Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne City – Schedule & Where to Watch on TV

Football Australian A-League Wellington Phoenix - Melbourne City
Result
0:1
28/02/2025 at 01:30 (Time Zone – GMT-5 (America/New_York))
  • AUSTRALIA: A-League - Round 21
  • Where to Watch on TV:
australiaAustraliaParamount+
finlandFinlandVeikkaus TV
hong-kongHong-kongM Plus Live
indiaIndiaFanCode, FanCode
macaoMacaoMacau Cable TV 34 Football
philippinesPhilippinesCignal Play, Premier Football
south-koreaSouth-koreaSPOTV Now
united-kingdomUnited-kingdomDiscovery+ UK, TNT Sports 1
usaUsaESPN 3, ESPN App

Match Stats

Expected Goals (xG)
0.381.33
Ball Possession
40%60%
Goal Attempts
519
Shots on Goal
04
Shots off Goal
46
Blocked Shots
19
Big Chances
12
Corner Kicks
18
Shots inside the Box
315
Shots outside the Box
24
Hit the Woodwork
00
Goalkeeper Saves
30
Free Kicks
135
Offsides
21
Fouls
513
Yellow Cards
11
Throw-ins
1722
Touches in the Opposition Box
1838
Passes
75% (277/371)85% (459/538)
Passes in the final third
52% (35/67)79% (154/196)
Crosses
40% (2/5)25% (6/24)
Tackles
65% (11/17)67% (14/21)
Clearances Total
3419
Interceptions
126

Key Moments

Here there are
  • 1st Half (0 - 0)
  • 2nd Half (0 - 1)
  • 46', Schreiber Z. , Leckie M. ,
  • 51', 0 - 1, Tilio M. , Kuen A. (A),
  • 60', Walker N. , Brooke-Smith L. ,
  • 60', Retre P. , Piper C. ,
  • 71', Rufer A. 🟨,
  • 71', Rahmani K. , Politidis H. ,
  • 73', Geraldes F. , Rojas M. ,
  • 77', Trewin K. 🟨,
  • 88', Rufer A. , Ishige H. ,
  • 88', Payne T. , Kelly-Heald L. ,
  • 89', Caputo M. , Mazzeo B. ,
  • 89', Kuen A. , Wong L. ,

Highlights

Chances of winning


Wellington Phoenix
25.8%
Draw
26.9%
Melbourne City
47.3%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)
22% 25.9% 52.1%

Our Initial ML Estimation

21.5% 26.5% 53.3%


Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

  • Wellington Phoenix has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+3.8%)
  • Melbourne City has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-4.8%)
  • ML Model estimates a lower probability for Wellington Phoenix than the current prediction. (-4.3%)
  • ML Model estimates a higher probability for Melbourne City than the current prediction. (+6%)
  • Note: The ML model's higher estimate suggests that Melbourne City could outperform expectations, possibly based on recent matchups or player stats.
  • Wellington Phoenix - Melbourne City Odds

    1 X 2 Marga
    Avarage Now
    (Initially)
    3.69
    (4.29)
    3.51
    (3.64)
    2.01
    (1.81)
    5.4%
    (6.1%)

  • The most likely Over/Under: 2.50
  • What is the prediction for Wellington Phoenix - Melbourne City?
  • Users Predictions: 19 users predict this event. Wellington will win (votes: 6 - 31.6%). Melbourne City will win (votes: 11 - 57.9%). It will Tie (votes: 2 - 10.5%).
    Confidence interval (95%) for Melbourne City: 35.7%80.1%.
  • The most likely score by Bookmakers is 1:1.
  • Preview Facts
    • The game between a mid-table team and the outsider (ranked 11 and 6 in the zone Promotion ~ A~League (Play Offs: Quarter~finals)).
    • Last 5 head-to-head matches Wellington won 1.
    • Recent matches Wellington is playing mutable (in the last 5 games wins - 1).
    • Melbourne City is in a poor shape now (in the last 5 games wins - 1).
    • Recently Melbourne City have a series of guest games.
    • In this match Melbourne City is a favorite.
    • There will not play in Wellington: Colakovski S. (Knee Injury)
    • There will not play in Melbourne City: Cohen Y. (Knee Injury) Memeti M. (International duty) Nabbout A. (Knee Injury) Necovski J. (Knee Injury) Ugarkovic S. (Injury)
    • There are questionable in Wellington: Sloane-Rodrigues G. (Knock)
    • There are questionable in Melbourne City: Jeggo J. (Muscle Injury)
    • Last 20 head-to-head matches Wellington won 7 matches, drawn 2 matches, lost 11 matches and goals 23:39 (average 1.2:2).
    • Including matches at home between the teams Wellington won 5 matches, drawn 0 matches, lost 3 matches and goals 11:15 (average 1.4:1.9).
    What were the results of their latest head-to-head matches?
    The latest head-to-head matches between Wellington Phoenix - Melbourne City were as follows:
    03.01.2025 Melbourne City - Wellington Phoenix 2:0
    09.03.2024 Melbourne City - Wellington Phoenix 1:0
    24.11.2023 Wellington Phoenix - Melbourne City 1:0
    27.08.2023 Melbourne City - Wellington Phoenix 3:0
    10.04.2023 Melbourne City - Wellington Phoenix 4:1
    Latest results of Wellington Phoenix
    Latest results of Melbourne City
    Draw
    Play Offs

    Quarter-finals
    1Melbourne City (2)Bye
    2Western United (3)Adelaide United (6)3 : 2
    3Auckland FC (1)Bye
    4WS Wanderers (4)Melbourne Victory (5)1 : 2

    Semi-finals
    1Melbourne City (2)Western United (3)1 : 1, 3 : 0
    2Auckland FC (1)Melbourne Victory (5)0 : 2, 1 : 0

    Final
    1Melbourne City (2)Melbourne Victory (5)1 : 0