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Melbourne City vs Wellington Phoenix: result 1-2 and analysis

Australia CupRound of 16Kick-off on August 17, 2022 at 09:30 AM (UTC)AAMI Park, Melbourne

Melbourne City
1-2
Wellington Phoenix

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What was the result of Melbourne City vs Wellington Phoenix?

Wellington Phoenix won 1-2 on August 17, 2022.

Goalscorers

  • 19′K. BarbarousesWellington Phoenix
  • 36′B. WaineWellington Phoenix
  • 84′M. LeckieMelbourne City

Official lineup for Melbourne City vs Wellington Phoenix

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Melbourne City

  1. 7M. Leckie
  2. 9J. Maclaren
  3. 15A. Nabbout
  4. 23M. Tilio
  1. 10F. Berenguer-Bohrer
  2. 16T. Gomulka
  1. 3S. Jamieson
  2. 4Nuno Reis
  3. 22C. Good
  4. 25C. Talbot
  1. 1T. Glover

Wellington Phoenix

  1. 7K. Barbarouses
  2. 8B. Old
  3. 18B. Waine
  1. 11B. Kraev
  2. 13N. Pennington
  3. 23C. Lewis
  1. 4S. Wootton
  2. 17C. Elliot
  3. 19S. Sutton
  4. 21J. Laws
  1. 20O. Sail
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Melbourne City have 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats; Wellington Phoenix have 7, 0 and 8.

The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.

Melbourne City
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Aug 2, 2022Hamilton Olympic(away)1-0Australia Cup
May 28, 2022Western United(home)0-2A-League
May 22, 2022Adelaide United(home)2-1A-League
May 18, 2022Adelaide United(away)0-0A-League
May 9, 2022Wellington Phoenix(home)2-1A-League
Wellington Phoenix
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Aug 3, 2022Devonport City(away)4-0Australia Cup
May 14, 2022Western United(away)0-1A-League
May 9, 2022Melbourne City(away)1-2A-League
May 5, 2022Western Sydney Wanderers(away)2-1A-League
Apr 29, 2022Melbourne Victory(away)1-3A-League

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 6 meetings: 3 Melbourne City wins, 2 draws, 1 Wellington Phoenix win.

DateScoreCompetition
May 9, 2022Melbourne City 2-1 Wellington PhoenixA-League
Apr 2, 2022Wellington Phoenix 0-6 Melbourne CityA-League
Jan 5, 2022Melbourne City 0-0 Wellington PhoenixAustralia Cup
May 16, 2021Melbourne City 2-2 Wellington PhoenixA-League
Apr 5, 2021Wellington Phoenix 2-3 Melbourne CityA-League
Feb 15, 2020Wellington Phoenix 1-0 Melbourne CityA-League

Last archived meeting: Melbourne City vs Wellington Phoenix on May 9, 2022

How many goals should we expect?

Melbourne City score 1.7 and concede 0.8 goals per match over their last 15; Wellington Phoenix score 1.3 and concede 2.0.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Melbourne City1.70.875/158/15
Wellington Phoenix1.32.046/1512/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

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How does Footlab AI compute this prediction?

The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy

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