Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne Victory, taking place on Friday, 12 April 2024, at Sky Stadium in Wellington.
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Wellington Phoenix, Recent FormThe 2-1 away defeat to Central Coast Mariners will not have sat easily with the Wellington Phoenix squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. They came away from that fixture with 38% of the possession and clocked up 9 attempts on goal with 4 on target. By comparison, Central Coast Mariners managed 23 attempts on goal, with 6 on target.
When it comes to attacking power Giancarlo Italiano will be justly satisfied with his squad's performances of late, which has seen them chalk up 7 goals in their last 6 matches. However, it hasn't all been going well, and questions remain about their defence with 6 goals lost in those 6 matches resulting in some crucial points dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games, and this season they have notched up 5 clean sheets in 11 games at Sky Stadium.
They have been performing well at Sky Stadium recently and are unbeaten in their last 7 home games.
With 7 league goals in 6 games at home in Sky Stadium, Oskar Zawada will be feeling confident about hitting the net again in this home encounter.
Melbourne Victory, Recent FormHaving taken all 3 points, with a crucial 2-1 home win over Melbourne City in their last league game, Melbourne Victory will undoubtedly be very satisfied with their work. In that game they had 47% possession and managed 22 attempts on goal, with 5 on target, compared to Melbourne City who had 7 attempts and 2 on target.
They have circumvented their opponent's defence to score 10 times in their last 6 league games but unfortunately haven't managed to lock things down at their end, conceding 9 goals in these games and, in the process, missing out on some valuable points. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, but they've failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games on the road.
Whilst they have only lost 1 of their last 6 away games there will be concern over the amount of points dropped with 4 draws from those games. They've had an unusually high number of draws when playing away from home this season, with 8 draws in 13 away league games.
Bruno Fornaroli will be keen to get his name on the scoresheet against Wellington Phoenix in this match, having already scored 7 goals in his last 6 away games for Melbourne Victory.
Last time they met both teams got on the scoresheet, but the match ended in a 1-1 draw.
Wellington have scored in each of their last 11 games at home in the league against Victory.
This match has run out a draw on the previous 2 encounters between these sides in the league; however, Victory may have a slight edge with them currently enjoying a 5 match unbeaten streak against their opponents.
With no real injury worries, Wellington manager Giancarlo Italiano will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
Victory manager Tony Popović has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Wellington Phoenix Playing at home | Melbourne Victory Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | Goals scored | 1.6 |
| 0.9 | Goals conceded | 1.3 |
| 40' | Time first goal scored | 47' |
| 35' | Time first goal conceded | 49' |
| 1.1 | Yellow cards | 2.2 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 3.5 | Subs used | 4.9 |
| 5-2 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 3-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-2 |
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