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Adelaide United vs Wellington Phoenix Live Stream, Predictions
Wellington Phoenix head to Coopers Stadium on Friday for the A-League showdown with home side Adelaide United.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Adelaide United v Wellington Phoenix match are shown here including the latest game odds.
📏 Form Guide
Adelaide United
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Adelaide United will be looking for another win after the 2-4 A-League victory over Newcastle United Jets.
In that game, Adelaide United had 47% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Adelaide United, the goalscorers were Craig Goodwin (12'), Zach Clough (14'), Luka Jovanovic (44') and Nestor Irankunda (65'). Newcastle United Jets had 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. Jason Hoffman (16') and Angus Thurgate (45') scored for Newcastle United Jets.
Adelaide United have been offensively very strong in recent times, hitting 18 goals past their opponents during the course of their last six matches. In those games, Adelaide United have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 12. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, though.
Pre-game facts show that Adelaide United:
- have not beaten Wellington Phoenix in their last 3 matches in the league.
- are undefeated in their previous 6 home league matches.
Wellington Phoenix
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Wellington Phoenix will go into this encounter following a 1-0 A-League win vs Sydney FC in their previous game.
In that game, Wellington Phoenix managed 39% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Wellington Phoenix was Oskar Zawada (21'). For their opponents, Sydney FC got 18 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.
Over the course of their last six outings, Wellington Phoenix have helped themselves to a tally of 9 goals. Wellington Phoenix have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. Over that period, they have had 7 goals go against them.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Wellington Phoenix:
- have not registered a win against Adelaide United in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.
- are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
↔️ Head to head
An examination of their prior head to head meetings dating back to 25/04/2021 shows that Adelaide United have won 1 of these games and Wellington Phoenix 2, with the number of draws being 3.
In all, 15 goals were produced between them in these games, with 8 of them for The Reds and 7 being from The Nix. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.
The previous league fixture between these sides was A-League match day 8 on 17/12/2022 when the final score was Wellington Phoenix 3-1 Adelaide United.
On that day, Wellington Phoenix had 53% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 8 on target. The scorers were Oskar Zawada (2'), Bozhidar Kraev (37') and Yan Sasse (61').
Adelaide United had 5 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Craig Goodwin (12') was the scorer.
The referee was Jonathan Barreiro.
📰 Team News: Adelaide United
Juande Prados (Fractured Leg) and Joshua Cavallo (Achilles tendon surgery) will not be taking part for Adelaide United boss Carl Veart. Ben Halloran will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.
📰 Team News: Wellington Phoenix
Owing to a completely injury-free group available to choose from, the Wellington Phoenix manager Ufuk Talay doesn’t have any fitness concerns to report ahead of this game.
💭 Prediction
We envisage that Adelaide United are likely to be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.
At the same time, Wellington Phoenix won’t find it easy to get shooting opportunities but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be being dangerous at times.
We therefore think that it’s going to be a comfortable 3-1 victory for Adelaide United at the end of the 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 00:43 13/03/2023

🏟️ Team Focus:
Adelaide United
Formed: 2003
Stadium: Coopers Stadium (16,500)
Captain: Craig Goodwin
Chairman: Piet van der Pol
Manager: Carl Veart
Competitions: A-League position 2
🔑 Star Player: Nestor Irankunda
Normally deployed in the Left Wing position, Nestor Irankunda was born in Australia. Having made his senior debut playing for Adelaide United in the 2021 - 2022 season, the talented Forward has bagged 4 league goals in this A-League 2022 - 2023 season so far coming from a total of 13 appearances.
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19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 40 | WLWLW |
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20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 34 | WDDWW |
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20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 31 | WDDLW |
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20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 31 | LDWWL |
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20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 31 | LWDWW |
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20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 27 | WDLWL |
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20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 25 | LLWWW |
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20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 24 | WWLLL |
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20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 24 | WLLWL |
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20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 23 | LDLLW |
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20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -7 | 20 | LDWLL |
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19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 18 | LWDLL |
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Goals scored | 2.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 28 |
Time first goal conceded | 33 |
Yellow cards | 2.8 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.6 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 1-0 |
Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 39 |
Time first goal conceded | 20 |
Yellow cards | 2.9 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 3.9 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Craig Goodwin | 9 |
Hiroshi Ibusuki | 5 |
Nestor Irankunda | 4 |
Ryan Kitto | 4 |
Zach Clough | 3 |
Oskar Zawada | 12 |
Bozhidar Kraev | 7 |
Ben Waine | 3 |
Kosta Barbarouses | 2 |
Yan Sasse | 2 |
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