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Wellington Phoenix FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

A League · 2018-19
Wellington Phoenix FC
3 – 2
Full Time
Melbourne City FC
Sun 21 Apr 2019 · 07:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 31' Luke Brattan
Y 33' Rostyn Griffiths
Y 64' Shayon Harrison

Overview

Match Preview

Wellington Phoenix FC vs Melbourne City FC — A League .

Match Details

  • Referee Shaun Evans
  • Referee Mark Rule
  • Referee
  • Referee Arvin Shanmuganathan
  • Referee Jack Morgan

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Wellington Phoenix FC 4 10
2 Sydney FC 4 7
3 Brisbane Roar FC 3 7
4 Melbourne City FC 4 7
5 Perth Glory FC 4 6
6 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 4 5
7 Macarthur FC 4 5
8 Auckland FC 4 5
9 Melbourne Victory FC 4 3
10 Newcastle United Jets FC 4 2
11 Central Coast Mariners FC 4 2
12 Adelaide United FC 3 1

Head-to-Head

4
3
11
Wellington Phoenix FC 18 games · Avg 3.1 goals Melbourne City FC
Last 5 meetings
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

Wellington Phoenix FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Apr Melbourne City FC H 3–2 W
12 Apr Brisbane Roar FC A 1–2 L
07 Apr Adelaide United FC A 1–3 L
30 Mar Newcastle United Jets FC H 4–1 W
17 Mar Western Sydney Wanderers FC H 3–1 W
09 Mar Central Coast Mariners FC A 8–2 W
Melbourne City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Apr Wellington Phoenix FC A 2–3 L
13 Apr Adelaide United FC H 0–0 D
05 Apr Brisbane Roar FC H 4–1 W
30 Mar Western Sydney Wanderers FC A 0–3 L
17 Mar Sydney FC A 2–0 W
03 Mar Perth Glory FC H 2–2 D

Season Stats

Wellington Phoenix FC Melbourne City FC
#1 Position #4
10 Points 7
4 Played 4
3 / 1 / 0 W / D / L 2 / 1 / 1
7 Scored 6
1 Conceded 6
+6 GD +0
2.50 PPG 1.75
75% Win % 50%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
75% Clean Sheets
Wellington Phoenix FC this season
0% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season

Wellington Phoenix FC are 1st (10 pts). Melbourne City FC are 4th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Wellington Phoenix FC
0-15
2/–
16-30
–/1
31-45
–/–
46-60
2/–
61-75
–/–
76+
3/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Melbourne City FC
0-15
1/1
16-30
–/–
31-45
1/3
46-60
2/1
61-75
2/–
76+
–/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Wellington Phoenix FC
Corban Piper 3 G
Riley Bidois 2 G
Nathan Walker 1 G 1 A
Rafael Duran 1 G
Melbourne City FC
Andrew Nabbout 2 G
Emiliano Marcondes 1 G 2 A
Matheus Rossetto 1 G
Awer Mabil 1 G
Quinn MacNicol 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Wellington Phoenix FC to score. At the same time, Melbourne City FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' Australia international Eugene Galekovic has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 10' Melbourne City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
  • 15' Wellington Phoenix FC have won 303 goals from 213 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Curtis Good made 212 appearances and scored 8 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 27' The deadlock is broken! Roy Krishna gets on the scoresheet on 27 minutes.
  • 31' Luke Brattan catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 31.
  • 33' The referee shows Melbourne City FC player a Yellow card on 33.
  • 38' Mandi has been relatively quiet despite scoring 2 goals in his last 213 appearances.
  • 42' GOAL! Riley McGree fires home to make it 1-1!
  • 47' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Melbourne City FC that had 212 games and scored 392 goals.
  • 51' Wellington Phoenix FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Roy Krishna on 51.
  • 55' The crowd applauds Mandi as he leaves the pitch. Cillian Sheridan steps in for Wellington Phoenix FC.
  • 60' Michal Kopczynski has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 64' A moment of madness from Shayon Harrison on 64 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Melbourne City FC will be frustrated.
  • 66' What a strike from Riley McGree! The score is 2-2.
  • 71' It’s high time Warren Joyce made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 76' Sarpreet Singh, a New Zealand , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 77' Florin Berenguer makes way for Ramy Najjarine at the 77 minute mark. A tactical switch from Melbourne City FC.
  • 82' Wellington Phoenix FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Callan Elliot is hanging Sarpreet Singh on the field on 82 minute.
  • 87' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Melbourne City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 90' A tactical swap from Wellington Phoenix FC — Ben Waine on, David Williams off on 90 minutes.
  • With this win, Wellington Phoenix FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Wellington Phoenix FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Marko Rudan

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Warren Joyce

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Jamie MacLaren 10
Marco Tilio 7
Ben Waine 3
Tomer Hemed 3
Roy Krishna 3
David Ball 2
Riley McGree 2
Curtis Good 2

Head to Head

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

Wellington Phoenix FC Form

2019-04-21 Wellington Phoenix FC 3–2 Melbourne City FC W 2019-04-12 Brisbane Roar FC 2–1 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2019-04-07 Adelaide United FC 3–1 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2019-03-30 Wellington Phoenix FC 4–1 Newcastle United Jets FC W 2019-03-17 Wellington Phoenix FC 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2019-03-09 Central Coast Mariners FC 2–8 Wellington Phoenix FC W

Melbourne City FC Form

2019-04-21 Wellington Phoenix FC 3–2 Melbourne City FC L 2019-04-13 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Adelaide United FC D 2019-04-05 Melbourne City FC 4–1 Brisbane Roar FC W 2019-03-30 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3–0 Melbourne City FC L 2019-03-17 Sydney FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC W 2019-03-03 Melbourne City FC 2–2 Perth Glory FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.22 Wellington Phoenix FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.85 Melbourne City FC xG
I would bet for: Wellington Phoenix FC to win 64% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Wellington Phoenix FC64% Draw21% Melbourne City FC15%
Actual: Wellington Phoenix FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes51% 0% No49%
Avg goals/match: 3.07
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 81%
19%
± 2.5 58%
42%
± 3.5 37%
63%
± 4.5 20%
80%

Double Chance

Wellington Phoenix FC or Draw
85%
Draw or Melbourne City FC
36%
Wellington Phoenix FC or Melbourne City FC
79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Wellington Phoenix FC48% Draw40% Melbourne City FC12%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–2 not predicted
3 – 2
Actual
2 – 0
11.3%
1 – 0
9.8%
1 – 1
9.5%
2 – 1
9.4%
3 – 0
8.1%
3 – 1
6.9%
0 – 0
6.2%
4 – 0
4.5%
2 – 2
4%
4 – 1
3.9%
1 – 2
3.6%
0 – 1
3.3%

Asian Handicap — Wellington Phoenix FC

Handicap Wellington Phoenix FC covers Push Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5 24% — 76%
-2 24% 20% 56%
-1.5 44% — 56%
-1 44% 23% 33%
-0.5 67% — 33%
+0.5 88% — 12%
+1 88% 8% 4%
+1.5 96% — 4%
+2 96% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Wellington Phoenix FC keeps clean sheet
43% ✓
Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet
12% ✓

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