A-League match tips and statistics for the Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Victory encounter

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Wed 09.February
Match begins: 08:05 (UTC)
Venue: WIN Stadium (23750 seats)

Melbourne Victory travel to Wellington Phoenix and WIN Stadium packed with happy thoughts, but the hosting team is no pushover. More information on the match here!

Insights:
  • Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals (16) in A-League
  • Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in A-League

It's no vacation for neither Wellington Phoenix nor Melbourne Victory as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Wellington Phoenix form and stats

3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Wellington Phoenix so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at WIN Stadium.

A nice win for Wellington Phoenix last time playing, versus Macarthur. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Sotirio (2) and Piscopo scoring for the victors. Sotirio, a striker, was the top performer for the side in that fixture, collecting a rating of 8.15 (out of 10). Sotirio scored two goals and hit the woodwork once.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Wellington, as the A-League home game vs Adelaide United is only three days away.

Wellington Phoenix have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at WIN Stadium with 7 goals in 4 league matches. On the other hand, Wellington Phoenix have conceded 5 goals.

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Melbourne Victory form and stats

The seven points Melbourne Victory have gathered from their first three away trips in the A-League is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.

After this away game Melbourne Victory return home for a A-League game against Newcastle Jets. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Melbourne Victory has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Melbourne VictoryN. D'Agostino
N. D'Agostino
4 goals
Wellington PhoenixG. Hooper
G. Hooper
3 goals
Wellington PhoenixJ. Sotirio
J. Sotirio
3 goals

Wellington Phoenix missing players

Melbourne Victory missing players

Wellington Phoenix Melbourne Victory
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 1 3 8
3 3 1 Won W 0 2 4
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 3
4 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
9 7 2 Scored S 2 5 14
16 5 1 Conceded C 2 3 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 88%
75% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 75%
38% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 62%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 25%
38% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 12%
 
5 4.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.7 3.1
6.5 6.5 9 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.7 6.1
1.6 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.6 13.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 12 13.3 13.4
4.2 4.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.7 4.8
26% 39% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 36% 37%
 
17.9 17.2 24 Shots against (avg) S A 18 16 15.5
6.8 6.5 9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.3 5.1
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • All of Wellington Phoenix's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Melbourne Victory have not yet lost a game away.
  • Melbourne Victory have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in A-League
  • Melbourne Victory haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wellington Phoenix have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Wellington Phoenix have the fewest clean sheets (0) in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals (16) in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have the the worst goal difference (-7) in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wellington Phoenix is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 10 6 1 3 10 8 5 4 0 1 4 1 5 2 1 2 6 7 2 19
2 Sydney 11 4 4 3 16 14 6 2 2 2 9 9 5 2 2 1 7 5 2 16
3 Melbourne Victory 8 4 3 1 14 10 5 2 2 1 9 7 3 2 1 0 5 3 4 15
4 Adelaide United 11 3 5 3 17 13 5 1 2 2 10 8 6 2 3 1 7 5 4 14
5 Macarthur 8 4 2 2 10 10 5 2 2 1 6 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 0 14
6 Melbourne City 9 3 4 2 15 13 5 2 2 1 8 7 4 1 2 1 7 6 2 13
7 Wellington Phoenix 8 3 1 4 9 16 4 3 0 1 7 5 4 0 1 3 2 11 -7 10
8 Central Coast Mariners 7 3 0 4 10 10 3 2 0 1 5 3 4 1 0 3 5 7 0 9
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 9 2 3 4 8 13 5 1 2 2 3 5 4 1 1 2 5 8 -5 9
10 Newcastle Jets 7 2 2 3 13 11 4 2 0 2 8 5 3 0 2 1 5 6 2 8
11 Brisbane Roar 9 2 2 5 8 12 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 0 1 4 3 9 -4 8
12 Perth Glory 7 2 1 4 6 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 2 0 4 5 5 0 7

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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.