Perth Glory vs Wellington Phoenix Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Perth Glory

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Perth Glory will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 1-0 A-League defeat last time out to Melbourne City.

In that match, Perth Glory managed 31% possession and 6 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. On the other side, Melbourne City got 23 shots on goal with 7 on target. Nathaniel Atkinson (88') scored for Melbourne City.

It’s been seldom in recent times that Perth Glory haven’t conceded. In fact, Perth Glory have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 6 goals in the process. We will have to find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

Wellington Phoenix

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After being beaten in their last game against Adelaide United in A-League competition, Wellington Phoenix will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Wellington Phoenix managed 46% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Adelaide United got 23 attempts on goal with 11 of them on target. George Blackwood (7'), Craig Goodwin (54', 69') and Javi López (80') scored for Adelaide United.

The stats tell the story, and Wellington Phoenix have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 14 goals in total. In defence, Wellington Phoenix could really do with shoring things up.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 07/02/2020 tells us that Perth Glory have won 2 of these games & Wellington Phoenix 3, with the number of drawn results being 1.

In all, 21 goals were produced between them in this period, with 9 of them from Glory and 12 being from The Nix. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.5.

The last league meeting between the two was A-League match day 23 on 30/05/2021 when it ended Wellington Phoenix 2-2 Perth Glory.

In that game, Wellington Phoenix had 49% possession and 24 shots at goal with 5 on target. Goals were scored by Tomer Hemed (24') and Jaushua Sotirio (80').

On the other side, Perth Glory had 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Bruno Fornaroli (61') and Callum Timmins (74') scored.

The match was refereed by Alex King.

🗞️ Team News: Perth Glory

The Perth Glory manager Richard Garcia will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns at all before this game with a completely injury-free group to pick from.

ℹ️ Team News: Wellington Phoenix

Thanks to a largely healthy squad, there’s just the one fitness problem for the Wellington Phoenix gaffer Ufuk Talay to contend with. Oliver Sail (Hip Injury) won’t be in action.

💡 Prediction

We feel that Wellington Phoenix will manage to score against this Perth Glory lineup, however that might not be as many as they’ll concede.

We are anticipating a close game with a 2-1 advantage for Perth Glory at the end of this one. We are expecting it to be pretty even.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 01:04 11/01/2022