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Melbourne City
Melbourne City
Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix
2024-03-09 08:00:00
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Melbourne City vs Wellington Phoenix Live Stream, Predictions

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Full-Time Result Prediction
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Melbourne City to Win

Melbourne City line up against away side Wellington Phoenix at AAMI Park in the A-League game on Saturday.

Our Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below (including the best match odds).

Over/Under 2.5 Goals Prediction
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Over 2.5

📏 Form Guide

Melbourne City
Melbourne City
WLLDDL

Melbourne City will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 2-0 A-League defeat last time out to Macarthur FC.

In that game, Melbourne City managed 56% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. At the other end, Macarthur FC had 11 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Bernardo Oliveira (47', 57') scored for Macarthur FC.

Aurelio Vidmar's Melbourne City have found the net a sum total of 5 times in their past six outings. The corresponding number of goals that have been scored against them in those fixtures stands at 12.

Coming into this contest, Melbourne City are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix
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Wellington Phoenix will go into this match following a 3-2 A-League win as they beat Adelaide United in their previous game.

In that game, Wellington Phoenix managed 50% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Wellington Phoenix, the goalscorers were Ben Old (34', 78') and Oskar van Hattum (69'). Adelaide United got 23 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Luka Jovanović (60') and Hiroshi Ibusuki (94') scored for Adelaide United.

A run of hard-working displays by the Wellington Phoenix defenders has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their past 6 outings in total. During the same period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 8.

Leading up to this clash, Wellington Phoenix:

  • are winless against Melbourne City in away games against them for the last 13 league games. Terrible.
  • have not been beaten in their last 6 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 02/04/2022 shows us that Melbourne City have won 4 of these games and Wellington Phoenix 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 23 in total at an average of 3.83 goals per meeting.

The previous league game between the two was A-League match day 5 on 25/11/2023 and the score finished Wellington Phoenix 1-0 Melbourne City.

That day, Wellington Phoenix had 45% possession and 8 shots on goal with 6 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Bozhidar Kraev (48').

Melbourne City had 21 attempts at goal with 6 on target.

The match was refereed by Lachlan Keevers.

📰 Team News: Melbourne City

Benjamin Mazzeo (Syndesmosis ligament tear), James Nieuwenhuizen (Hamstring injury), Scott Galloway (Calf injury), Arion Sulemani (Cruciate ligament tear) and Marco Tilio (Hamstring injury) won’t be available for Melbourne City manager Aurelio Vidmar.

In all likelihood, City may well line up in a 4-3-3 system, handing starts to Jamie Young, Callum Talbot, Nuno Reis, Samuel Souprayen, Vicente Fernandez, James Jeggo, Tolgay Arslan, S. Peter Ugarkovic, Leo Natel, Max Caputo and Marin Jakolis.

ℹ️ Team News: Wellington Phoenix

Out of a mainly full-strength squad, there is only the sole fitness issue for the Wellington Phoenix gaffer Giancarlo Italiano to be concerned about. Oskar Zawada (unknown injury) misses out for this game.

We are inclined to think that The Nix appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-3-2-1 system, going with Alex Paulsen, Tim Payne, Finn Surman, Scott Wootton, Lukas Kelly-Heald, Youstin Salas, Alex Rufer, Benjamin Old, Kosta Barbarouses, Bozhidar Kraev and David Ball.

🧠 Prediction

It’s pretty clear that Wellington Phoenix won’t find it easy at all to score against a Melbourne City side who seem set to do really well if they play to their full potential.

We’re tipping a very comprehensive 3-0 margin for Melbourne City when all is said and done.

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

Lucas Pereira, 07:09 09/03/2024

Correct Score Prediction
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3-0
Wellington Phoenix 2023-11-25 03:30:00 1 - 0 Melbourne City
Melbourne City 2023-04-10 06:00:00 4 - 1 Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix 2023-01-02 02:00:00 1 - 3 Melbourne City
Melbourne City 2022-10-30 06:00:00 2 - 2 Wellington Phoenix
Melbourne City 2022-05-09 09:05:00 2 - 1 Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix 2022-04-02 05:35:00 0 - 6 Melbourne City
Pos Team Pld W D L +/- Pts Form
1
Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix Wellington
20 11 7 2 12 40 DWWDW
2
Central Coast Mariners
Central Coast Mariners Mariners
20 11 4 5 13 37 DLWWW
3
Macarthur FC
Macarthur FC Macarthur
20 8 8 4 4 32 WWLDW
4
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory Victory
20 7 10 3 9 31 LDWLL
5
Sydney FC
Sydney FC Sydney FC
19 9 3 7 6 30 DWWDW
6
Western Sydney Wanderers
Western Sydney Wanderers WS Wanderers
20 8 4 8 2 28 DLWLL
7
Brisbane Roar
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar
20 7 4 9 -9 25 DWLDW
8
Melbourne City
Melbourne City Melb City
19 6 5 8 -4 23 LLDDL
9
Perth Glory
Perth Glory Perth Glory
19 5 5 9 -4 20 WDWDL
10
Adelaide United
Adelaide United Adelaide Utd
19 5 4 10 -4 19 LDLLL
11
Newcastle United Jets
Newcastle United Jets NU Jets
20 4 7 9 -9 19 DDLDL
12
Western United
Western United Western Utd
20 5 3 12 -16 18 WLDWW
Melbourne City 2024-03-12 08:00:00 7 - 0 Western Sydney Wanderers
Melbourne City 2024-03-09 08:00:00 1 - 0 Wellington Phoenix
Macarthur FC 2024-03-01 08:45:00 2 - 0 Melbourne City
Sydney FC 2024-02-24 06:30:00 1 - 1 Melbourne City
Melbourne City 2024-02-17 08:45:00 0 - 0 Melbourne Victory
Brisbane Roar 2024-02-10 07:00:00 5 - 1 Melbourne City
Wellington Phoenix 2024-03-16 04:30:00 2 - 1 Sydney FC
Melbourne City 2024-03-09 08:00:00 1 - 0 Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix 2024-03-03 04:00:00 3 - 2 Adelaide United
Perth Glory 2024-02-24 10:45:00 0 - 0 Wellington Phoenix
Macarthur FC 2024-02-18 06:00:00 1 - 2 Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix 2024-02-10 04:30:00 2 - 0 Western United
Melbourne City 2024-02-17 00:00:00 0 - 0 Melbourne Victory
Melbourne City 2024-01-25 00:00:00 1 - 0 Adelaide United
Melbourne City 2024-01-12 00:00:00 0 - 1 Western Sydney Wanderers
Melbourne City 2023-12-28 00:00:00 8 - 1 Brisbane Roar
Melbourne City 2023-12-23 00:00:00 0 - 0 Melbourne Victory
Melbourne City 2023-12-17 00:00:00 3 - 3 Central Coast Mariners
Perth Glory 2024-02-24 00:00:00 0 - 0 Wellington Phoenix
Macarthur FC 2024-02-18 00:00:00 1 - 2 Wellington Phoenix
Brisbane Roar 2024-02-02 00:00:00 1 - 1 Wellington Phoenix
Newcastle United Jets 2024-01-27 00:00:00 1 - 2 Wellington Phoenix
Perth Glory 2024-01-14 00:00:00 3 - 4 Wellington Phoenix
Adelaide United 2024-01-04 00:00:00 2 - 2 Wellington Phoenix
Goals scored 2
Goals conceded 1.1
Time first goal scored 30
Time first goal conceded 52
Yellow cards 2.1
Red cards 0
Subs used 3.4
Biggest victory 8-1
Biggest defeat 2-1
Goals scored 1.5
Goals conceded 1.1
Time first goal scored 41
Time first goal conceded 44
Yellow cards 2.5
Red cards 0
Subs used 3.4
Biggest victory 3-0
Biggest defeat 3-1
Jamie Maclaren 8
Tolgay Arslan 7
Terry Antonis 5
Léo Natel 3
Benjamin Mazzeo 2
Kosta Barbarouses 11
Bozhidar Kraev 5
Oskar Zawada 5
Ben Old 4
Alex Rufer 3
Melbourne City 2024-03-30 06:30:00 Newcastle United Jets
Central Coast Mariners 2024-04-02 08:00:00 Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory 2024-04-06 08:45:00 Melbourne City
Melbourne City 2024-04-14 05:00:00 Perth Glory
Western Sydney Wanderers 2024-04-20 00:00:00 Melbourne City
Melbourne City 2024-04-28 00:00:00 Western United
Wellington Phoenix 2024-03-31 00:00:00 Brisbane Roar
Central Coast Mariners 2024-04-06 06:30:00 Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix 2024-04-12 07:00:00 Melbourne Victory
Newcastle United Jets 2024-04-19 09:45:00 Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix 2024-04-27 00:00:00 Macarthur FC

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