Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne Victory, taking place on Friday, 19 January 2024, at Sky Stadium in Wellington.
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Wellington Phoenix, Recent FormWellington Phoenix have set themselves up nicely for this match by securing a 4-3 away win against Perth Glory in their previous league match. They came away from that fixture with 56% of the possession and clocked up 11 attempts on goal with 6 on target. By comparison, Perth Glory managed 12 attempts on goal, with 6 on target.
While they have been strong in attack with 12 goals scored in their last 6 games, their defence has let them down slightly, by conceeding 11 at the other end which has led to points being dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games but have only managed to keep 2 clean sheets in those games.
It has been a solid run of home form of late, having gone undefeated in 5 of their last 6 matches at home and clocking up 4 wins along the way.
Goalscorer Kosta Barbarouses will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 8 goals in his last 6 league matches for Wellington Phoenix.
Melbourne Victory, Recent FormWith a 1-1 draw in their last match against Central Coast Mariners, Melbourne Victory had to settle for a share of the points. They achieved 52% possession in that match and had 9 strikes at goal, with 3 hitting the target, up against Central Coast Mariners' tally of 11 efforts at goal, 3 of which were on target.
Manager Tony Popović will be delighted with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 13 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 6 goals conceded in the same period. They've failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 away games; however, overall they've scored in 11 of their 12 games this season.
Their strong run of form, both away and at home now gives them an unbeaten streak of 12 games in a row.
Having scored 7 goals in his last 6 league games for Melbourne Victory, Bruno Fornaroli will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
In the most recent meeting between these teams, they both managed to find the net, but the game finished in a 1-1 draw.
The Victory defence has struggled at Sky Stadium, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 10 visits.
Wellington remains without a victory against Victory in their previous 4 league encounters.
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Goals scored | 1.9 |
| 1.2 | Goals conceded | 1.3 |
| 43' | Time first goal scored | 48' |
| 21' | Time first goal conceded | 39' |
| 1.6 | Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 3.6 | Subs used | 5.1 |
| 5-2 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 3-0 | Biggest defeat | - |
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