📊 Form Guide

Wellington Phoenix

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Wellington Phoenix will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 1-0 A-League loss in their previous game against Brisbane Roar.

In that match, Wellington Phoenix managed 44% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Brisbane Roar got 30 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Florin Bérenguer (58') was the scorer for Brisbane Roar.

Fixtures with Wellington Phoenix have usually been lively encounters lately with high scoring being the norm. Over their past half dozen games, the sum of 20 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 9 of these coming from Wellington Phoenix. Nevertheless, we must now wait to see whether that pattern will be replicated in this upcoming match or not.

Looking at their past form shows that Wellington Phoenix:

• have not lost a league tie with Perth Glory in their last 12 games. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.
• are without a home win in the past 7 league matches. Fans are getting restless.

Perth Glory

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After a loss in their previous game against Auckland FC in A-League competition, Perth Glory will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Perth Glory managed 39% possession and 4 attempts at goal with 0 on target. On the other side, Auckland FC had 28 shots on goal with 5 on target. Marlee François (62') was the scorer for Auckland FC.

The numbers tell their own story, and Perth Glory have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 15 goals in total. At the back, Perth Glory have clearly had some problems.

Analysis of their past results shows that Perth Glory:

• have not registered a win against Wellington Phoenix when they've played them away from home in the last 5 matches in the league. Not good.
• are without an away win for the past 7 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 23/12/2022 tells us that Wellington Phoenix have won 3 of these and Perth Glory 0, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

A combined total of 18 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 11 of them from The Nix and 7 being from Glory. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The last league game featuring these clubs was A-League match day 2 on 26/10/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Perth Glory 0-2 Wellington Phoenix.

On that occasion, Perth Glory had 52% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

On the other side, Wellington Phoenix had 8 shots at goal with 2 on target. Scott Wootton (39') and Tim Payne (49') scored.

The referee was Lachlan Keevers.

🗞️ Team News: Wellington Phoenix

Tim Payne (unknown injury), Chico Geraldes (Meniscus tear), Stefan Colakovski (Cruciate ligament tear) and Alby Kelly-Heald (Broken shoulder) will not be taking part for Wellington Phoenix manager Giancarlo Italiano.

It seems likely that The Nix will probably employ a 4-1-4-1 formation and select Josh Oluwayemi, Corban Piper, Isaac Robert Hughes, Scott Wootton, Sam Sutton, Alex Rufer, Luke Brooke-Smith, Kazuki Nagasawa, Lukas Kelly-Heald, Hideki Ishige and Kosta Barbarouses.

🗞️ Team News: Perth Glory

Perth Glory manager David Zdrilic has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Zach Lisolajski (unknown injury), Andriano Lebib (unknown injury), Patrick Wood (unknown injury), Lachlan Wales (unknown injury), Nicholas Pennington (unknown injury) and David Williams (Cruciate ligament tear) are not ready for selection.

We are inclined to think that Glory seem likely to play in a 4-4-2 lineup, settling for Oliver Sail, Takuya Okamoto, Tomislav Mrcela, Kaelan Majekodunmi, Yuto Misao, Nikola Mileusnic, Luke Amos, William Freney, Trent Ostler, Jaylan Pearman and Adam Taggart.

💭 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Perth Glory have it within them to put one past this Wellington Phoenix lineup, although it probably won’t quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re tipping a narrow 2-1 advantage for Wellington Phoenix after the 90. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Lucas Pereira, 04:06 04/05/2025