Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Victory prediction and betting tips on April 12, 2024
Wellington Phoenix
Melbourne Victory
The first match of the program of the 24th round of the Australian A-League will give us the confrontation between Wellington and Melbourne Victory. The experts of our site have prepared for you a prediction for this match.
Wellington Phoenix
"Phoenix" for a long time led in the A-League standings, but a series of failures led to the fact that the team of Giancarlo Italiano caught up with the "sailors" from the Central Coast Mariners. Thanks to a 2-1 win over Sydney FC, Wellington Phoenix managed to regain the top spot. However, in the last round of the Central Coast Mariners defeated the Phoenix 2-1 and returned to the first line. Overall, in the last five rounds, the Phoenix have three wins and two losses. At home Wellington Phoenix won four matches in a row.
Melbourne Victory
Tony Popovich's team faced serious problems in the championship. The big V failed to take three points in six consecutive matches at the start of the year, but they also lost only once. Then followed two defeats from Central Coast Mariners and Brisbane Roar, but in the last four rounds, the club from Melbourne scored ten points. In particular, in the last round, Tony Popovic's team defeated Melbourne City 2-1 in the derby at home walls. At the moment, "victory" are in third place in the Australian A-League standings, five points behind the duo of leaders.
Interesting facts about the match and history of head-to-head meetings
- In the first round, the teams played twice in the draw 1:1
- Both teams have scored in all five of their last five matches.
- In three of the last 5 matches the bet on "Total over 2.5" was played.
Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Victory prediction
Guests are considered favourites for this match according to bookmaker quotes. However, as we can see from the statistics, the teams do not leave the field without scoring in five head-to-head matches. Our bet is "Both goals scored" at odds of 1.65.
