Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix, taking place on Friday, 03 February 2023, at AAMI Park in Melbourne.
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Melbourne Victory, Recent FormThe Melbourne Victory players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their home fixture against Sydney FC recently, that ended in a 2-1 defeat. They achieved 47% possession in that match and had 14 strikes at goal, with 4 hitting the target, up against Sydney FC's tally of 16 efforts at goal, 6 of which were on target.
Having scored 4 goals and conceded 10 in their last 6 games, they will need to improve at both ends if they are to pick up more points from here on. Consistency in front of goal has been a problem for them at home recently, having failed to score in 3 of their last 6 games. With just 1 clean sheet in the last 6 matches at home, Tony Popović will be worried about the defensive frailties within his team of late.
Results wise, their recent poor run of form has left them without a win in 6 games.
Wellington Phoenix, Recent FormIt was just a point apiece for Wellington Phoenix and Perth Glory in their last match, which ended in a 2-2 draw. In that game they recorded 37 of the possession, with 5 attempts on goal, 3 on target. Their opponents found the target on 5 of their 12 shots on goal.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 8 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 7, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They are consistently finding a way through on goal, scoring in each of their last 18 games. As defensive records go, they don't have one to celebrate, with at least 1 goal shipped in 12 of their 14 league matches this season.
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.
Oskar Zawada will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 5 goals in the last 6 league games for Wellington Phoenix.
Wellington Phoenix suffered the disappointment of a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Melbourne Victory the last time they met in the league.
The Nix have scored in each of their last 3 league meetings with Victory.
Wellington have lost the last 2 times they've have visited Victory in the league and have failed to win any of their last 7 encounters at AAMI Park.
With no real injury worries, Victory manager Tony Popović 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 Victory Playing at home | Wellington Phoenix Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals scored | 1.2 |
| 1.2 | Goals conceded | 1.2 |
| 21' | Time first goal scored | 45' |
| 41' | Time first goal conceded | 14' |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 3.2 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0.4 |
| 4.8 | Subs used | 4.2 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 1-0 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
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