Melbourne City vs Wellington Phoenix Live Stream, Predictions
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).
📏 Form Guide
Melbourne City
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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
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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
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20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 40 | DWWDW |
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20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 37 | DLWWW |
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20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 32 | WWLDW |
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20 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 31 | LDWLL |
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19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 30 | DWWDW |
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20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 28 | DLWLL |
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20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 25 | DWLDW |
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19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 23 | LLDDL |
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19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 20 | WDWDL |
10 |
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19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 19 | LDLLL |
11 |
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20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 19 | DDLDL |
12 |
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20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -16 | 18 | WLDWW |
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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 |
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