Western United vs Wellington Phoenix Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Western United

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Western United will be hoping for a better result following the 2-1 A-League losing effort in their last game against Adelaide United.

In that match, Western United managed 53% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Western United was Dylan Wenzel-Halls (5'). At the other end, Adelaide United got 18 attempts on goal with 10 on target. Javi López (14') and Ryan Kitto (51') scored for Adelaide United.

In their preceding 6 games, John Aloisi's Western United have hit the back of the net a total of 11 times, with that being an average number of goals per match equal to 1.83.

Wellington Phoenix

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Melbourne City in A-League competition, Wellington Phoenix will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Wellington Phoenix had 50% possession and 5 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Wellington Phoenix, goals were scored by Sam Sutton (3' Own goal) and Ben Waine (54'). Melbourne City had 18 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Jamie Maclaren (10') was the scorer for Melbourne City.

Ufuk Talay's Wellington Phoenix have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 6 times throughout their latest sextet of matches. The total of goals that they have conceded during that period equals 10.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on past results between these clubs going back to 21/02/2020 shows that these fixtures have been pretty painful for Western United. They’ve not managed to come away with any wins whatsoever while Wellington Phoenix have just been stronger than them, finishing as winners in 83 per cent of those ties.

In all, 20 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 5 for The West and 15 for The Nix. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The last league meeting featuring the two was A-League match day 11 on 09/04/2022 which ended up with the score at Western United 1-4 Wellington Phoenix.

In that match, Western United managed 60% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Steven Luštica (54').

Wellington Phoenix got 12 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Scott Wootton (29'), Jaushua Sotirio (32', 63') and Gael Sandoval (45') scored.

The referee was Daniel Elder.

ℹ️ Team News: Western United

Looking at personnel, there is just the sole fitness concern for the Western United manager John Aloisi to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Alessandro Diamanti (Knee Injury) misses out.

ℹ️ Team News: Wellington Phoenix

Owing to an otherwise healthy group, there’s only the one fitness problem for the Wellington Phoenix manager Ufuk Talay to be concerned about. Alex Rufer (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be playing here.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Wellington Phoenix should get enough chances to breach the defence of this Western United outfit, although it may not quite be as many as they’ll concede.

Our selection here is for both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Western United at full-time. Let’s see what happens here.

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Renata Leite, 23:56 09/05/2022