Western United perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Wellington Phoenix can look both up and down from their 6th position.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Western United form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the A-League this season. Western United, who have the most conceded goals (11) at home in A-League, have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at Morshead Park Stadium.
The Western United fans got no joy from their last match, a A-League game also here at Morshead Park Stadium: A 1-3 defeat against Wellington Phoenix (placed 6th). 1-1 away at Western Sydney Wanderers before that.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Western United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 0 Lost 1.
Western United has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Western United have conceded 11 from these games.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
Playing away, Wellington Phoenix have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the A-League this season.
Wellington Phoenix play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Western United (placed 3rd). A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Sydney.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Wellington Phoenix in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Wellington Phoenix, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Wellington Phoenix's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. Wellington Phoenix have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Western United - Wellington Phoenix 1-3, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Western United 1 win, 0 draws and Wellington Phoenix 1 victory. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.Western United missing players
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| Western United | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 15 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 91% |
| 75% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 82% |
| 42% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 73% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 27% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 9% |
| 58% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 82% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 9% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 6.2 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 163 | 114 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 94 | 150 |
| 52 | 31 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 35 | 56 |
| 29% | 26% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 29% |
- Western United has the most conceded goals (11) at home
- Western United has the most points from losing position (10)
- Western United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Western United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Sydney | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 25 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Western United | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Perth Glory | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 8 | Melbourne Victory | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 9 | Central Coast Mariners | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 9 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 9 |