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

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A League · 2019-20

Wellington Phoenix FC

3 – 0

Full Time

Melbourne Victory FC

Sun 15 Mar 2020 · 05:20 UTC Westpac Stadium HT 45+2' · FT 45+6'

Cameron Devlin 10' Y

Y 20' Birkan Kirdar

Y 57' Storm Roux

Alex Rufer 66' Y

Matti Steinmann 78' Y

Y 86' Andrew Nabbout

Overview

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Wellington Phoenix FC vs Melbourne Victory FC — A League at Westpac Stadium.

Wellington Phoenix FC 26 games · 33 pts (2025/26)
Melbourne Victory FC 26 games · 40 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Mark Rule
Referee
Referee Alex King
Referee
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 24 games · Avg 2.7 goals Melbourne Victory FC

Last 5 meetings

2020-03-15 Wellington Phoenix FC 3–0 Melbourne Victory FC 2019-12-14 Melbourne Victory FC 0–0 Wellington Phoenix FC 2019-11-10 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Wellington Phoenix FC 2019-05-03 Melbourne Victory FC 3–1 Wellington Phoenix FC 2019-02-15 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC

Recent Form

Wellington Phoenix FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Mar	Melbourne Victory FC	H	3–0	W
08 Mar	Central Coast Mariners FC	A	3–1	W
21 Feb	Western United FC	H	2–0	W
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

Melbourne Victory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Mar	Wellington Phoenix FC	A	0–3	L
07 Mar	Sydney FC	H	1–4	L
29 Feb	Adelaide United FC	H	2–1	W
22 Feb	Newcastle United Jets FC	A	1–1	D
07 Feb	Melbourne City FC	A	1–2	L
01 Feb	Perth Glory FC	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

Wellington Phoenix FC		Melbourne Victory FC
#8	Position	#4
33	Points	40
26	Played	26
9 / 6 / 11	W / D / L	11 / 7 / 8
36	Scored	44
48	Conceded	33
-12	GD	+11
1.27	PPG	1.54
35%	Win %	42%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)

46% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

15% Clean Sheets
Wellington Phoenix FC this season

23% Clean Sheets
Melbourne Victory FC this season

Wellington Phoenix FC are 8th (33 pts). Melbourne Victory FC are 4th (40 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 Victory FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

2/1

46-60

1/–

61-75

1/–

76+

1/3

■ 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 Victory FC

Nikolaos Vergos	7 G	1 A
Clarismario	6 G
Mata	5 G	12 A
Keegan Jelacic	5 G	2 A
Charles Nduka	5 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Wellington Phoenix FC welcome Melbourne Victory FC for this crunch clash at Westpac Stadium.
3' What a strike from Ulises Davila! The score is 1-0.
8' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 3 times this season with Melbourne Victory FC winning 66.67% of all matches.
10' The referee has no hesitation. Cameron Devlin is booked for Wellington Phoenix FC — Yellow card on 10.
15' 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.
20' Birkan Kirdar catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 20.
21' What a moment for Gary Hooper! That strike on 21 puts his side firmly in control.
26' Melbourne Victory FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
31' Migjen Basha needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
36' Melbourne Victory FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
41' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
46' 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.
51' It’s high time Carlos Salvachua made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
55' What composure from David Ball! The England international strokes it home. 3-0.
56' So Nishikawa is ready to make an impact after coming on for Birkan Kirdar at the 56 minute mark.
57' The Melbourne Victory FC manager makes a substitution. Anthony Lesiotis departs to be replaced by Ola Toivonen.
57' That is a Yellow card for Melbourne Victory FC. Storm Roux will be fuming at that decision.
62' The crowd applauds Cameron Devlin as he leaves the pitch. Alex Rufer steps in for Wellington Phoenix FC.
66' Alex Rufer has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 66.
71' 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.
73' Against the run of play, Ola Toivonen has scored! This game has turned on its head.
78' Matti Steinmann picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
79' Jaushua Sotirio is replacing Reno Piscopo for the Wellington Phoenix FC side.
80' A tactical swap from Melbourne Victory FC — Brandon Lauton on, Marco Rojas off on 80 minutes.
85' Supporters expect more eagerness from Elvis Kamsoba, as he is very good at scoring at Westpac Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
86' It’s a booking for Melbourne Victory FC player. Andrew Nabbout gets a Yellow card.
87' The crowd applauds David Ball as he leaves the pitch. Ben Waine steps in for Wellington Phoenix FC.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 3-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Wellington Phoenix FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ufuk Talay

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

11
Ola Toivonen ↑ 56'
1
Matt Acton
7
Kenny Athiu
31
Aaron Anderson
25
Brandon Lauton ↑ 80'
38
So Nishikawa ↑ 56'

Coach Carlos Salvachua

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ola Toivonen	5
Oskar Zawada	4
Roy Krishna	4
Nicholas D'Agostino	3
Ulises Davila	3
Walter Sandoval	3
Bruno Fornaroli	3
Nikolaos Vergos	2

Head to Head

Wellington Phoenix FC Form

2020-03-15 Wellington Phoenix FC 3–0 Melbourne Victory FC W 2020-03-08 Central Coast Mariners FC 1–3 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2020-02-21 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–0 Western United FC W 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

Melbourne Victory FC Form

2020-03-15 Wellington Phoenix FC 3–0 Melbourne Victory FC L 2020-03-07 Melbourne Victory FC 1–4 Sydney FC L 2020-02-29 Melbourne Victory FC 2–1 Adelaide United FC W 2020-02-22 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC D 2020-02-07 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory FC L 2020-02-01 Perth Glory FC 2–2 Melbourne Victory FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.63 Wellington Phoenix FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.4 Melbourne Victory FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 61% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Wellington Phoenix FC47% Draw25% Melbourne Victory FC28%

Actual: Wellington Phoenix FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.03

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Wellington Phoenix FC or Draw

72%

Draw or Melbourne Victory FC

53%

Wellington Phoenix FC or Melbourne Victory FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Wellington Phoenix FC31% Draw44% Melbourne Victory FC25%

Actual: Wellington Phoenix FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.9%

2 – 1

8.6%

1 – 2

7.4%

1 – 0

0 – 0

6.6%

2 – 0

6.3%

2 – 2

0 – 1

5.9%

0 – 2

4.7%

3 – 1

4.7%

1 – 3

3.5%

3 – 0

Actual

Asian Handicap — Wellington Phoenix FC

Handicap	Wellington Phoenix FC covers	Push	Melbourne Victory FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	13%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	20%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	17%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Wellington Phoenix FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✗

Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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