There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the A-League table so far. Here's the Wellington Phoenix - Perth Glory latest:
- Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Perth Glory have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in A-League
The hosts Wellington saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the A-League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Western Sydney Wanderers.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
Wellington Phoenix have collected 17 points from their A-League home games so far after 5-2-5. It’s been three wins in a row for Wellington here at McLennan Park 1, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Wellington enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Western Sydney Wanderers's place. The match ended 2-1 with David Ball and Tomer Hemed scoring. Midfield player Clayton Rhys Lewis got a match rating of 8.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Lewis served one assist, hit three key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 43 total).
Before that, Wellington had a home game versus Western United which ended with a victory 3-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Wellington handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, zero draws and two defeats.
A decent goal production from Wellington in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 12 league matches. Wellington's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Perth Glory form and stats
There's been little loot from Perth Glory's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the A-League. Perth Glory, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in A-League, only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.
Perth delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Macarthur (placed 6th) in their previous match; a A-League game. The attacker Diego Castro got a match rating of 7.75 in that game. Castro scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 5 of 9 times and had 38 successful passes (of 46 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Adelaide United.We have checked recent matches where Perth Glory have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, three draws and two defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Perth manager R. García as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Brisbane Roar.
Perth are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Perth have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Perth Glory - Wellington 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Wellington victories, one draw and five Perth Glory wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Fornaroli Mezza 11 goals |   T. Hemed 9 goals |  U. Dávila Plascencia 7 goals |
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| Wellington Phoenix | Perth Glory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 39 | 22 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 13 | 40 |
| 32 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 21 | 39 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 88% | 92% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 91% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 70% | 74% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 35% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 13% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 74% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 21% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 22% |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | 6.3 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16.1 | 17.2 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 12.7 | 13.3 |
| 4.7 | 5.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 35% | 33% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 36% |
- Perth Glory have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Perth Glory have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in A-League
- Perth Glory have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in A-League
- Perth Glory haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Melbourne City | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 55 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 26 | 48 |
| 2 | Sydney | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 41 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 39 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 1 | 38 |
| 5 | Brisbane Roar | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 37 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 36 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 34 |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 32 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | Western United | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -9 | 28 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 58 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 29 | -34 | 15 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -17 | 14 |