Melbourne City vs Wellington Phoenix

Melbourne City

2 - 0

Wellington Phoenix

🕒 Fri, 03 Jan 2025 06:00 Europe/London 📍 AAMI Park 🧑‍⚖️ Shaun Evans 🔁 Regular Season - 12 🏁 match finished

Season

2024-2025 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 12

Regular Season Table

Melbourne City 2 · Wellington Phoenix 11

Referee Stats

Shaun Evans

22 matches · 3.73 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	3.73
Reds avg	0.05
Penalties avg	0.23
Over 4.5 cards	23%
Home wins	36%
Draws	32%
Away wins	32%

Team Overview

Melbourne City (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 9-3-3

Goals For / Against

22 / 12

Avg: 1.47 / 0.80

Points

Avg: 2.00

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Wellington Phoenix (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 4-1-8

Goals For / Against

16 / 26

Avg: 1.23 / 2.00

Points

Avg: 1.00

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this A-League fixture.

Quick comparison bars

2.00

PPG

1.00

1.47

1.23

0.80

2.00

31%

O2.5

62%

31%

BTTS

62%

Score 1st

31%

League-position context

Melbourne City rank2nd

Wellington Phoenix rank11th

Melbourne City points48

Wellington Phoenix points24

Melbourne City: #2 · 48 pts · GD +16

Currently in the automatic promotion spots. 18 pts above the play-off edge. 22 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Wellington Phoenix: #11 · 24 pts · GD -16

24 pts off the top 2. 9 pts off the play-off line. 6 pts from safety.

24-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Melbourne City last 5 home

W D W W L

Points10/15

Weighted index76

Goals9-4

Record3-1-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Wellington Phoenix last 5 away

L L W D L

Points4/15

Weighted index24

Goals6-10

Record1-1-3

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Melbourne City trend breakdown

Over 2.531%

BTTS31%

BTTS + O2.531%

1H Over 0.577%

Also: Over 0.5 92% · Over 1.5 62% · Over 3.5 31% · 1H BTTS 0%

Wellington Phoenix trend breakdown

Over 2.562%

BTTS62%

BTTS + O2.554%

1H Over 0.585%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 85% · Over 3.5 31% · 1H BTTS 15%

Scoring reliability

Melbourne City score at home77%

Melbourne City clean sheet at home54%

Wellington Phoenix score away77%

Wellington Phoenix clean sheet away15%

First-goal patterns

Melbourne City score first62%

Melbourne City win after scoring first88%

Wellington Phoenix score first31%

Wellington Phoenix win after scoring first75%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Melbourne City 25% · Wellington Phoenix 22%

Avg first goal minute: Melbourne City 22.8' · Wellington Phoenix 29.8'

Vs league average

Melbourne City score at home1.47 vs 1.66

Melbourne City concede at home0.80 vs 1.63

Wellington Phoenix score away1.23 vs 1.63

Wellington Phoenix concede away2.00 vs 1.66

Melbourne City score 11% below league average, while Wellington Phoenix score 25% below league average.

Defensive side: Melbourne City are 51% below league average at home, and Wellington Phoenix are 21% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals2.00

BTTS20%

Over 2.520%

At this venue setup: 2.80 goals on average across the last 5.

Melbourne City goal timing (home)

1H scored: 48% 2H scored: 52% Danger: 61-75 Vulnerable: 0-15

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

61-75 5

16-30 4

31-45 4

46-60 3

76-90+ 3

0-15 2

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

0-15 4

76-90+ 4

61-75 3

16-30 2

31-45 1

46-60 1

Wellington Phoenix goal timing (away)

1H scored: 55% 2H scored: 45% Danger: 31-45 Vulnerable: 0-15

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

31-45 10

46-60 4

61-75 3

76-90+ 2

0-15 1

16-30 0

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

0-15 7

76-90+ 6

31-45 4

46-60 4

61-75 3

16-30 1

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

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Total Shots

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Shots off Goal

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Blocked Shots

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Shots Inside Box

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Shots Outside Box

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Ball Possession

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Corner Kicks

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Fouls

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Offsides

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Yellow Cards

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Red Cards

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Goalkeeper Saves

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Total Passes

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Passes Accurate

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Passes %

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Events

Yellow Cards

Home

Away

Red Cards

Home

Away

Substitutions

Home

Away

7' ⚽

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7' ⚽ Goal · 1-0

H. Politidis

Normal Goal · Assist: A. Kuen

19' ↑↓

↑↓

19' ⇄ A. Kuen

1st substitution · For: Z. Schreiber

46' ↑↓

↑↓

46' ⇄ K. Nagasawa

1st substitution · For: O. van Hattum

61'

61' K. Trewin

64' ↑↓

↑↓

64' ⇄ B. Mazzeo

2nd substitution · For: Kavian Rahmani

64' ↑↓

↑↓

64' ⇄ L. Brooke-Smith

2nd substitution · For: L. Supyk

65' ↑↓

↑↓

65' ⇄ A. Sulemani

3rd substitution · For: M. Memeti

81' ↑↓

↑↓

81' ⇄ Z. Schreiber

4th substitution · For: G. Ferreyra

81' ↑↓

↑↓

81' ⇄ H. Politidis

5th substitution · For: M. Ghossaini

81' ↑↓

↑↓

81' ⇄ S. Sutton

3rd substitution · For: L. Kelly-Heald

81' ↑↓

↑↓

81' ⇄ M. Sheridan

4th substitution · For: N. Walker

83' ⚽

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83' ⚽ Goal · 2-0

N. Atkinson

Normal Goal · Assist: M. Ghossaini

89' ↑↓

↑↓

89' ⇄ T. Payne

5th substitution · For: C. Piper

Melbourne City vs Wellington Phoenix 2-0: match report, goals, cards and substitutions

Melbourne City beat Wellington Phoenix 2-0 on Friday, 03 January 2025 in A-League. The match was refereed by Shaun Evans. It was played at AAMI Park.

First half: Melbourne City took an early lead at 7' when H. Politidis scored, with the assist credited to A. Kuen, making the score 1-0. Melbourne City made their 1st substitution at 19', with A. Kuen replacing Z. Schreiber.

Second half: Wellington Phoenix made their 1st substitution at 46', with K. Nagasawa replacing O. van Hattum. K. Trewin received a yellow card for Melbourne City at 61'. Melbourne City made their 2nd substitution at 64', with B. Mazzeo replacing Kavian Rahmani. Wellington Phoenix made their 2nd substitution at 64', with L. Brooke-Smith replacing L. Supyk. Melbourne City made their 3rd substitution at 65', with A. Sulemani replacing M. Memeti. Melbourne City made their 4th substitution at 81', with Z. Schreiber replacing G. Ferreyra. Melbourne City made their 5th substitution at 81', with H. Politidis replacing M. Ghossaini. Wellington Phoenix made their 3rd substitution at 81', with S. Sutton replacing L. Kelly-Heald. Wellington Phoenix made their 4th substitution at 81', with M. Sheridan replacing N. Walker. Melbourne City extended the lead at 83' when N. Atkinson scored, with the assist credited to M. Ghossaini, making the score 2-0. Wellington Phoenix made their 5th substitution at 89', with T. Payne replacing C. Piper.

Melbourne City used 5 substitutions while Wellington Phoenix used 5 substitutions. Melbourne City got 1 yellow card.