This could be an absorbing match as Wellington Phoenix have their presumed home advantage, while Melbourne City are in front by 11 points in the A-League table.
- Wellington Phoenix have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (33) in A-League
The visiting Melbourne City played their last game only four days ago, a A-League match.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
Wellington Phoenix are steadily winning A-League games and points here at Leichhardt Oval. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.
Wellington drew their last game, also a home match. Sydney (placed 6th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Before that, Wellington Phoenix had a home game versus Brisbane Roar which ended with a victory 3-0.The match schedule is unforgiving for Wellington Phoenix as they have a new game in only three days, a A-League match thankfully also at home. Newcastle Jets are visiting.
Wellington Phoenix have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Leichhardt Oval with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Wellington have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Melbourne City form and stats
Melbourne City's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Melbourne City collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the A-League. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Having won their last three away games Melbourne City has no reason to fear anyone.
There were no winners in Melbourne City's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Perth Glory (placed 9th). The attacker Leckie got a match rating of 7.85 in that game. Leckie scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).
Prior to that result Melbourne won their away game at Sydney. The scoreline was 2-1.After this away game Melbourne City return home for a A-League game against Macarthur. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Melbourne have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 16 goals from 7 away matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Melbourne City have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Wellington victories, two draws and four Melbourne City wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 10 goals |  M. Leckie 6 goals |  F. Berenguer Bohrer 4 goals |
Wellington Phoenix missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Wellington Phoenix | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 33 |
| 18 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 81% |
| 58% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 81% |
| 25% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 71% | 56% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 19% |
| 58% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 75% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 5 | 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.1 | 4.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.8 | 14.6 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.9 | 15.1 |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.7 |
| 28% | 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 48% | 36% |
| 18.1 | 17.9 | 21.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.3 | 10.8 |
| 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
- Melbourne City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Melbourne City have scored more than double the goals of Wellington Phoenix.
- Melbourne City have the most conceded goals (23) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most points (14) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (16) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (33) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+10) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+6) away in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wellington Phoenix have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the the best goal difference (+6) 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 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
| 2 | Western United | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 3 | Macarthur | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Sydney | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 12 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -7 | 11 |
