Wellington Phoenix FC vs Melbourne Victory FC, A League 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2023-24

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Melbourne Victory FC

Fri 19 Jan 2024 · 06:00 UTC Wellington Regional Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 35' Adama Traore

Tim Payne 45' R

Overview

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

Wellington Phoenix FC 4 games · 10 pts (2026/27)
Melbourne Victory FC 4 games · 3 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Kearney Robinson
Referee Daniel Elder

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

Wellington Phoenix FC 25 games · Avg 2.7 goals Melbourne Victory FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-01-19 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC 2023-11-10 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Wellington Phoenix FC 2023-04-01 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–2 Melbourne Victory FC 2023-02-03 Melbourne Victory FC 3–1 Wellington Phoenix FC 2022-04-29 Melbourne Victory FC 3–1 Wellington Phoenix FC

Recent Form

Wellington Phoenix FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Jan	Melbourne Victory FC	H	1–1	D
14 Jan	Perth Glory FC	A	4–3	W
04 Jan	Adelaide United FC	A	2–2	D
29 Dec	Sydney FC	A	1–3	L
23 Dec	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	2–0	W
18 Dec	Macarthur FC	A	3–0	W

Melbourne Victory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Jan	Wellington Phoenix FC	A	1–1	D
13 Jan	Central Coast Mariners FC	A	1–1	D
06 Jan	Perth Glory FC	A	3–2	W
30 Dec	Adelaide United FC	H	2–0	W
23 Dec	Melbourne City FC	A	0–0	D
16 Dec	Sydney FC	H	3–0	W

Season Stats

Wellington Phoenix FC		Melbourne Victory FC
#1	Position	#9
10	Points	3
4	Played	4
3 / 1 / 0	W / D / L	0 / 3 / 1
7	Scored	5
1	Conceded	6
+6	GD	-1
2.50	PPG	0.75
75%	Win %	0%

Key Stats

64% Both Teams to Score
H2H (25 games)

48% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

75% Clean Sheets
Wellington Phoenix FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Melbourne Victory FC this season

Wellington Phoenix FC are 1st (10 pts). Melbourne Victory FC are 9th (3 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 Victory FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/–

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/1

61-75

3/1

76+

–/2

■ 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 Victory FC

Keegan Jelacic	2 G
Jordi Valadon	2 G
Charles Nduka	1 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at Wellington Regional Stadium as Wellington Phoenix FC face off against Melbourne Victory FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Tony Popović will be considering his options from the bench.
10' Wellington Phoenix FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
15' Melbourne Victory FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
20' Melbourne Victory FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
25' Wellington Phoenix FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
30' Ben Old needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Yellow cards this season.
35' A moment of madness from Adama Traore on 35 minutes earns him a card. Melbourne Victory FC will be frustrated.
40' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
45' Wellington Phoenix FC player sees a card in front of him.
50' Over 50 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
55' Supporters expect more eagerness from Connor Chapman, as he is very good at scoring at Wellington Regional Stadium with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
60' Both keepers have barely been tested. Wellington Phoenix FC and Melbourne Victory FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
63' The crowd applauds Chris Ikonomidis as he leaves the pitch. Connor Chapman steps in for Melbourne Victory FC.
68' Paul Izzo has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
69' David Ball makes way for Sam Sutton at the 69 minute mark. A tactical switch from Wellington Phoenix FC.
74' Jordi Valadon has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jake Brimmer on 74 minute.
79' Connor Chapman doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
82' The Melbourne Victory FC manager makes a substitution. Daniel Arzani departs to be replaced by Eli Adams.
83' Nicholas Pennington makes way for Mohamed Al-Taay at the 83 minute mark. A tactical switch from Wellington Phoenix FC.
88' Portugal international Roderick Miranda has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
89' Luke Supyk is ready to make an impact after coming on for Bozhidar Kraev at the 89 minute mark.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.

Lineups

Wellington Phoenix FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
David Ball ↓ Sam Sutton 69'
4
Scott Wootton
7
Kosta Barbarouses
14
Alex Rufer
11
Bozhidar Kraev ↓ Luke Supyk 89'
6
Tim Payne
40
Alex Paulsen
3
Finn Surman
15
Nicholas Pennington ↓ Mohamed Al-Taay 83'
8
Ben Old
18
Lukas Kelly-Heald ↓ Oskar van Hattum 83'

Bench

Coach Giancarlo Italiano

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

11
Ben Folami ↑ 63'
14
Connor Chapman ↑ 63'
12
Ryan Teague ↑ 63'
24
Eli Adams ↑ 82'
40
Christian Siciliano
28
Franco Lino
27
Jordi Valadon ↑ 74'

Coach Tony Popović

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Wellington Phoenix FC Form

2024-01-19 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC D 2024-01-14 Perth Glory FC 3–4 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2024-01-04 Adelaide United FC 2–2 Wellington Phoenix FC D 2023-12-29 Sydney FC 3–1 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2023-12-23 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2023-12-18 Macarthur FC 0–3 Wellington Phoenix FC W

Melbourne Victory FC Form

2024-01-19 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC D 2024-01-13 Central Coast Mariners FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC D 2024-01-06 Perth Glory FC 2–3 Melbourne Victory FC W 2023-12-30 Melbourne Victory FC 2–0 Adelaide United FC W 2023-12-23 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Melbourne Victory FC D 2023-12-16 Melbourne Victory FC 3–0 Sydney FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.66 Wellington Phoenix FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.82 Melbourne Victory FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Wellington Phoenix FC51% Draw28% Melbourne Victory FC21%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes46% 0% No54%

Avg goals/match: 2.48

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	44%	56%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Wellington Phoenix FC or Draw

78%

Draw or Melbourne Victory FC

49%

Wellington Phoenix FC or Melbourne Victory FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Wellington Phoenix FC39% Draw47% Melbourne Victory FC14%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

13.1%

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

11.2%

0 – 0

10.5%

2 – 1

9.1%

3 – 0

6.1%

0 – 1

5.9%

3 – 1

5.1%

1 – 2

4.5%

2 – 2

3.8%

0 – 2

2.7%

4 – 0

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Wellington Phoenix FC

Handicap	Wellington Phoenix FC covers	Push	Melbourne Victory FC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	17%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	25%	44%
-0.5	56%	—	44%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	12%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Wellington Phoenix FC keeps clean sheet

45% ✓

Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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