Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Adelaide United and Wellington Phoenix, taking place on Friday, 17 March 2023, at Coopers Stadium in Adelaide.
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Adelaide United, Recent FormAdelaide United will be happy to have grabbed 3 points in their last match, where they clocked up a 4-2 win in their away outing against Newcastle United Jets. They came away from that fixture with 47% of the possession and clocked up 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target. By comparison, Newcastle United Jets managed 7 attempts on goal, with 3 on target.
Manager Carl Veart will be delighted with his team's performances in front of goal, with them having scored 18 goals in their last 6 games, but will have concerns about his defence with 12 goals conceded in the same period. This season, their defensive frailties have certainly been apparent, having conceded at least 1 goal in 17 of their 20 league games.
Their strong run of form, both away and at home now gives them an unbeaten streak of 9 games in a row.
Nestor Irankunda will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 4 goals in the last 6 league outings for Adelaide United.
Wellington Phoenix, Recent FormWellington Phoenix will be happy to take away 3 points from their last match, with an important 1-0 home win against Sydney FC. In that game they had 39% possession and managed 9 attempts on goal, with 2 on target, compared to Sydney FC who had 18 attempts and 3 on target.
It's fair to say that manager Ufuk Talay will be pretty happy with his squad's ability to find the net of late, having scored 9 goals in their last 6 matches. That said, he will also be aware there is still work to do at the back, where they have shipped 7 goals in those same matches as well as some valuable points. Their ongoing goal scoring streak now stands at 24 games in a row. They have produced a defensive record this season that they won't be proud of, having conceded at least 1 goal in 16 of their 20 league matches.
Goalscorer Oskar Zawada will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 5 goals in his last 6 league matches for Wellington Phoenix.
It was not a positive ending for Adelaide United last time they met Wellington Phoenix in the league, with the game ending in a 3-1 defeat.
During the last 2 times these two teams have met in the league at Coopers Stadium, The Nix have been unable to break through the Adelaide Utd defence and find the back of the net. In their previous 4 encounters with Adelaide Utd, The Nix have shipped at least one goal in those matches.
In the last 3 league matches against Wellington, Adelaide Utd have failed to record a victory.
Adelaide Utd player Craig Goodwin will be looking to get on the scoresheet again against Wellington, having scored 3 goals in the last 5 league meetings between the teams.
With no real injury worries, Adelaide Utd manager Carl Veart will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
Wellington manager Ufuk Talay has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Adelaide United Playing at home | Wellington Phoenix Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | Goals scored | 1.3 |
| 1.1 | Goals conceded | 1.3 |
| 28' | Time first goal scored | 39' |
| 33' | Time first goal conceded | 20' |
| 2.8 | Yellow cards | 2.9 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.2 |
| 3.6 | Subs used | 3.9 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| 1-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
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