📊 Form Guide

Wellington Phoenix

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Wellington Phoenix will play in this match following on from a 1-1 A-League draw versus Sydney FC.

In that match, Wellington Phoenix had 28% possession and 4 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. The only player to score for Wellington Phoenix was Kosta Barbarouses (38'). For their opponents, Sydney FC got 21 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Adrian Segecic (7') was the scorer for Sydney FC.

Wellington Phoenix have struggled with their forward play of late. Their sum of goals stands at just 4 against opposing sides over their last six outings. In those games, Wellington Phoenix have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them come to 14.

Going into this encounter, Wellington Phoenix have not won at home in their last 5 league games. Fans are getting restless.

Western Sydney Wanderers

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Western Sydney Wanderers will go into the encounter following on from a 4-2 A-League win over Melbourne Victory in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Western Sydney Wanderers had 44% possession and 21 shots on goal with 9 on target. For Western Sydney Wanderers, goals were scored by Bozhidar Kraev (44'), Brandon Borrello (76'), Nicolas Milanović (87') and Marcus Antonsson (94'). Melbourne Victory got 18 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. Nishan Velupillay (34') and Reno Piscopo (41') scored for Melbourne Victory.

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Western Sydney Wanderers, three or more goals have gone in. The average goals scored per game within that spell is 4.17, with the average number of goals for Western Sydney Wanderers equalling 3. That pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward here, however.

Looking at their past form shows that Western Sydney Wanderers:

• haven't beaten Wellington Phoenix when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league games.
• are undefeated in their last 7 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings going back to 05/05/2022, neither club has come out on top overall with Wellington Phoenix winning 2 of those games, Western Sydney Wanderers 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.

A total of 16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 6 for The Nix and 10 created by The Wanderers. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The last league clash between these clubs was A-League match day 9 on 22/12/2024 when it finished Western Sydney Wanderers 4-1 Wellington Phoenix.

That time, Western Sydney Wanderers managed 54% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 8 on target. The scorers were Zac Sapsford (1'), Bozhidar Kraev (10'), Marcus Antonsson (66') and Dylan Scicluna (94').

Wellington Phoenix had 13 shots at goal with 4 on target. Hideki Ishige (59') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Alex King.

📋 Team News: Wellington Phoenix

Isaac Hughes (Hamstring injury), Paulo Retre (Calf injury), Scott Wootton (Hamstring injury), Alby Kelly-Heald (Broken shoulder) and Stefan Colakovski (Cruciate ligament tear) will be missing for Wellington Phoenix gaffer Giancarlo Italiano.

ℹ️ Team News: Western Sydney Wanderers

Thanks to a largely healthy group, there is only a single fitness issue for the Western Sydney Wanderers boss Alen Stajčić to be concerned about. Dylan Scicluna (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that Wellington Phoenix are likely to score against this Western Sydney Wanderers outfit, although one goal may not be enough.

We’ve gone for a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 win for Western Sydney Wanderers by the conclusion of the game. Should be an interesting one.

Lucas Pereira, 03:10 29/03/2025