Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne City, taking place on Saturday, 25 November 2023, at Sky Stadium in Wellington.
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Wellington Phoenix, Recent FormA 1-1 draw and a point gained against Melbourne Victory in their previous meeting will have been considered a fairly decent result for Wellington Phoenix last time out. They achieved 47% possession in that match and had 0 strikes at goal, with 0 hitting the target, up against Melbourne Victory's tally of 18 efforts at goal, 7 of which were on target.
Giancarlo Italiano will be quite satisfied with his squad's offensive prowess in recent performances. They have managed to notch up 9 goals from their last 6 outings. However, the manager will know they have work to do at the back where they have let in 8 goals and, as a result, lost some important points. Their goal scoring streak at home now stands at 16 games in a row, but they have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 games at Sky Stadium.
Being unbeaten in 5 of their last 6 league matches at Sky Stadium, suggests a consistent run of home form, especially when we consider that 4 of these results were wins.
On an individual basis, Oskar Zawada will be looking to celebrate a goal with the home fans again and continue his hot scoring streak having scored in each of Wellington Phoenix's last 8 league games at Sky Stadium.
Melbourne City, Recent FormMelbourne City will have been reasonably pleased with their 3-3 draw against Macarthur FC, not least because of the valuable point gained. Their share of possession in that meeting was 61%, while racking up 22 shots along the way, 7 of which were on target. Macarthur FC had 6 shots on goal with 6 on target.
Whilst manager Aurelio Vidmar will be pleased with his team's performance in front of goal, having scored 12 goals in their last 6 games, he will want to tighten up his defence if they are to pick up more points, with 14 goals conceded in the same period. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games but failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of those games.
They've had a poor run of form on the road recently, losing 3 of their last 6 away games and managing only 1 win.
Jamie Maclaren will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 7 goals in the last 6 league games for Melbourne City.
Wellington Phoenix will be looking to forget their last league encounter with Melbourne City, when a slew of goals ended in a heavy 4-1 defeat.
City will be confident of finding the net in this one against Wellington, with an impressive scoring record of at least 1 goal in their previous 7 encounters between the two sides. We've seen plenty of goals from MCFC when they've visited The Nix in the league, in their last 3 games they've scored a total of 12 goals, which is an average of 4 per game.
When playing at home, Wellington have lost the last 3 times they've faced MCFC in the league and have failed to win any of their last 3 encounters.
Jamie Maclaren has shown great form in front of goal in the past in this fixture, having scored 7 goals in MCFC's last 5 games against Wellington.
With no real injury worries, Wellington manager Giancarlo Italiano will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
MCFC manager Aurelio Vidmar has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Wellington Phoenix Playing at home | Melbourne City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | Goals scored | 0 |
| 1.5 | Goals conceded | 6 |
| 17' | Time first goal scored | - |
| 30' | Time first goal conceded | 14' |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3 | Subs used | 5 |
| 5-2 | Biggest victory | - |
| - | Biggest defeat | 6-0 |
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