Wellington Phoenix know they are in for a gruelling visit to Western United and their University of Botswana Stadium. This match preview has all the data you need before the game.
- Western United have the most conceded goals (30) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in A-League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Western United form and stats
Western United have played 9 A-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The Western United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Adelaide United here at University of Botswana Stadium. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Adelaide United) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3. Kilkenny (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.14/10. Kilkenny served one assist and hit two key passes.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Western Sydney Wanderers (0-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Western perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Western United as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Western United has won 6 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.
Western United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. Western's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their A-League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Wellington Phoenix are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Wellington Phoenix lost away at Macarthur (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. It's probably bad news for Wellington that their goalie Sail managed six saves in the Macarthur fixture, but still could not stop a loss. Kraev got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, top player of the team. Kraev scored one goal and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Melbourne Victory's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Wellington Phoenix playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 4 Wellington Phoenix wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored at least once in 14 of this club's last 16 league matches.
Wellington Phoenix find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Wellington rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Wellington Phoenix - Western United 2-3 was the result in these teams' last h2h fixture, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Western United wins - draws - Wellington Phoenix wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Zawada 8 goals |  B. Kraev 6 goals |   A. Prijović 4 goals |
Western United missing players
Wellington Phoenix missing players
| Western United | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 26 |
| 30 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 88% |
| 56% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | 69% |
| 44% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 43% | 56% |
| 25% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 69% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 71% | 88% |
| 19% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.2 | 6.6 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
| 5.7 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 12.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 12.1 | 12.4 |
| 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 30% | 24% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 32% |
| 14.8 | 13.6 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 11.9 | 12.5 |
| 6.2 | 5.6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
- Wellington Phoenix have scored in all their matches so far.
- Wellington Phoenix have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Wellington Phoenix haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Western United have the most conceded goals (30) in A-League
- Western United have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in A-League
- Western United have the the worst goal difference (-10) in A-League
- Western United 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 23 | 34 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Sydney | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | -1 | 23 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 8 | Macarthur | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 21 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 19 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 16 |
| 11 | Western United | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 14 |
