Wellington Phoenix hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 10th position in the A-League table. Visiting Western United holds 7th place with 20 pts.
- Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Western United have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in A-League
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
Wellington Phoenix's results here at WIN Stadium in the A-League have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. Wellington Phoenix are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at WIN Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
Wellington's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Melbourne City (placed 2nd). Ahead of that match, Wellington Phoenix lost 0-1 at home to Macarthur.
Oliver Sail had a busy but productive day in the Melbourne City match. Despite making eight saves the loss could not be prevented.
This is expected to be a close game, with Wellington Phoenix perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Wellington Phoenix as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Wellington Phoenix has won nine of these, drawn three and lost three.
A decent goal production from Wellington in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.
Western United form and stats
Western United have only collected 6 points from their away games in the A-League, after 2-0-4 (6 played).
Western play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Newcastle Jets (placed 11th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Melbourne City.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Western United playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were six Western United wins, one draw and one defeat.
Western are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. The Western manager M. Rudan has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (Wellington wins - draws - Western United wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  U. Dávila Plascencia 6 goals |   B. Berisha 6 goals |  D. Pierias 5 goals |
Wellington Phoenix missing players
Western United missing players
| Wellington Phoenix | Western United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 23 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 21 |
| 24 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 93% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 62% |
| 60% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 54% |
| 27% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 31% |
| 20% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 31% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 54% |
| 13% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 31% |
| 20% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | 16.9 | 18.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 11.2 | 11.9 |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 36% | 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | 30% |
- Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wellington Phoenix haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Western United have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in A-League
- Western United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | Macarthur | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 25 |
| 5 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Sydney | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Western United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -3 | 17 |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 11 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -21 | 8 |