in-your-face match!
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
Wellington Phoenix have less points than they have played home games in the A-League so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points.
The home team returns to Sky Stadium after drawing with Melbourne City (placed 1st) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Late drama in the game against Melbourne City as Wellington Phoenix were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Barbarouses popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. Barbarouses was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Melbourne City after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Sutton was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.44 out of 10. The defender Sutton scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Newcastle Jets.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Wellington have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Wellington Phoenix at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Macarthur form and stats
Things could have gone better for Macarthur in their A-League away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right.
Macarthur might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Sydney proved too strong as Macarthur slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans. That loss was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points. Macarthur goalkeeper Kurto was glad for a fine day's work vs Sydney, but in spite of making ten saves the beating could not be stopped. Kurto was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.3. The agile goalkeeper Kurto saved a penalty.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Western United that ended 1-1.Macarthur are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 8 matches.
Macarthur have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Wellington two wins, two draws and Macarthur two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Waine 2 goals |   M. Millar 2 goals |  S. Sutton 1 goals |
Wellington Phoenix missing players
Macarthur missing players
| Wellington Phoenix | Macarthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 75% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 75% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 4.2 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.2 | 12 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11 | 9.5 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| 30% | 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 14% | 28% |
| 12.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 16 | 19.5 |
| 5.2 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 7.2 |
- Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in A-League
| Wellington Phoenix | Last season | Macarthur | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 38 | ||
| 50 | 20 | Conceded | C | 26 | 47 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 85% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 81% | ||
| 70% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 65% | ||
| 37% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 50% | ||
| 15% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 19% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 65% | ||
| 19% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 15% | ||
| 30% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 19% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 14.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 28% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | ||
| 18.6 | 17.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 15 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.9 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Sydney | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Newcastle Jets | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 7 | Central Coast Mariners | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Melbourne Victory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Western United | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 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 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 22 | 49 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 48 |
| 3 | Western United | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 45 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 42 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 49 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -15 | 39 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 33 |
| 8 | Sydney | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 31 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 26 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -23 | 18 |
