Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Avondale Heights & Wellington Phoenix face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ffa Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Wellington Phoenix played their last game only four days ago, a A-League match. That game, against Newcastle Jets, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Wellington Phoenix.
Avondale Heights form and stats
Avondale Heights participated in Ffa Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.23 points is a decent return from 10 Npl Victoria games here at ABD Stadium Broadmeadows Valley Park - Pitch 3 for Avondale Heights. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Avondale has a nice streak going on as they have played 15 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Green Gully defeat 276 days ago.
The Avondale supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host St. Albans Saints in Npl Victoria and win 2-1.
In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Eastern Lions.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (20 in 10 games), Avondale's attacking play is working. 10 goals have been conceded.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
Wellington was sent out of Ffa Cup in the 16th finals last season.The A-League season is young and Wellington Phoenix have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Wellington are looking to quickly end their 207 minutes long goal drought in the A-League.
Two away games in a row for Wellington, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Newcastle Jets in the A-League. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Newcastle Jets was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Midfield player Alex Rufer was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Rufer hit two key passes and had 45 successful passes (of 54 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Western United at their stadium, the result 1-0.1 goal so far away for Wellington Phoenix, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Valentini 14 goals | L. Boland 6 goals | Y. Ahmed 5 goals |
Avondale Heights missing players
Wellington Phoenix missing players
| Avondale Heights | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 67 | 38 | Scored | S | 18 | 42 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.6 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 15.5 | ||
| 6.5 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 41% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.2 | 16.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Avondale Heights | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 41 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 34 |
| 3 | Bentleigh Greens | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Hume City | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 31 |
| 5 | Dandenong Thunder | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Heidelberg United | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 27 |
| 7 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 8 | Melbourne Knights | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | South Melbourne | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | Green Gully | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Eastern Lions | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -16 | 15 |
| 12 | Altona Magic | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -13 | 14 |
| 13 | Dandenong City | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -16 | 14 |
| 14 | St. Albans Saints | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -29 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Macarthur | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Western United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Newcastle Jets | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 9 | Adelaide United | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Sydney | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |