National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Melbourne Victory or Wellington Phoenix that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are active days for the hosts, as they were in action only four days ago in the A-League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sydney, was also a home game here at GMHBA Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Melbourne Victory participated in Ffa Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Melbourne Victory so far this season.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Melbourne Victory, who played 2-2 against Sydney. That match was also played at this venue (GMHBA Stadium). Folami (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.45/10. Folami scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 9 of 14 times and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).
In the match before that, Melbourne Victory hosted Adelaide United and drew the A-League game 1-1.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 Melbourne Victory have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won zero times, drawn two and lost four.
Melbourne have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at GMHBA Stadium with 9 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Melbourne Victory have conceded 7 goals.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
They also participated in Ffa Cup last season. This ended in the 16th finals.0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Wellington Phoenix playing as the away team in the A-League this season.
Wellington Phoenix won their last game, 2-1 versus Western United played at home.
We have checked recent matches where Wellington Phoenix have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were one victory, six draws and eight defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Wellington Phoenix's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Wellington Phoenix's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 11 goals in 4 travels.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these squads: Melbourne Victory won three, Wellington Phoenix triumphed in two and we saw five draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. D'Agostino 4 goals |   G. Hooper 3 goals |  B. Folami 2 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Wellington Phoenix missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 38 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 39 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 6.8 | 7.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.9 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 15.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 32% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 31% | ||
| 15.5 | 15.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.2 | 16.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 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 | Melbourne Victory | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Macarthur | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Western United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Sydney | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Central Coast Mariners | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 7 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
