Melbourne City vs Wellington Phoenix betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the A-League Men match on January 03th, 2025

Melbourne City and Wellington Phoenix will play on Friday, January 03th, 2025, at 06:00h (UTC), in a A-League Men game to be held in Australia, check the Melbourne City vs Wellington Phoenix betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Melbourne City vs Wellington Phoenix will occur

The game will be played in the small AAMI Park stadium, in the city of Melbourne, with a capacity for 8000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Take the opportunity to check out the match live in Betarena, bringing much information to your bets, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Melbourne City vs Wellington Phoenix betting tip 2024/2025

The A-League Men has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 3.29 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 3.17 goals per match played.

Melbourne City last match

In the last match played, Melbourne City met Central Coast Mariners, in a match valid for the A-League Men. The match ended in a draw by 1-1. The coach A. Vidmar's on that occasion lined the team up with a 4-1-4-1 formation.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.40 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

One of the best on the field of Melbourne City was certainly Medin Memeti, with a performance well above the average one expressed by his team. He himself, with his sense of position and his excellent plays, was crucial to his team in bringing home a positive result.

Wellington Phoenix last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for A-League Men, Wellington Phoenix, who used a 4-1-4-1 formation, faced the Newcastle Jets team with a final score of 2-1.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 1.90.

Melbourne City vs Wellington Phoenix h2h

Wellington Phoenix occupied 1st place when they went against Melbourne City, who was in 8th place, in their last match at A-League Men. Wellington Phoenix first went in with a 4-3-2-1 formation, which was engaged by Melbourne City with a 4-2-3-1 deployment.

The last face-to-face between these two clubs was on 09-03-2024 in a A-League Men match of the 2023/2024 season. On that occasion, the match ended with a 1-0 win for Melbourne City.

The previous encounter between these teams saw them fighting hard to stay ahead.

The Wellington Phoenix team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Melbourne City its counterpart.

Melbourne City

A-League Men leaderboard now

The Melbourne City team with 15 points currently occupies the 5th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Final Series Play-offs, with a campaign of 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.

In the 12th round, the team has no advantage against the Western United team, which is ranked just below in position 6. It also has the same score that the Macarthur team that is in the 4th place.

Melbourne City analysis

Currently, Melbourne City has a tally of 16 goals scored and 10 goals against, at the end of round 11 of A-League Men.

To control the game, the Melbourne City team would try to achieve an average ball possession of 54.67%. This is because teams would have some control over their opponents if they had ball possession above 50%.

Melbourne City has proven to be a formidable attacking force, with 1030 attacks resulting in 16 goals. Wellington Phoenix, on the other hand, has only scored 12 times with 750 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Melbourne City

There are always individualities that stand out in a squad and in the team's attack, Yonatan Cohen has held that position so far in the competition. Serving Melbourne City with 4 goals this season, the Attacker has been a key player in winning triumphs.

Wellington Phoenix

A-League Men leaderboard now

Wellington Phoenix arrives in this game with 13 points, and in 9th place in the A-League Men, having won 4 games in total and lost 4 times, making a total of 1 draw.

In the 12th round, the team holds the same amount of points that the Sydney which is just above, in the 8th place.

Wellington Phoenix analysis

After round 11 of A-League Men we count 12 goals scored by Wellington Phoenix and 12 conceded.

Best goalscorer from Wellington Phoenix

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Kosta Barbarouses so far in the competition. With 6 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Wellington Phoenix to achieve victorious results this season.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Melbourne City is Yonatan Cohen, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Wellington Phoenix is Kosta Barbarouses, he has scored in 6 opportunities.

For those looking to bet, noting that most goals occur 75-90 minutes into the game could be helpful.

The option of betting under 2.5 goals is also compelling since Wellington Phoenix has an average of 1.75 goals per game as a visitor and often not suffers goals playing away from home, making this a market to explore.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.38.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Good betting results could be obtained if one notes that there is an average of 4.28 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 2.18 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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