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Wellington Phoenix FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

A League · 2020-21
Wellington Phoenix FC
2 – 3
Full Time
Melbourne City FC
Mon 5 Apr 2021 · 09:10 UTC WIN Stadium HT 45+4' · FT 45+6'
Y 55' Florin Berenguer
Louis Fenton 58' Y
Joshua Laws 62' Y
Joshua Laws 63' Y
Cameron Devlin 88' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Wellington Phoenix FC vs Melbourne City FC — A League at WIN Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Kristian Griffiths-Jones
  • Referee Kurt Ams
  • Referee Greg Taylor
  • Referee Scott Edeling
  • Referee Alireza Faghani

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
2021-04-05 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC 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

Recent Form

Wellington Phoenix FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Apr Melbourne City FC H 2–3 L
28 Mar Macarthur FC H 0–1 L
24 Mar Melbourne Victory FC H 4–1 W
21 Mar Brisbane Roar FC H 1–1 D
15 Mar Western Sydney Wanderers FC A 3–4 L
07 Mar Perth Glory FC H 3–0 W
Melbourne City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Apr Wellington Phoenix FC A 3–2 W
01 Apr Western United FC A 1–2 L
26 Mar Western Sydney Wanderers FC H 4–1 W
22 Mar Central Coast Mariners FC H 2–0 W
12 Mar Macarthur FC H 3–0 W
06 Mar Melbourne Victory FC A 6–0 W

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' KICK OFF: wellington phoenix fc gets underway.
  • 5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 10' A quiet spell here at WIN Stadium. melbourne city fc seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 15' It is a cagey affair so far. wellington phoenix fc in their trying to find a way past melbourne city fc's compact .
  • 17' What composure from Curtis Good! The Australia international strokes it home. 0-1.
  • 21' The crowd applauds Nathaniel Atkinson as he leaves the pitch. Scott Galloway steps in for Melbourne City FC.
  • 26' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both wellington phoenix fc and melbourne city fc are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 31' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Nuno Reis suffering a number of foals already.
  • 36' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His wellington phoenix fc side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 39' The deadlock is broken! Tomer Hemed gets on the scoresheet on 39 minutes.
  • 44' wellington phoenix fc is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 45' A stunning finish from Jamie MacLaren — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 46' Fresh legs for Wellington Phoenix FC! Cameron Devlin comes on to replace Alex Rufer.
  • 51' 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.
  • 55' That is a Yellow card for Melbourne City FC. Florin Berenguer will be fuming at that decision.
  • 56' Assisted by David Ball with the perfectly-timed delivery and Ulises Davila makes no mistake. 0-4!
  • 58' Poor challenge from Louis Fenton. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 62' Adrian Luna is replacing Nuno Reis for the Melbourne City FC side.
  • 62' Joshua Laws is having his name booked by the referee on 62.
  • 63' Wellington Phoenix FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 63.
  • 68' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 73' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 78' Joshua Laws has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 80' The Melbourne City FC bench stirs into life. Craig Noone is withdrawn and Marco Tilio gets his opportunity.
  • 81' Charles Lokoli is replacing Tomer Hemed for the Wellington Phoenix FC side.
  • 83' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Marco Tilio makes it 0-5.
  • 86' Mirza Muratovic is ready to make an impact after coming on for Clayton Lewis at the 86 minute mark.
  • 88' That is a Yellow card for Wellington Phoenix FC. Cameron Devlin will be fuming at that decision.
  • Full Time. melbourne city fc beats wellington phoenix fc

Lineups

Wellington Phoenix FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ufuk Talay

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
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

2021-04-05 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC 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

Wellington Phoenix FC Form

2021-04-05 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC L 2021-03-28 Wellington Phoenix FC 0–1 Macarthur FC L 2021-03-24 Wellington Phoenix FC 4–1 Melbourne Victory FC W 2021-03-21 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–1 Brisbane Roar FC D 2021-03-15 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 4–3 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2021-03-07 Wellington Phoenix FC 3–0 Perth Glory FC W

Melbourne City FC Form

2021-04-05 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC W 2021-04-01 Western United FC 2–1 Melbourne City FC L 2021-03-26 Melbourne City FC 4–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2021-03-22 Melbourne City FC 2–0 Central Coast Mariners FC W 2021-03-12 Melbourne City FC 3–0 Macarthur FC W 2021-03-06 Melbourne Victory FC 0–6 Melbourne City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.99 Wellington Phoenix FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.13 Melbourne City FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 59% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Wellington Phoenix FC49% Draw25% Melbourne City FC26%
Actual: Melbourne City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes59% 0% No41%
Avg goals/match: 3.12
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 82%
18%
± 2.5 59%
41%
± 3.5 38%
62%
± 4.5 21%
79%

Double Chance

Wellington Phoenix FC or Draw
74%
Draw or Melbourne City FC
51%
Wellington Phoenix FC or Melbourne City FC
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Wellington Phoenix FC41% Draw42% Melbourne City FC17%
Actual: Melbourne City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–3 not predicted
2 – 3
Actual
1 – 1
10.8%
2 – 1
9.5%
2 – 0
8.6%
1 – 0
8.1%
3 – 1
6.3%
0 – 0
6%
3 – 0
5.6%
1 – 2
5.4%
2 – 2
5.4%
0 – 1
4.3%
3 – 2
3.6%
4 – 1
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Wellington Phoenix FC

Handicap Wellington Phoenix FC covers Push Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5 17% — 83%
-2 17% 17% 66%
-1.5 34% — 66%
-1 34% 22% 44%
-0.5 56% — 44%
+0.5 80% — 20%
+1 80% 12% 8%
+1.5 92% — 8%
+2 92% 6% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Wellington Phoenix FC keeps clean sheet
33% ✓
Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet
15% ✓

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