📏 Form Guide

Wellington Phoenix

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Wellington Phoenix will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 2-0 A-League losing effort in their last game against Melbourne City.

In that game, Wellington Phoenix had 45% possession and 1 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target. At the other end, Melbourne City got 21 shots at goal with 9 on target. Harry Politidis (7') and Nathaniel Atkinson (83') scored for Melbourne City.

It has been all too rare in recent times that Wellington Phoenix have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Wellington Phoenix have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 11 goals on the way.

Going into this one, Wellington Phoenix haven't been beaten in the league by Adelaide United in their previous 2 matches.

Adelaide United

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Adelaide United will come into the match after a 1-2 A-League win with the defeat of Macarthur FC in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Adelaide United managed 49% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Adelaide United, the scorers were Zach Clough (85') and Luka Jovanović (92'). For their opponents, Macarthur FC got 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Valère Germain (80') scored for Macarthur FC.

Illustrating their fondness for eventful encounters, the back of the net has been hit 23 times in the previous 6 games in which Adelaide United have taken to the field, yielding an average of 3.83 goals each clash. Their opponents have hit 9 from this total. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily follow through into this game, however.

Taking a look at their past results, Adelaide United:

• have not won against Wellington Phoenix when they've played them away from home in the last 6 league games. Not the best of away records.
• are unbeaten in their previous 5 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 09/10/2022, there has been little between the sides with Wellington Phoenix winning 2 of those games, Adelaide United 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 23 in all which averages out at 3.83 goals per meeting.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was A-League match day 19 on 03/03/2024 when it finished Wellington Phoenix 3-2 Adelaide United.

On that occasion, Wellington Phoenix had 50% possession and 15 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The goals were scored by Ben Old (34', 78') and Oskar van Hattum (69').

Adelaide United got 23 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Luka Jovanović (60') and Hiroshi Ibusuki (94') scored.

The match was refereed by Jack Morgan.

📋 Team News: Wellington Phoenix

Marco Rojas (Ankle injury) and Stefan Colakovski (Cruciate ligament tear) will be missing for Wellington Phoenix boss Giancarlo Italiano.

📰 Team News: Adelaide United

Adelaide United manager Carl Veart has a number of players out of action. Bailey O'Neil (unknown injury) and Jordan Elsey (unknown injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Wellington Phoenix should be able to put one past this Adelaide United side, but one goal probably shouldn’t be enough to give them the result that they want.

Therefore, we think that it’s going to be a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 victory for Adelaide United at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 03:03 11/01/2025