Wellington Phoenix vs Western Sydney Wanderers betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 10.December
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: WIN Stadium (23750 seats)

Top-notch Western Sydney Wanderers arrive at Wellington Phoenix after their 1-5-result vs Everton. Check out our full match preview!

Insights:
  • Wellington Phoenix have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in A-League
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have the most clean sheets (4) in A-League

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Wellington Phoenix form and stats

1-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Wellington Phoenix so far this season.

The Wellington Phoenix crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Western United here at WIN Stadium. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Western United) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3. Heartbreak for Wellington Phoenix in their last match as Western United's Diamanti scored the winning goal deep into overtime. The gifted forward Zawada edged out all the other footballers in that fixture and got a match rating of 8.05 out of 10. Zawada scored one goal.

Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Macarthur.

Both teams to score! That has been the case in 6 league matches in a row for this side. Will it happen again?

Goals decide football matches and Wellington are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Wellington Phoenix defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats

Western Sydney Wanderers are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the A-League.

Two away matches in a row for Western Sydney Wanderers, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-5 vs Everton in the Sydney Super Cup.

Prior to that result Wanderers won their away game at Sydney in the A-League. The scoreline was 1-0.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Western Sydney Wanderers has managed {2 goals} and let in 0 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Wellington Phoenix wins - draws - Western Sydney Wanderers wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wellington PhoenixB. Waine
B. Waine
3 goals
WellingtonB. Kraev
B. Kraev
3 goals
Western Sydney WanderersS. Krpić
S. Krpić
2 goals

Wellington Phoenix missing players

Western Sydney Wanderers missing players

Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 4 2 Played P 2 2 6
1 1 1 Won W 2 2 4
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
12 9 5 Scored S 2 2 6
12 7 2 Conceded C 0 0 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
83% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 17%
83% 75% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 17%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 17%
 
4.8 4.5 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2.5 3.5
4.3 4.8 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.5 6
2.2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 4.5 3.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.8 12.5 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 9.8
5.3 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 2.5
38% 45% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 40%
 
12.2 13.5 16.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10 9.3
5 5.2 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 1.5 3.5
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • All of Wellington Phoenix's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Wellington Phoenix have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Wellington Phoenix have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Western Sydney Wanderers have scored away.
  • Wellington Phoenix have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Wellington Phoenix have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix have the most scored goals (9) at home in A-League
  • Wellington Phoenix haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in A-League
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in A-League
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have the most clean sheets (4) in A-League
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have the most matches under the total-line (5) in A-League
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have won all their away games so far.
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Western Sydney Wanderers 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 6 5 1 0 14 4 3 2 1 0 8 3 3 3 0 0 6 1 10 16
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 6 4 1 1 6 4 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 13
3 Adelaide United 6 3 2 1 12 8 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 1 2 1 7 7 4 11
4 Macarthur 6 2 2 2 9 10 2 1 0 1 4 3 4 1 2 1 5 7 -1 8
5 Central Coast Mariners 5 2 1 2 12 9 3 1 0 2 7 7 2 1 1 0 5 2 3 7
6 Sydney 6 2 1 3 11 12 3 0 1 2 4 6 3 2 0 1 7 6 -1 7
7 Melbourne Victory 6 2 1 3 7 8 3 1 0 2 4 3 3 1 1 1 3 5 -1 7
8 Wellington Phoenix 6 1 3 2 12 12 4 1 2 1 9 7 2 0 1 1 3 5 0 6
9 Brisbane Roar 5 1 3 1 4 4 4 1 2 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
10 Newcastle Jets 5 2 0 3 6 10 3 2 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 2 0 6 -4 6
11 Western United 6 1 1 4 10 16 3 0 1 2 4 8 3 1 0 2 6 8 -6 4
12 Perth Glory 5 1 0 4 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 4 4 10 -6 3

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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.