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

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A League · 2019-20

Wellington Phoenix FC

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Melbourne City FC

Sat 15 Feb 2020 · 06:00 UTC Eden Park HT 45' · FT 45+6'

Ulises Davila 43' Y

Gary Hooper 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

Match Details

Referee Mark Rule
Referee
Referee Alex King
Referee Lachlan Keevers
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

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

Last 5 meetings

2020-02-15 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC 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

Wellington Phoenix FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Feb	Melbourne City FC	H	1–0	W
07 Feb	Perth Glory FC	A	2–4	L
24 Jan	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	2–1	W
18 Jan	Brisbane Roar FC	A	0–1	L
11 Jan	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	2–0	W
04 Jan	Central Coast Mariners FC	H	2–1	W

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Feb	Wellington Phoenix FC	A	0–1	L
07 Feb	Melbourne Victory FC	H	2–1	W
01 Feb	Adelaide United FC	A	1–3	L
25 Jan	Perth Glory FC	H	0–0	D
18 Jan	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	2–0	W
11 Jan	Brisbane Roar FC	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

15% Clean Sheets
Wellington Phoenix FC this season

38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

Wellington Phoenix FC

0-15

–/1

16-30

1/2

31-45

–/2

46-60

1/–

61-75

–/–

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Melbourne City FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

4/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

1/–

61-75

3/–

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Wellington Phoenix FC

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

Melbourne City FC

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

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Wellington Phoenix FC vs Melbourne City FC — let the football do the talking.
5' Melbourne City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
10' Wellington Phoenix FC is showing some good football. However, Wellington Phoenix FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
15' The 28-year-old Reno Piscopo has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
20' The home supporters are growing impatient. Wellington Phoenix FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
25' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
30' What composure from Matti Steinmann! The Germany international strokes it home. 1-0.
35' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
40' It looks like no one’s ball. Wellington Phoenix FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
43' Wellington Phoenix FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
48' Wellington Phoenix FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
53' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Wellington Phoenix FC and Melbourne City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
58' Brilliant from the ! David Ball makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 58.
63' It is a substitution in Wellington Phoenix FC team. Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi is replaced by Brandon Wilson on 63 minute.
67' Fresh legs for Wellington Phoenix FC! Callum McCowatt comes on to replace Reno Piscopo.
72' The travelling Melbourne City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
73' Melbourne City FC make a change. Craig Noone trudges off to be replaced by Stefan Colakovski on 73 minutes.
78' Susaeta makes way for Moudi Najjar at the 78 minute mark. A tactical switch from Melbourne City FC.
83' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
86' Alex Rufer gets the nod from Wellington Phoenix FC. He replaces Cameron Devlin and will look to change the dynamic.
90' Gary Hooper picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
Game over. The scoreline of 1-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Wellington Phoenix FC Lineups

Starting XI

88
Gary Hooper
9
David Ball
5
Matti Steinmann
3
Luke De Vere
8
Cameron Devlin ↓ Alex Rufer 86'
13
Liberato Cacace
27
Steven Taylor C
1
Stefan Marinovic
4
Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi ↓ Brandon Wilson 63'
7
Reno Piscopo ↓ Callum McCowatt 67'
10
Ulises Davila

Bench

11
Jaushua Sotirio
12
Brandon Wilson ↑ 63'
20
Oliver Sail
14
Alex Rufer ↑ 86'
31
Ben Waine
32
Sam Sutton
21
Callum McCowatt ↑ 67'

Coach Ufuk Talay

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Erick Mombaerts

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Wellington Phoenix FC Form

2020-02-15 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC W 2020-02-07 Perth Glory FC 4–2 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2020-01-24 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–1 Newcastle United Jets FC W 2020-01-18 Brisbane Roar FC 1–0 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2020-01-11 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2020-01-04 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–1 Central Coast Mariners FC W

Melbourne City FC Form

2020-02-15 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC L 2020-02-07 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory FC W 2020-02-01 Adelaide United FC 3–1 Melbourne City FC L 2020-01-25 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Perth Glory FC D 2020-01-18 Melbourne City FC 2–0 Newcastle United Jets FC W 2020-01-11 Brisbane Roar FC 2–2 Melbourne City FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.55 Wellington Phoenix FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.26 Melbourne City FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Wellington Phoenix FC47% Draw26% Melbourne City FC27%

Actual: Wellington Phoenix FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.81

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Wellington Phoenix FC or Draw

73%

Draw or Melbourne City FC

53%

Wellington Phoenix FC or Melbourne City FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Wellington Phoenix FC31% Draw46% Melbourne City FC23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.7%

2 – 1

8.8%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

7.9%

2 – 0

7.1%

1 – 2

7.1%

0 – 1

6.6%

2 – 2

5.5%

0 – 2

4.7%

3 – 1

4.5%

3 – 0

3.6%

1 – 3

Asian Handicap — Wellington Phoenix FC

Handicap	Wellington Phoenix FC covers	Push	Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	13%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	21%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	17%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	9%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Wellington Phoenix FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✗

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

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