Western Sydney Wanderers - Wellington Phoenix in A-League: Stats, squad info, results, trends and headlines. Check out our comprehensive preview!
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals (46) in A-League
This has all the signs of an engaging match with lots of action and energy as both squads are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Western Sydney Wanderers have collected 17 points from their A-League home games so far after 4-5-3.
Western Sydney Wanderers shared the glory with Perth Glory in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The hometeam coach Rudan made a successful contribution in the game against Perth Glory, bringing on Ogawa who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Troisi (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Troisi hit six key passes and had 92 successful passes (of 107 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Wellington Phoenix.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Western Sydney Wanderers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won two times, drawn three and lost two.
There will be little rest for Wanderers after this match as they are travelling to Macarthur for a A-League game in only three days.
The Western Sydney Wanderers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 12 matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
There's been little loot from Wellington Phoenix's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the A-League. Wellington Phoenix only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.
Two away games in a row for Wellington, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Melbourne Victory. Wellington Phoenix goalie Sail was happy for a great day against Melbourne Victory, but even with pulling off six saves the defeat could not be avoided. Midfielder Sandoval was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.32. Sandoval scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 22 successful passes (of 26 total).
Before that, Wellington Phoenix secured a home win against Western Sydney Wanderers with the score 1-0.Wellington Phoenix are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, six draws and ten defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The A-League trip to Melbourne City.
Wellington find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Wellington Phoenix have conceded 26 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Wellington Phoenix - Wanderers 1-0 was the outcome when these two squads formerly met, some time ago this season. Western Sydney Wanderers-Wellington Phoenix H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Western Sydney Wanderers three wins, Wellington Phoenix six wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Sotirio 6 goals |  W. Sandoval Contreras 6 goals |   T. Hemed 5 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 31 |
| 35 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 10 | 26 | 46 |
| 92% | 83% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 91% | 88% |
| 42% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 82% | 71% |
| 33% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 55% | 42% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 50% | 42% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 45% | 50% |
| 25% | 42% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 18% | 21% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | 29% |
| 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.7 | 15.3 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.5 | 13.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 28% | 25% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 26% | 29% |
| 11.4 | 9.1 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 19.2 | 18.2 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6.8 | 6 |
- Wellington Phoenix have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wellington Phoenix have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the fewest points from losing position (0) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals (46) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals in the second half (36) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) 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 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 45 |
| 3 | Western United | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 44 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 40 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 36 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -15 | 36 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -6 | 32 |
| 8 | Sydney | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 31 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 26 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 23 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 25 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -25 | 15 |
