📊 Form Guide

Wellington Phoenix

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Wellington Phoenix fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 2-1 A-League victory against Sydney FC.

In that game, Wellington Phoenix had 43% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Wellington Phoenix was Kosta Barbarouses (69'). At the other end, Sydney FC had 18 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Róbert Mak (6') and Hayden Matthews (54' Own goal) scored for Sydney FC.

In their last six fixtures, Giancarlo Italiano's Wellington Phoenix have found the net a combined total of 9 times resulting in an average number of goals per match of 1.5.

Leading up to this clash, Wellington Phoenix:

• have not lost a league tie with Brisbane Roar in their previous 5 games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 6 league matches at home.

Brisbane Roar

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Macarthur FC in A-League competition, Brisbane Roar will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Brisbane Roar had 58% possession and 22 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Brisbane Roar was Florin Bérenguer (14'). For their opponents, Macarthur FC had 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Tomislav Uskok (26') and Raphael Borges Rodrigues (42') scored for Macarthur FC.

The numbers tell their own story, and Brisbane Roar have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 11 goals in all. In defence, Brisbane Roar have clearly had some problems. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, though.

Their prior results show that Brisbane Roar:

• have not emerged victorious against Wellington Phoenix when having played them away from home in the previous 9 league matches. A very poor set of away results, indeed.
• are without an away win for the past 6 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 12/03/2022 shows us that Wellington Phoenix have won 3 of them and Brisbane Roar 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 2.

20 goals were produced between them in these games, with 13 of them for The Nix and 7 created by The Roar. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.33.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was A-League match day 15 on 02/02/2024 when it finished Brisbane Roar 1-1 Wellington Phoenix.

On that day, Brisbane Roar had 53% possession and 21 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Corey Brown (94').

Wellington Phoenix got 9 shots on goal with 6 on target. Bozhidar Kraev (51') was the scorer.

The referee was Ben Abraham.

ℹ️ Team News: Wellington Phoenix

Isaac Hughes (Hamstring injury), Tim Payne (Hamstring injury) and Oskar Zawada (Muscle contusion) won’t be able to feature for Wellington Phoenix boss Giancarlo Italiano.

ℹ️ Team News: Brisbane Roar

Brisbane Roar boss Ruben Zadkovich has to choose a team with limited availability. Scott Neville (Cruciate ligament tear) and Joe Caletti (Broken ankle) are not able to play.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that Brisbane Roar have the ability to breach the defence of this Wellington Phoenix outfit, however that possibly won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re expecting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for Wellington Phoenix after the 90. Let’s see what eventuates.

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

Andre Moura, 23:03 30/03/2024