Wellington Phoenix FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2025-26

Wellington Phoenix FC

2 – 1

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Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Sat 18 Apr 2026 · 05:00 UTC Apollo Projects Stadium 11,066 HT 45' · FT 45'

Ifeanyi Eze 16' 1–0

1–1 41' Brandon Borrello

Kazuki Nagasawa 56' 2–1

Alex Rufer 38' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Wellington Phoenix FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC — A League at Apollo Projects Stadium.

Wellington Phoenix FC 4 games · 10 pts (2026/27)
Western Sydney Wanderers FC 4 games · 5 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

VIDEO_ASSISTANT_REFEREE_N1 Kate Jacewicz
Referee Ben Abraham
Referee Casey Reibelt
Assistant 1 Owen Goldrick
Assistant 2 Luke Gennimatas (Australia)
4th Official Brodie Merchant (Australia)

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 19 games · Avg 3.2 goals Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-18 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2026-02-13 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–2 Wellington Phoenix FC 2025-03-29 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2024-12-22 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 4–1 Wellington Phoenix FC 2023-12-23 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Recent Form

Wellington Phoenix FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Apr	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	2–1	W
12 Apr	Melbourne City FC	A	0–2	L
05 Apr	Melbourne Victory FC	A	1–0	W
21 Mar	Brisbane Roar FC	A	2–1	W
14 Mar	Perth Glory FC	H	2–0	W
06 Mar	Adelaide United FC	A	1–1	D

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Apr	Wellington Phoenix FC	A	1–2	L
11 Apr	Sydney FC	H	0–2	L
04 Apr	Melbourne City FC	A	0–3	L
20 Mar	Adelaide United FC	H	2–4	L
13 Mar	Brisbane Roar FC	A	2–2	D
07 Mar	Newcastle United Jets FC	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Wellington Phoenix FC		Western Sydney Wanderers FC
#1	Position	#6
10	Points	5
4	Played	4
3 / 1 / 0	W / D / L	1 / 2 / 1
7	Scored	6
1	Conceded	4
+6	GD	+2
2.50	PPG	1.25
75%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

68% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

75% Clean Sheets
Wellington Phoenix FC this season

50% Clean Sheets
Western Sydney Wanderers FC this season

Wellington Phoenix FC are 1st (10 pts). Western Sydney Wanderers FC are 6th (5 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

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

–/1

31-45

2/–

46-60

2/–

61-75

–/2

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

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Nicolas Milanovic	2 G
Brandon Borrello	2 G
Miguel Di Pizio	1 G
German Ferreyra	1 G
Atiya Waraga	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Wellington Phoenix FC have kicked off against Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
10' Alex Gersbach has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 176 appearances.
15' named a 4-4-2 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
16' A stunning finish from Ifeanyi Eze — that came from absolutely nowhere!
21' Western Sydney Wanderers FC is showing some good football. However, Western Sydney Wanderers FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
26' Western Sydney Wanderers FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
31' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
36' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
38' Poor challenge from Alex Rufer. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
41' Brandon Borrello doubles the advantage! 1-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
46' 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 Joshua Oluwayemi suffering a number of foals already.
51' Western Sydney Wanderers FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
56' Assisted by Tim Payne with the perfectly-timed delivery and Kazuki Nagasawa makes no mistake. 2-1!
59' A change in the Western Sydney Wanderers FC ranks — Jai Rose exits the field as Atiya Waraga enters on 59.
62' Matt Sheridan is replacing Tim Payne for the Wellington Phoenix FC side.
67' Wellington Phoenix FC have won 298 goals from 211 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
72' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Wellington Phoenix FC and Western Sydney Wanderers FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
77' With 0 assists to his name this season, Angus Thurgate is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Wellington Phoenix FC.
78' The crowd applauds Steven Ugarkovic as he leaves the pitch. Hiroshi Ibusuki steps in for Western Sydney Wanderers FC.
83' Fresh legs for Wellington Phoenix FC! Luke Brooke-Smith comes on to replace Corban Piper.
88' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
Another three points for Wellington Phoenix FC.

Lineups

Wellington Phoenix FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Chris Greenacre

Western Sydney Wanderers FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

7
Ryan Fraser
26
Brandon Borrello
8
Steven Ugarkovic ↓ Hiroshi Ibusuki 78'
32
Angus Thurgate
3
Alex Gersbach
23
Bozhidar Kraev
30
Jordan Holmes
22
Anthony Pantazopoulos
5
Dylan Scicluna
24
Nathan Barrie
38
Jai Rose ↓ Atiya Waraga 59'

Bench

Coach Gary van Egmond

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Roy Krishna	3
Kwame Yeboah	3
Keanu Baccus	3
Tomer Hemed	3
Ulises Davila	3
Louis Fenton	2
Bruce Kamau	2
Bozhidar Kraev	2

Head to Head

Wellington Phoenix FC Form

2026-04-18 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2026-04-12 Melbourne City FC 2–0 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2026-04-05 Melbourne Victory FC 0–1 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2026-03-21 Brisbane Roar FC 1–2 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2026-03-14 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–0 Perth Glory FC W 2026-03-06 Adelaide United FC 1–1 Wellington Phoenix FC D

Western Sydney Wanderers FC Form

2026-04-18 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L 2026-04-11 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–2 Sydney FC L 2026-04-04 Melbourne City FC 3–0 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L 2026-03-20 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–4 Adelaide United FC L 2026-03-13 Brisbane Roar FC 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC D 2026-03-07 Newcastle United Jets FC 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.76 Wellington Phoenix FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.74 Western Sydney Wanderers FC xG

I would bet for: Wellington Phoenix FC to win 61% + Under — clean sheet likely 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Wellington Phoenix FC61% Draw24% Western Sydney Wanderers FC15%

Actual: Wellington Phoenix FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes44% 0% No56%

Avg goals/match: 2.5

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Wellington Phoenix FC or Draw

85%

Draw or Western Sydney Wanderers FC

39%

Wellington Phoenix FC or Western Sydney Wanderers FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Wellington Phoenix FC42% Draw46% Western Sydney Wanderers FC12%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

13.7%

2 – 0

12.4%

1 – 1

11.5%

0 – 0

10.2%

2 – 1

Actual

3 – 0

7.1%

3 – 1

5.4%

0 – 1

5.1%

1 – 2

3.8%

2 – 2

3.4%

4 – 0

3.1%

4 – 1

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Wellington Phoenix FC

Handicap	Wellington Phoenix FC covers	Push	Western Sydney Wanderers FC covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	19%	65%
-1.5	35%	—	65%
-1	35%	25%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	86%	—	14%
+1	86%	10%	4%
+1.5	96%	—	4%
+2	96%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Wellington Phoenix FC keeps clean sheet

48% ✓

Western Sydney Wanderers FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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