Melbourne Victory vs Wellington Phoenix – Preview, Tips and Odds

Australia: A-League

Melbourne Victory

Full Time

1:1

Wellington Phoenix

Highlights and Stats

Melbourne Victory will face Wellington Phoenix for a showdown of the 4th round in the A-League. The game will take place on 10/11 as AAMI Park will welcome the opponents. Melbourne Victory presently occupies 2nd position in the standings, with a total of 7 points. Their rivals sit in 3rd spot, having collected 7 points thus far.

Melbourne Victory vs Wellington Phoenix Head to Head

Team	Last Game 2023/04/01	Last 20 Games
Melbourne Victory	win	? Waway Whome Whome Laway Laway Whome Laway Dhome Dhome Whome Daway Dhome Dhome Whome Laway Waway Lhome Laway Whome Waway
Wellington Phoenix	loss	? Lhome Laway Laway Whome Whome Laway Whome Daway Daway Laway Dhome Daway Daway Laway Whome Lhome Waway Whome Laway Lhome

Worth Mentioning

The previous clash between the teams ended with the score of 1:2 to Melbourne Victory. It was held back on 1st of April 2023. Melbourne Victory are enjoying a streak of three straight victories. In the last 10 direct clashes, being the host turned out to be very beneficial. The home team registered 7 wins and allowed only 1 defeat. Just 2 out of the last 10 encounters between Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix resulted in a draw. Both teams scored in four of the last five games and four produced over 2.5 goals. Throughout the extent of this period, Melbourne Victory were not successful at all in maintaining a clean sheet, and Wellington Phoenix managed to prevent goals in their net on one occasion. The most recent five encounters between the teams ended with an average of 3.40 goals per 90 minutes of football.

Melbourne Victory vs Wellington Phoenix Last Games Averages

*Average Metrics based on available data from last 20 games

Melbourne VictoryWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  1.80

  1.55

• Fouls

  15.21

  14.37

• Corners

  5.37

  6.26

• Offsides

  1.68

  1.32

• Cards

  2.84

  3.68

• Posession

  51%

  49%

2023/04/01 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  2

  1

• Fouls

  13

  4

• Corners

  7

  5

• Offsides

  0

  2

• Cards

  3

  0

• Posession

  40%

  60%

2023/02/03 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  3

  1

• Fouls

  10

  8

• Corners

  2

  4

• Offsides

  4

  2

• Cards

  1

  2

• Posession

  40%

  60%

2022/04/29 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  3

  1

• Fouls

  16

  15

• Corners

  4

  6

• Offsides

  1

  2

• Cards

  3

  3

• Posession

  67%

  33%

2022/02/09 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  0

  1

• Fouls

  11

  11

• Corners

  4

  5

• Offsides

  2

  1

• Cards

  0

  3

• Posession

  43%

  57%

2021/03/24 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  1

  4

• Fouls

  no data

• Corners

  no data

• Offsides

  no data

• Cards

  no data

• Posession

  no data

2021/02/24 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  2

  0

• Fouls

  19

  13

• Corners

  6

  5

• Offsides

  0

  0

• Cards

  4

  3

• Posession

  40%

  60%

2020/03/15 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  0

  3

• Fouls

  16

  11

• Corners

  6

  7

• Offsides

  3

  1

• Cards

  3

  3

• Posession

  51%

  49%

2019/12/14 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  0

  0

• Fouls

  19

  15

• Corners

  4

  7

• Offsides

  1

  0

• Cards

  9

  3

• Posession

  35%

  65%

2019/11/10 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  15

  19

• Corners

  3

  6

• Offsides

  1

  0

• Cards

  3

  3

• Posession

  66%

  34%

2019/05/03 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  3

  1

• Fouls

  17

  25

• Corners

  2

  2

• Offsides

  2

  0

• Cards

  0

  9

• Posession

  36%

  64%

2019/02/15 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  12

  18

• Corners

  12

  13

• Offsides

  1

  0

• Cards

  3

  1

• Posession

  51%

  49%

2019/01/20 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  3

  3

• Fouls

  15

  12

• Corners

  6

  4

• Offsides

  1

  1

• Cards

  2

  2

• Posession

  59%

  41%

2018/12/28 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  17

  19

• Corners

  6

  2

• Offsides

  1

  2

• Cards

  1

  4

• Posession

  57%

  43%

2018/04/08 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  2

  1

• Fouls

  17

  12

• Corners

  4

  6

• Offsides

  0

  2

• Cards

  1

  5

• Posession

  58%

  42%

2018/01/10 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  1

  2

• Fouls

  21

  15

• Corners

  2

  9

• Offsides

  0

  4

• Cards

  4

  3

• Posession

  44%

  56%

2017/12/03 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  3

  2

• Fouls

  14

  25

• Corners

  9

  4

• Offsides

  5

  0

• Cards

  1

  4

• Posession

  60%

  40%

2017/04/02 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  0

  3

• Fouls

  19

  20

• Corners

  5

  9

• Offsides

  2

  3

• Cards

  4

  6

• Posession

  59%

  41%

2017/01/17 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  0

  3

• Fouls

  22

  18

• Corners

  5

  12

• Offsides

  4

  2

• Cards

  4

  2

• Posession

  57%

  43%

2016/10/31 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  6

  1

• Fouls

  16

  13

• Corners

  11

  8

• Offsides

  2

  0

• Cards

  2

  8

• Posession

  57%

  43%

2016/04/02 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHWellington Phoenix

• Goals

  4

  1

• Fouls

  0

  0

• Corners

  4

  5

• Offsides

  2

  3

• Cards

  6

  6

• Posession

  58%

  42%

ShowHideDetailed Stats

Melbourne Victory Form

In their last match Melbourne Victory registered a 1:1 draw when playing as host versus Adelaide United in the A-League on November 4. Not considering their previous game, the club was riding a streak of two back-to-back victories and remains unbeaten in four clashes. Melbourne Victory’s performance has not been greatly affected by the factor of playing at home or away in their last 10 encounters. These resulted in 4 home wins and 3 away wins. Two of Melbourne Victory’s last five meetings featured over 2.5 goals, with both teams hitting the targets in three of them. During these the team was successful in maintaining one clean sheet, and they failed to score in just one. Based on statistics, their most recent 5 matches ended with an average of 3.40 goals.

• Goals
  1.40
• Fouls
  11.80
• Corners
  4.70
• Offsides
  1.30
• Cards
  2.40
• Posession
  47%

Wellington Phoenix Form

Wellington Phoenix’ last match was against Brisbane Roar on Saturday and it finished in a 5:2 win at home. The team is presently amid a streak of two sequential victories and has not sustained a single loss in three games. Playing at home has shown to be decisive as six of Wellington Phoenix’ last ten meetings ended in a victory for the hosting party, which lost only one of those. Three of their most recent five encounters yielded more than 2.5 goals with three seeing both of the teams netting goals. Within this timeframe Wellington Phoenix were successful in keeping one clean sheet and failed to score in two matches. The total goals scored across the team’s last five meetings amounts to 15.

• Goals
  1.30
• Fouls
  8.20
• Corners
  4.60
• Offsides
  1.60
• Cards
  1.70
• Posession
  47%

Formations and Lineups

Melbourne Victory

Formation:4-4-1-1

• G20Paul Izzo
• D2Jason Geria
• D5Damien Da Silva
• D14Connor Chapman
• D16Stefan Nigro
• M19Daniel Arzani
• M18Fabian Monge
• M25Ryan Teague
• M17Nishan Velupillay
• F8Zinédine Machach
• F10Bruno Fornaroli

20 Paul Izzo 2 Jason Geria 5 Damien Da Silva 14 Connor Chapman 16 Stefan Nigro 19 Daniel Arzani 18 Fabian Monge 25 Ryan Teague 17 Nishan Velupillay 8 Zinédine Machach 10 Bruno Fornaroli

Wellington Phoenix

Formation:4-3-2-1

• G40Alex Paulsen
• D6Tim Payne
• D3Finn Surman
• D4Scott Wootton
• D18Lukas Kelly-Heald
• M12Mohamed Al-Taay
• M14Alex Rufer
• M15Nicholas Pennington
• M11Bozhidar Kraev
• M7Kosta Barbarouses
• F9Oskar Zawada

40 Alex Paulsen 6 Tim Payne 3 Finn Surman 4 Scott Wootton 18 Lukas Kelly-Heald 12 Mohamed Al-Taay 14 Alex Rufer 15 Nicholas Pennington 11 Bozhidar Kraev 7 Kosta Barbarouses 9 Oskar Zawada

Popular Markets

This is a list of some of the most popular markets and their winning ratio for the last 10 games - head to head and for the respective teams individually. The probability column is an average calculation based ONLY on statistical data with the Head2Head column having a slight advantage.

	Last H2H	Last Melbourne Victory	Last Wellington Phoenix	Probability	Value Odds Over
Melbourne Victory WIN	5/10	4/10	-	45.50%	2.20
DRAW	2/10	2/10	2/10	20.00%	5.00
Wellington Phoenix WIN	3/10	-	4/10	34.50%	2.90
Over 2.5 Goals	6/10	5/10	6/10	57.00%	1.75
BTTS	6/10	6/10	5/10	57.00%	1.75
Over 4.5 Cards	6/9	5/10	2/10	47.67%	2.10
Over 10.5 Corners	4/9	2/10	6/10	41.78%	2.39
Melbourne Victory over 1.5 Goals	5/10	4/10	-	45.50%	2.20
Wellington Phoenix over 1.5 Goals	2/10	-	3/10	24.50%	4.08

Match Details

Melbourne VictoryvsWellington Phoenix

• 89`
  T. PayneUnsportsmanlike conduct
• 87`
  (in) F. Lino(out) J. Geria
• 87`
  (in) J. Manuel(out) B. Kraev
• 83`
  J. GeriaTripping
• 75`
  (in) J. Brimmer(out) B. Fornaroli
• 75`
  (in) C. Ikonomidis(out) N. Velupillay
• 71`
  (in) S. Sutton(out) L. Kelly-Heald
• 63`
  (in) Rai(out) F. Monge
• 62`
  (in) B. Folami(out) D. Arzani
• 56`
  (in) D. Ball(out) N. Pennington
• 56`
  (in) B. Old(out) M. Al-Taay
• 45+4`
  L. Kelly-HealdTripping
• 41`
  1 - 1

  D. Da Silva (o.g.)
• 18`
  F. SurmanTripping
• 14`
  R. TeagueJ. Geria

  1 - 0
• 8`
  N. PenningtonDiving

Players Ratings

Melbourne VictoryvsWellington Phoenix

• 19Daniel Arzani

  7.9 / 10
• 25Ryan Teague

  7.7 / 10
• 2Jason Geria

  7.3 / 10
• 8Zinédine Machach

  7.2 / 10
• 4Rai Marchán

  7.2 / 10
• 22Jake Brimmer

  7.2 / 10
• 18Fabian Monge

  7 / 10
• 11Ben Folami

  7 / 10
• 16Stefan Nigro

  6.9 / 10
• 28Franco Lino

  6.9 / 10
• 17Nishan Velupillay

  6.7 / 10
• 14Connor Chapman

  6.5 / 10
• 20Paul Izzo

  6.3 / 10
• 5Damien Da Silva

  6.3 / 10
• 10Bruno Fornaroli

  6.3 / 10
• 7Christopher Ikonomidis

  6.3 / 10

• 40Alex Paulsen

  8.2 / 10
• 7Kosta Barbarouses

  7.3 / 10
• 6Tim Payne

  7.2 / 10
• 14Alex Rufer

  7.2 / 10
• 9Oskar Zawada

  7.2 / 10
• 3Finn Surman

  6.9 / 10
• 4Scott Wootton

  6.9 / 10
• 15Nicholas Pennington

  6.7 / 10
• 10David Ball

  6.7 / 10
• 18Lukas Kelly-Heald

  6.6 / 10
• 12Mohamed Al-Taay

  6.6 / 10
• 11Bozhidar Kraev

  6.5 / 10
• 8Benjamin Old

  6.3 / 10
• 19Sam Sutton

  6.3 / 10
• 52Jackson Manuel

  6.3 / 10