Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Melbourne City and Wellington Phoenix, taking place on Saturday, 09 March 2024, at AAMI Park in Melbourne.
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Melbourne City, Recent FormThe Melbourne City players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their away fixture against Macarthur FC recently, that ended in a 2-0 defeat. They achieved 56% possession in that match and had 22 strikes at goal, with 5 hitting the target, up against Macarthur FC's tally of 11 efforts at goal, 5 of which were on target.
Their boss Aurelio Vidmar is sure to be taking a close look at his defence, who have given away 12 goals over the last 6 matches and yet amazingly still managed to collect some valuable points during this poor defensive spell due to their 5 goals scored. They have been unable to score at home in 3 of their last 6 games.
MCFC 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.
Having scored 3 goals in his last 6 league games for Melbourne City, Marco Tilio will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
Wellington Phoenix, Recent FormWellington Phoenix enter this game with a comfortable 3-2 home win over Adelaide United last time out in the league. Their share of possession in that meeting was 50%, while racking up 15 shots along the way, 5 of which were on target. Adelaide United had 23 shots on goal with 6 on target.
Manager Giancarlo Italiano will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 8 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 4 goals conceded in the same period. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 away games but failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of those games.
Their strong run of form, both away and at home now gives them an unbeaten streak of 10 games in a row.
Kosta Barbarouses is the man of the moment at Wellington Phoenix right now and the toast of their travelling support, having notched up 7 goals from the last 6 away outings in the league.
It was not a positive ending for Melbourne City last time they met Wellington Phoenix in the league, with the game ending in a 1-0 defeat.
The Nix defence has struggled at AAMI Park, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 11 visits.
On home soil MCFC have managed to keep their visitors at bay for a very long time in this league fixture, denying Wellington a win against them for 13 games in a row.
With 4 goals from the previous 3 league matches against Wellington at AAMI Park, MCFC player, Jamie Maclaren, will be looking forward to this clash.
With no real injury worries, MCFC manager Aurelio Vidmar will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
Wellington manager Giancarlo Italiano has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Melbourne City Playing at home | Wellington Phoenix Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Goals scored | 1.5 |
| 1.1 | Goals conceded | 1.1 |
| 30' | Time first goal scored | 41' |
| 52' | Time first goal conceded | 44' |
| 2.1 | Yellow cards | 2.5 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.4 | Subs used | 3.4 |
| 8-1 | Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| 2-1 | Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
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