Wellington Phoenix vs Western Sydney Wanderers Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Wellington Phoenix

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Wellington Phoenix will be looking for an improved result here following the 0-2 A-League defeat last time out to Central Coast Mariners.

Matt Simon (40') and Oliver Bozanić (50') scored for Central Coast Mariners.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Wellington Phoenix haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that The Nix have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 10 goals in the process.

Western Sydney Wanderers

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Western Sydney Wanderers will come into the encounter following a 2-0 A-League win to defeat Melbourne Victory in their previous game.

For Western Sydney Wanderers, the goalscorers were Graham Dorrans (72') and Kwame Yeboah (88').

Over the course of their previous 6 outings, Western Sydney Wanderers have bagged the sum of 9 goals. The Wanderers have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. During that period, they’ve had 5 goals scored by their opponents. Nonetheless, time will tell whether that trend will persist here in this match.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 03/11/2018 shows us that Wellington Phoenix have won 4 of these games & Western Sydney Wanderers 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.

18 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 10 for The Nix and 8 belonging to The Wanderers. The average goals per game has been 3.

The last league encounter between the two was A-League match day 29 on 31/07/2020 when it ended Western Sydney Wanderers 1-0 Wellington Phoenix.

The referee was Kurt Ams.

📋 Team News: Wellington Phoenix

Wellington Phoenix boss Ufuk Talay will be thankful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this match with a completely healthy squad available for selection.

🗞️ Team News: Western Sydney Wanderers

Owing to a completely injury-free squad to choose from, Western Sydney Wanderers manager Carl Robinson doesn’t have any fitness worries at all before this match.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Western Sydney Wanderers and Wellington Phoenix should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.

It appears that a draw might be on the cards. That is why we are leaning toward a very close game with a 1-1 draw when the full-time whistle blows.

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

Peter Guest, 00:19 17/02/2021