Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Melbourne City and Wellington Phoenix, taking place on Sunday, 30 October 2022, at AAMI Park in Melbourne.
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Melbourne City, Recent FormMelbourne City head into this match with some confidence in the knowledge that they recorded a solid 2-0 away win against Melbourne Victory in their last league encounter. During that encounter they recorded 51% of the possession and had 13 attempts on goal with 7 on target, while their opponents managed to hit 4 of their 11 shots on goal.
Manager Patrick Kisnorbo will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, with them having scored 8 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 7 goals conceded in the same period. The defensive quality of his current squad will be troubling him of late, his defence having only notched up 1 clean sheet from their last 6 home games.
They've had a good run of form recently, with 4 straight wins in a row.
Jamie Maclaren will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 5 goals in the last 6 league outings for Melbourne City.
Wellington Phoenix, Recent FormThere will be a feeling of disappointment amongst the Wellington Phoenix players having failed to take any points away from their recent 3-1 away defeat at the hands of Newcastle United Jets. In that game they had 60% possession and managed 22 attempts on goal, with 8 on target, compared to Newcastle United Jets who had 7 attempts and 4 on target.
Manager Ufuk Talay will be shining a spotlight on his team's poor defensive record of late, having conceded 12 goals in their last 6 games, despite picking up a modest amount of points due in no small part to the 8 goals they managed at the other end. They will need to tighten up at the back, having failed to keep a clean sheet in all but 1 of their last 6 away games.
Having drawn 2 of their last 6 games they have at least put some points on the table, but they will not be overly happy with only 1 win.
Ben Waine will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 3 goals in the last 6 league games for Wellington Phoenix.
When these two teams last met in the league it was a 2-1 win for Melbourne City.
Melb City have scored in each of their last 9 games at home in the league against The Nix. In the previous 5 matches between these sides, City have shown they know their way around the Wellington defence having scored 13 times against them in those 5 matches.
Melb City has won the last 2 games they've played against Wellington in the league.
Wellington player Ben Waine has scored 2 times in the previous 3 matches against Melb City away at AAMI Park in the league and will be looking for more of the same in this match.
With no real injury worries, Melb City manager Patrick Kisnorbo will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
Wellington manager Ufuk Talay has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Melbourne City Playing at home | Wellington Phoenix Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 3 |
| 38' | Time first goal scored | 39' |
| 92' | Time first goal conceded | 4' |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 2 | Subs used | 4 |
| 2-1 | Biggest victory | - |
| - | Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
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