Delightful dogfight as daring Wellington Phoenix duel with determined Perth Glory

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Westpac Stadium (33500 seats)

Wellington Phoenix have played really well so far, being 4th place in the table. Perth Glory have an outlook both ways from the 7th position.

Insights:
  • Wellington Phoenix is in the best form (4-1-1) in A-League
  • Perth Glory have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Wellington Phoenix form and stats

Wellington Phoenix, who have the most conceded goals (13) at home in A-League, have played 8 A-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A nice win for Wellington Phoenix last time playing, versus Central Coast Mariners. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Zawada and Rufer scoring for the victors. Zawada has scored in three matches in a row. Outstanding! Rufer (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.64/10. Rufer scored one goal and had 41 successful passes (of 45 total).

Before that match, a win away at Brisbane Roar.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Wellington handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

An interesting fact: 11 of the most recent 13 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each side.

Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.

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Perth Glory form and stats

Perth Glory have only collected 3 points from their away games in the A-League, after 1-0-6 (7 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Perth Glory, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Perth Glory won their last game, 3-1 versus Melbourne Victory played at home. Midfielder Bodnar was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.31. Bodnar had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Sydney.

We have checked recent matches where Perth Glory have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were 4 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Perth as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Perth Glory rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Wellington Phoenix have put together a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without losing (4-2-0) when playing Perth Glory.

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties meet on the pitch this campaign, as the statistics show this recent game: Perth Glory - Wellington Phoenix 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Wellington PhoenixO. Zawada
O. Zawada
6 goals
WellingtonB. Kraev
B. Kraev
5 goals
Perth GloryG. Colli
G. Colli
2 goals

Wellington Phoenix missing players

Perth Glory missing players

Wellington Phoenix Perth Glory
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 8 3 Played P 3 7 13
5 3 2 Won W 1 1 5
5 3 1 Drew D 0 0 2
3 2 0 Lost L 2 6 6
22 16 8 Scored S 2 4 15
19 13 3 Conceded C 6 13 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 77%
62% 75% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 62%
54% 62% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 23%
15% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
85% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 62%
15% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 57% 31%
 
5.3 6.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.9 5.4
3.7 3.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 6.3 5.8
2.5 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.3 2.4
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.5 13.5 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 8.7 10.4
5.1 5.2 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.6 3.8
33% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 22% 30%
 
12.3 13.1 13 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 12.3 12.2
5.2 5.6 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.9
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • All of Wellington Phoenix's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Perth Glory have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Perth Glory have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Perth Glory haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wellington Phoenix have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wellington Phoenix have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Perth Glory have scored away.
  • Wellington Phoenix have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals (13) at home in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Wellington Phoenix haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wellington Phoenix is in the best form (4-1-1) in A-League

  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 12 8 3 1 24 8 5 4 1 0 13 3 7 4 2 1 11 5 16 27
2 Central Coast Mariners 13 7 1 5 27 17 8 5 0 3 19 11 5 2 1 2 8 6 10 22
3 Western Sydney Wanderers 13 5 5 3 14 10 6 3 2 1 9 5 7 2 3 2 5 5 4 20
4 Wellington Phoenix 13 5 5 3 22 19 8 3 3 2 16 13 5 2 2 1 6 6 3 20
5 Adelaide United 13 5 4 4 18 18 6 4 1 1 9 3 7 1 3 3 9 15 0 19
6 Macarthur 13 5 2 6 16 18 6 3 0 3 8 6 7 2 2 3 8 12 -2 17
7 Perth Glory 13 5 2 6 15 19 6 4 2 0 11 6 7 1 0 6 4 13 -4 17
8 Brisbane Roar 13 3 7 3 10 10 8 1 5 2 5 6 5 2 2 1 5 4 0 16
9 Western United 13 4 3 6 16 24 8 3 3 2 9 10 5 1 0 4 7 14 -8 15
10 Sydney 13 4 2 7 18 22 6 1 1 4 6 11 7 3 1 3 12 11 -4 14
11 Newcastle Jets 13 4 2 7 11 21 6 2 1 3 7 8 7 2 1 4 4 13 -10 14
12 Melbourne Victory 12 3 2 7 11 16 4 1 0 3 4 4 8 2 2 4 7 12 -5 11

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.