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Wellington Phoenix will be the visitors at Coopers Stadium on Friday for the A-League meeting with hosts Adelaide United.
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Full-Time Result Prediction
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Adelaide United to Win
📊 Form Guide
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Adelaide United
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Adelaide United will be hoping to bounce back here after the 4-1 A-League loss in their previous game against Perth Glory.
The only player to score from Adelaide United was Ben Folami (24'). Adam Taggart (11'), Trent Ostler (19') and Jayden Pearman (73', 80') scored for Perth Glory.
Adelaide United haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.
They have hit an aggregate of 15 during that time while also conceding a total of 22. Previous results aside, time will tell if such a trend shall persist in this game.
Coming into this clash, Adelaide United are without a home win in the past 4 matches in the league. Things will have to change soon.
Wellington Phoenix
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After tasting defeat last time out to Melbourne Victory in A-League competition, Wellington Phoenix will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that match, Wellington Phoenix had 45% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 2 on target. For Wellington Phoenix, the scorers were Corban Piper (10') and Paulo Retre (75'). At the other end, Melbourne Victory got 22 attempts at goal with 10 on target. Nishan Velupillay (4'), Zinédine Machach (45') and Nikos Vergos (50') scored for Melbourne Victory.
Wellington Phoenix have been dangerous up front leading up to this encounter, scoring 8 goals in their last 6 matches. While their manager Giancarlo Italiano will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Wellington Phoenix can also improve defensively after being scored against in 6 of those same outings.
Leading up to this clash, Wellington Phoenix:
- have not emerged victorious against Adelaide United in away games against them for the last 4 league matches. They really have not been travelling well at all.
- are unbeaten in their previous 2 away league matches.
👥 Head to head
Inspecting their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 17/12/2022 shows us that Adelaide United have won 3 of them & Wellington Phoenix 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.
There were also goals galore in those games, with 24 overall at an average of 4 goals per meeting.
The previous league contest featuring the two was A-League match day 13 on 11/01/2025 when it ended Wellington Phoenix 1-2 Adelaide United.
In that game, Wellington Phoenix managed 50% possession and 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The goals were scored by Matthew Sheridan (7' Own goal) and Corban Piper (50').
At the other end, Adelaide United got 20 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Luka Jovanović (75') scored.
The referee was Alex King.
🗞️ Team News: Adelaide United
Bailey O'Neil (unknown injury) and Panashe Madanha (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing for Adelaide United gaffer Carl Veart.
📋 Team News: Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix manager Giancarlo Italiano has not got a full squad to pick from. Paulo Retre (Hamstring injury), Alby Kelly-Heald (Broken shoulder), Stefan Colakovski (Cruciate ligament tear) and Chico Geraldes (Meniscus tear) will not be playing here.
🔮 Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that Wellington Phoenix are likely to find the net against this Adelaide United lineup, although it probably won’t quite be as many as they’ll concede.
We are anticipating a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Adelaide United after 90 minutes. Definitely a tough call.
Victor Martins, 09:10 18/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?
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Correct Score Prediction
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2-1
⚽️ Team Focus:
Adelaide United
Formed: 2003
Stadium: Coopers Stadium (16,500)
Captain: Ryan Kitto
Chairman: Nathan Kosmina
Manager: Carl Veart
Competitions: A-League position 7
⭐ Star Player: Stefan Mauk
Customarily used in the Centre Midfield position, Stefan Mauk was born in Bedford Park, Australia. After having made a senior debut playing for Melbourne City in the 2012 - 2013 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has contributed 7 league goals in this A-League 2024 - 2025 season so far in a total of 23 appearances.
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23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 47 | DDWDD |
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23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 43 | WLWWW |
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24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 41 | WWWLL |
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23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 39 | WWDDW |
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23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 39 | DWLWW |
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23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 34 | WDLWD |
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23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 33 | DLLLL |
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23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 32 | LLWDW |
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23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 29 | WLDLW |
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24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | -21 | 25 | LDWLL |
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23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 24 | LDDWL |
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23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | -21 | 14 | WLLLW |
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24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | -35 | 14 | LLLLW |
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| Goals scored | 2 |
| Goals conceded | 2.1 |
| Time first goal scored | 37 |
| Time first goal conceded | 36 |
| Yellow cards | 0.8 |
| Red cards | 0 |
| Subs used | 4.1 |
| Biggest victory | 3-2 |
| Biggest defeat | 5-4 |
| Goals scored | 1.3 |
| Goals conceded | 2 |
| Time first goal scored | 51 |
| Time first goal conceded | 24 |
| Yellow cards | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 |
| Subs used | 4 |
| Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| Biggest defeat | 6-1 |
| Archie Goodwin | 13 |
| Stefan Mauk | 8 |
| Zach Clough | 7 |
| Luka Jovanović | 4 |
| Dylan Pierias | 3 |
| Kosta Barbarouses | 9 |
| Corban Piper | 3 |
| Hideki Ishige | 2 |
| Kazuki Nagasawa | 2 |
| Paulo Retre | 2 |
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