Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Wellington Phoenix and Adelaide United, taking place on Saturday, 17 December 2022, at Sky Stadium in Wellington.
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Wellington Phoenix, Recent FormWellington Phoenix will be reasonably happy to come away from their match against Western Sydney Wanderers with a 1-1 draw and a valuable point. They achieved 35% possession in that match and had 13 strikes at goal, with 5 hitting the target, up against Western Sydney Wanderers' tally of 14 efforts at goal, 8 of which were on target.
Whilst manager Ufuk Talay will be pleased with his team's performance in front of goal, with them having scored 12 goals in their last 6 games, he will want to tighten up his defence if they are to pick up more points, with 12 in the same period. They are consistently finding a way through on goal, scoring in each of their last 11 games. They are struggling defensively and as a result have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 10 games.
Wellington will take some comfort from being unbeaten in 5 of their last 6 home games, but having managed just 2 wins leaves them plenty of room for improvement.
On an individual basis, Bozhidar Kraev will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 4 goals in Wellington Phoenix's last 6 league games.
Adelaide United, Recent FormAdelaide United manager Carl Veart will be looking for a better result in this game following a disappointing 1-1 draw in his team's last league outing against Brisbane Roar. Their share of possession in that meeting was 54%, while racking up 22 shots along the way, 5 of which were on target. Brisbane Roar had 13 shots on goal with 5 on target.
While they have been strong in attack with 12 goals scored in their last 6 games, their defence has let them down slightly, by conceeding 8 at the other end which has led to points being dropped. When it comes to attacking performances, they can consider themselves in a good and consistent form, having chalked up goals in 5 of their last 6 matches. They have not been performing well at all defensively, not delivering a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 matches.
They have had a good run of form recently, unbeaten in 5 of their last 6 games and picking up 3 wins along the way.
On an individual basis, Craig Goodwin has scored in each of Adelaide United's last 3 league games.
In the previous encounter between these sides, both teams grabbed goals, with the match finishing in a 1-1 draw.
With at least 1 goal in each of their last 7 away matches against Wellington in the league, The Reds have built a decent scoring record that they will be keen to extend.
When playing away from home in the league, Adelaide Utd have failed to win any of their last 4 meetings with Wellington, with the last 2 of those games ending in a draw.
Ben Waine has scored in each of Wellington's last 2 home games against Adelaide Utd.
With no real injury worries, Wellington manager Ufuk Talay will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
Adelaide Utd manager Carl Veart has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Wellington Phoenix Playing at home | Adelaide United Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Goals scored | 1.6 |
| 1.6 | Goals conceded | 1.6 |
| 52' | Time first goal scored | 47' |
| 71' | Time first goal conceded | 59' |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0.4 |
| 3.8 | Subs used | 4 |
| 4-1 | Biggest victory | 4-2 |
| 3-2 | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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