📊 Form Guide

Wellington Phoenix

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Wellington Phoenix will be hoping to bounce back here following a 1-2 A-League defeat in their last game at the hands of Auckland FC.

In that game, Wellington Phoenix had 60% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Wellington Phoenix was Ifeanyi Eze (9'). On the other side, Auckland FC got 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. Sam Cosgrove (1', 34') was the scorer for Auckland FC.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that Wellington Phoenix have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Wellington Phoenix have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, shipping 9 goals on the way.

Macarthur FC

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Sydney FC in A-League action, Macarthur FC and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Macarthur FC managed 44% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Sydney FC got 19 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Marcel Tisserand (76') and Joe Lolley (93') scored for Sydney FC.

The stats don’t lie, and Macarthur FC have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 10 goals in total. Defensively, Macarthur FC have been far from perfect. We will find out if that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Coming into this contest, Macarthur FC are without an away win for the past 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head clashes dating back to 29/04/2023 shows that Wellington Phoenix have won 5 of these & Macarthur FC 1, with the number of drawn games being 0.

A total of 16 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 12 of them from The Nix and 4 being from Macarthur. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was A-League match day 15 on 20/01/2025 and the score finished Macarthur FC 1-2 Wellington Phoenix.

In that match, Macarthur FC managed 57% possession and 30 shots on goal with 9 on target. The scorer was Jake Hollman (16').

On the other side, Wellington Phoenix had 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Kazuki Nagasawa (65') and Kosta Barbarouses (71') scored.

The referee was Adam Kersey.

📰 Team News: Wellington Phoenix

In our view, The Nix may well employ a 4-2-2-2 system in the match, handing starts to Josh Oluwayemi, Matthew Sheridan, Manjrekar James, Isaac Robert Hughes, Lukas Kelly-Heald, Kazuki Nagasawa, Alex Rufer, Ramy Najjarine, Carlo Armiento, Ifeanyi Eze and Fin Conchie.

📰 Team News: Macarthur FC

We are inclined to think that Macarthur FC seem likely to begin the game with a 4-4-2 formation by sending out Filip Kurto, Callum Talbot, Tomislav Uskok, Matthew Jurman, Sime Grzan, Liam Rose, Luke Brattan, Harry Politidis, Anthony Caceres, Rafael Duran and Dong-Won Ji.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that Macarthur FC and Wellington Phoenix might both not be able to do quite enough to get on the scoresheet here.

We’re therefore seeing a close game with a 0-0 draw at the end of this game.

Andre Moura, 03:17 22/11/2025