📊 Form Guide

Wellington Phoenix

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Wellington Phoenix will be hoping for a better result after the 0-5 A-League defeat in their last game at the hands of Auckland FC.

In that game, Wellington Phoenix managed 49% possession and 8 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Wellington Phoenix was Josh Oluwayemi (24' Own goal). For their opponents, Auckland FC had 10 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Jesse Randall (30', 45'), Guillermo May (41') and Lachlan Brook (74') scored for Auckland FC.

Matches with Wellington Phoenix have tended to be engaging ones recently with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen clashes alone, a grand total of 25 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 4.17 goals per game) with 9 of these being chalked up by Wellington Phoenix.

Leading up to this clash, Wellington Phoenix:

• have not been beaten in the league by Sydney FC in their last 4 matches.
• are without a win at home for the past 4 matches in the league. That's never good.

Sydney FC

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Sydney FC will go into the clash after a 1-0 A-League win vs Brisbane Roar in their previous match.

In that game, Sydney FC managed 65% possession and 15 shots at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Sydney FC was Tiago Quintal (54'). For their opponents, Brisbane Roar got 12 shots on goal with 5 on target.

The numbers tell their own story, and Sydney FC have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 9 goals overall. Defensively, Sydney FC have been far from perfect. Nevertheless, we’ll just have to find out whether that pattern might continue on in this next game.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Sydney FC:

• have not emerged victorious against Wellington Phoenix in away games against them for the last 4 matches in the league. Not good at all.
• are without an away win for the past 2 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head meetings dating back to 12/03/2023 tells us that Wellington Phoenix have won 3 of these & Sydney FC 1, with the tally of drawn games standing at 2.

In all, 12 goals were scored between them in this period, with 7 of them for The Nix and 5 being from The Sky Blues. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was A-League match day 13 on 18/01/2026 which ended up with the score at Sydney FC 0-2 Wellington Phoenix.

That day, Sydney FC managed 67% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

Wellington Phoenix had 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Carlo Armiento (29') and Isaac Hughes (63') scored.

The match was refereed by Sam Kelly.

📋 Team News: Wellington Phoenix

Tim Payne (Hamstring injury) and Sarpreet Singh (Collateral ligament injury) are unavailable for Wellington Phoenix manager Giancarlo Italiano. Ifeanyi Eze is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

🧠 Prediction

In this match, Wellington Phoenix will manage to breach the defence of this Sydney FC outfit, but one goal is unlikely to be good enough.

We’re going for a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 winning margin for Sydney FC when all is said and done. We’ll have to see what happens.

Peter Guest, 01:04 01/03/2026