The visiting Wellington Phoenix side should be favourites in this visit to Western Sydney Wanderers, as the away team holds a 13 point advantage from their 23 league games this season.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the A-League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Central Coast Mariners.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Overall A-League stats at home this season for Western Sydney Wanderers are 3-4-3 (wins-draw-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Wanderers.
Wanderers shared the glory with Central Coast Mariners in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sydney that ended 1-1.
The hometeam coach J. Marigny made a successful contribution in the game against Central Coast Mariners, bringing on Simon Cox who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
This is expected to be a close game, with Western Sydney Wanderers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Western Sydney Wanderers as a small favourite), we find nine games. Wanderers has won three of these, drawn four and lost two.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Wanderers, as the A-League home game vs Perth Glory is only four days away.
The Wanderers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. On the other hand, Western Sydney Wanderers have conceded 12 goals.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
As the visiting team in A-League matches, Wellington Phoenix have produced an overall stat of 4-2-5 so far.
Wellington Phoenix's last game was the home draw against Adelaide United (1-1). Prior to that result Wellington won their away game at Perth Glory. The scoreline was 2-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Wellington Phoenix in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Wellington Phoenix, zero draws and zero defeats.
Wellington Phoenix are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 11 away games so far. Wellington Phoenix have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Wellington Phoenix - Western Sydney Wanderers 2-0 played earlier this season. Wanderers-Wellington Phoenix H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Western Sydney Wanderers four wins, Wellington Phoenix four wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  U. Dávila Plascencia 12 goals |   M. Duke 11 goals |  G. Hooper 7 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Wellington Phoenix missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 37 |
| 31 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 28 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 96% |
| 82% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 82% | 83% |
| 45% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 73% | 65% |
| 23% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 45% | 26% |
| 14% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 9% |
| 68% | 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 82% | 70% |
| 14% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 9% | 22% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 18% | 13% |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 306 | 147 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 150 | 293 |
| 88 | 47 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 50 | 104 |
| 32% | 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | 36% |
- Wellington Phoenix has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10)
- Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Sydney | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 27 | 51 |
| 2 | Wellington Phoenix | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 40 |
| 3 | Melbourne City | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 23 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -7 | 31 |
| 7 | Western United | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -12 | 28 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 28 | -30 | 15 |