Welcome to A-League and Wellington Phoenix - Western United. In this preview you'll find stats, results, analysis, trends and news!
- Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Western United have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in A-League
Wellington Phoenix and Western United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
Overall A-League stats at home this season for Wellington Phoenix are 4-2-5 (wins-draw-losses). The last three games played by Wellington, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
Wellington shared the glory with Melbourne City in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. The attacker Tomer Hemed was "man of the match" for Wellington with a rating of 8.13/10. Hemed scored two goals and hit four key passes.
0-0 away at Adelaide United before that.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 two wins, zero draws and three defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Wellington Phoenix as they are travelling to their away game against Western Sydney Wanderers in the A-League. That match is four days after this one.
The Wellington Phoenix fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Wellington defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Western United form and stats
There's been little loot from Western United's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 11 away games in the A-League. Western United only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw. It's looking increasingly bleak for Western who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Adelaide United was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Western United aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 300 league minutes without a goal. L. Wales was the last player to find the net.
Western might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Sydney proved too strong as Western United slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Whitten Oval. Ryan Scott (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 9.23. Scott stopped the opponent with eleven saves. It's a bit worrying for Western that their goalkeeper Ryan Scott made eleven saves in the Sydney game last time out, but still couldn't prevent the loss.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Perth Glory's place.We have checked recent matches where Western have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were zero victories, one draw and five defeats.
The visiting Western have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Western have conceded 25 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Western United - Wellington 1-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Wellington Phoenix, one draw and one win for Western United. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  U. Dávila Plascencia 7 goals |  T. Hemed 7 goals |   B. Berisha 7 goals |
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| Wellington Phoenix | Western United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| 34 | 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 31 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 25 | 34 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 86% |
| 86% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 64% |
| 59% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 50% |
| 32% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 27% |
| 18% | 27% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 36% | 27% |
| 68% | 73% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 45% |
| 18% | 9% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 32% |
| 23% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 16.3 | 17.1 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11.2 | 11.5 |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 35% | 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | 28% |
- 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.
- Western United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Western United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Western United have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) 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 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 28 | 45 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 36 |
| 3 | Sydney | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 35 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 31 |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Western United | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | -31 | 15 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -16 | 14 |