Melbourne City FC vs Wellington Phoenix FC, A League 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2019-20

Melbourne City FC

3 – 2

Full Time

Wellington Phoenix FC

Sun 3 Nov 2019 · 05:00 UTC AAMI Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Moudi Najjar 29' Y

Craig Noone 43' Y

Denis Genreau 45' Y

Scott Galloway 50' Y

Scott Galloway 51' Y

Overview

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Melbourne City FC vs Wellington Phoenix FC — A League at AAMI Park.

Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2025/26)
Wellington Phoenix FC 26 games · 33 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Kristian Griffiths-Jones
Referee Wilson Brown
Referee Craig Zetter
Referee Ben Abraham
Referee Andrew Meimarakis
Referee

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Newcastle United Jets FC	26	48
2	Adelaide United FC	26	43
3	Auckland FC	26	42
4	Melbourne Victory FC	26	40
5	Sydney FC	26	39
6	Melbourne City FC	26	38
7	Macarthur FC	26	34
8	Wellington Phoenix FC	26	33
9	Central Coast Mariners FC	26	32
10	Perth Glory FC	26	31
11	Brisbane Roar FC	26	26
12	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	26	21

Head-to-Head

Melbourne City FC 18 games · Avg 3.1 goals Wellington Phoenix FC

Last 5 meetings

2019-11-03 Melbourne City FC 3–2 Wellington Phoenix FC 2019-04-21 Wellington Phoenix FC 3–2 Melbourne City FC 2019-01-26 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC 2018-11-09 Melbourne City FC 2–0 Wellington Phoenix FC

Recent Form

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Nov	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	3–2	W
27 Oct	Western United FC	A	2–1	W
20 Oct	Adelaide United FC	H	2–1	W
12 Oct	Melbourne Victory FC	A	0–0	D
05 May	Adelaide United FC	A	0–1	L
26 Apr	Central Coast Mariners FC	H	5–0	W

Wellington Phoenix FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Nov	Melbourne City FC	A	2–3	L
27 Oct	Perth Glory FC	H	1–2	L
20 Oct	Sydney FC	A	1–2	L
13 Oct	Western United FC	H	0–1	L
03 May	Melbourne Victory FC	A	1–3	L
28 Apr	Perth Glory FC	A	0–5	L

Season Stats

Melbourne City FC		Wellington Phoenix FC
#6	Position	#8
38	Points	33
26	Played	26
10 / 8 / 8	W / D / L	9 / 6 / 11
33	Scored	36
33	Conceded	48
+0	GD	-12
1.46	PPG	1.27
38%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season

15% Clean Sheets
Wellington Phoenix FC this season

Melbourne City FC are 6th (38 pts). Wellington Phoenix FC are 8th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Melbourne City FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

4/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

1/–

61-75

3/–

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Wellington Phoenix FC

0-15

–/1

16-30

1/2

31-45

–/2

46-60

1/–

61-75

–/–

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Melbourne City FC

Max Caputo	8 G	1 A
Marcus Younis	7 G	3 A
Medin Memeti	5 G	1 A

Wellington Phoenix FC

Ifeanyi Eze	10 G	1 A
Carlo Armiento	5 G	2 A
Corban Piper	4 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at AAMI Park. Melbourne City FC are looking to make home advantage count against Wellington Phoenix FC.
5' Jaushua Sotirio, a Australia , has 11 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' Both keepers have barely been tested. Melbourne City FC and Wellington Phoenix FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
15' Melbourne City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Aziz Behich scoring 1 goals.
20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Wellington Phoenix FC that had 209 games and scored 296 goals.
24' GOAL! Gary Hooper fires home to make it 0-1!
29' Poor challenge from Moudi Najjar. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
30' What composure from Connor Metcalfe! The Australia international strokes it home. 1-1.
34' What composure from Scott Galloway! The Australia international strokes it home. 2-1.
39' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
43' Craig Noone catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 43.
45' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Denis Genreau.
46' Jaushua Sotirio has so much to prove this time. He replaces Gary Hooper on 46 minute.
50' That is a Yellow card for Melbourne City FC. Scott Galloway will be fuming at that decision.
51' That is a Yellow card for Melbourne City FC. Scott Galloway will be fuming at that decision.
54' The supporters are chanting for Adrian Luna. He replaces Moudi Najjar on 54 minute.
59' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
63' A goal from the England international Craig Noone! He fires home on 63 to make it 3-1!
68' Fresh legs for Wellington Phoenix FC! Ben Waine comes on to replace Alex Rufer.
73' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Melbourne City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
78' A tactical swap from Melbourne City FC — Stefan Colakovski on, Connor Metcalfe off on 78 minutes.
83' The 27-year-old Callum McCowatt has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
88' Melbourne City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
With this win, Melbourne City FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Craig Noone ↓ Ramy Najjarine 68'
23
Dean Bouzanis
17
Denis Genreau
6
Josh Brillante
2
Scott Galloway
3
Scott Jamieson C
34
Connor Metcalfe ↓ Stefan Colakovski 78'
19
Lachlan Wales
22
Curtis Good
7
Rostyn Griffiths
30
Moudi Najjar ↓ Adrian Luna 54'

Bench

Coach Erick Mombaerts

Wellington Phoenix FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ufuk Talay

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jamie MacLaren	10
Marco Tilio	7
Ben Waine	3
Tomer Hemed	3
Roy Krishna	3
Curtis Good	2
Mathew Leckie	2
David Ball	2

Head to Head

Melbourne City FC Form

2019-11-03 Melbourne City FC 3–2 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2019-10-27 Western United FC 1–2 Melbourne City FC W 2019-10-20 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Adelaide United FC W 2019-10-12 Melbourne Victory FC 0–0 Melbourne City FC D 2019-05-05 Adelaide United FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC L 2019-04-26 Melbourne City FC 5–0 Central Coast Mariners FC W

Wellington Phoenix FC Form

2019-11-03 Melbourne City FC 3–2 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2019-10-27 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–2 Perth Glory FC L 2019-10-20 Sydney FC 2–1 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2019-10-13 Wellington Phoenix FC 0–1 Western United FC L 2019-05-03 Melbourne Victory FC 3–1 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2019-04-28 Perth Glory FC 5–0 Wellington Phoenix FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.28 Melbourne City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.28 Wellington Phoenix FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 68% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne City FC60% Draw21% Wellington Phoenix FC19%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.56

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	47%	53%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Melbourne City FC or Draw

81%

Draw or Wellington Phoenix FC

40%

Melbourne City FC or Wellington Phoenix FC

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne City FC43% Draw39% Wellington Phoenix FC18%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

9.2%

1 – 1

9.1%

2 – 0

7.4%

3 – 1

6.9%

1 – 0

6.1%

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 0

5.5%

1 – 2

5.2%

3 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

4.2%

4 – 1

4 – 0

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC

Handicap	Melbourne City FC covers	Push	Wellington Phoenix FC covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	18%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	21%	41%
-0.5	59%	—	41%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	12%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Wellington Phoenix FC keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.