Wellington Phoenix have performed better than Perth Glory so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
27 points is a decent return from 13 A-League games here at Spotless Stadium for Wellington Phoenix. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. The Wellington Phoenix fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Spotless Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Wellington has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
Wellington faced defeat in their previous match, away at Newcastle Jets (0-3). Before that, Wellington drew at home versus Brisbane Roar.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Wellington have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won eight, drawn two and lost two.
A decent goal production from Wellington in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 13 league matches. From these home matches, Wellington have conceded only 11 goals.
Perth Glory form and stats
The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (8) in A-League, are W5-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the A-League.
The attacking players of Perth have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 184 minutes.
The manager T. Popović was unhappy after their last game, a A-League match played at their home ground nib Stadium. Perth suffered a 0-2 loss to Western United. Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus Melbourne Victory.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Perth Glory playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were three Perth Glory wins, two draws and one defeat.
The visiting Perth have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 13 games. As opposed to that, Perth have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Perth Glory - Wellington 1-2 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Wellington, two draws and five wins for Perth Glory. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  B. Fornaroli Mezza 13 goals |   U. Dávila Plascencia 12 goals |  G. Hooper 8 goals |
Wellington Phoenix missing players
Perth Glory missing players
| Wellington Phoenix | Perth Glory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 38 | 21 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 19 | 43 |
| 33 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 36 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 85% | 92% |
| 81% | 85% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 69% | 81% |
| 62% | 54% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 46% | 58% |
| 23% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 65% | 62% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 54% | 58% |
| 19% | 31% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 31% |
| 19% | 8% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 23% | 19% |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6 | 5 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 334 | 162 | 67 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 161 | 323 |
| 118 | 63 | 28 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 56 | 116 |
| 32% | 33% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | 37% |
- Perth Glory has the fewest points from losing position (3)
- Perth Glory has the most clean sheets (5) away
- Perth Glory has the most clean sheets (8)
- Wellington Phoenix has the fewest conceded goals (11) at home
- Wellington Phoenix has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11)
- Wellington Phoenix haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sydney | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 24 | 53 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 47 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 41 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 40 |
| 5 | Western United | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 26 | -5 | 36 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -8 | 34 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -5 | 33 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 23 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -29 | 18 |