Wellington Phoenix Western United betting prediction

The away team is currently in the 7^th position of the league, with 21 points won, after 6 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in an away match against Newcastle Jets, by (0‑0). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Brisbane Roar, by (0‑1). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 19 matches they register 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in away matches, with 9 goals scored and 7 conceded; against 4 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses at their stadium, with 17 goals scored and 17 conceded. In the last 7 away league matches Western United has a record of 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, so they have won 11 points out of 21 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑0 (3 out of 7 matches). Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that has had a hard time trying to score first. They have opened up the score in only 4 of the last 17 matches for the A‑League, they have reached half‑time in front in 3 of those 4 matches and have held on to the lead in 3. In 17 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 12 times and have only turned the score around in 3.

Western United excited their fans in their debut year in the main Australian football competition, but have been dropping production over the past few weeks. The team arrives on this round in 7th place, four points away from Brisbane Roar and the qualifying places for the play-offs, a dream that has always seemed too demanding for such an inexperienced group. The series of unsuccessful games is set at three, after Mark Rudan's side were defeated by 1-0 at Brisbane Roar last weekend. A challenge where Western United failed to really bother the opposing goalkeeper, ending up losing with some justice in the face of a lack of creativity in offensive terms.

Confirmed Lineup: Filip Kurto, Oskar Dillon, Tomoki Imai, Andrew Durante, Joshua Risdon, Steven Luštica, Panagiotis Kone, Dario Jertec, Besart Berisha, Alessandro Diamanti, Connor Pain.
Coach: M. Rudan.