Wellington Phoenix 2-3 Melbourne Victory — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Australia - A-League, 12 Apr 2025

📅12/04/2025 · 🕒08:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 2-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
27%
3.75
Draw
29%
3.94
Away
44%
1.71
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
49%
2.29
Over 2.5
51%
1.56
Both Teams to Score
Yes
57%
1.6
No
43%
2.19
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
27%
4.6
2-3 Goals
37%
1.92
4-5 Goals
24%
2.8
6+ Goals
12%
7.62
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
10%
6.63
1/2
8%
20.0
1/X EV+ ✗
10%
15.6
X/1
12%
9.24
X/2
14%
4.44
X/X
8%
6.34
2/1
5%
35.0
2/2
23%
2.19
2/X
10%
14.45
Value flag · 1/X at 15.6 — our 10% vs market 3.9%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
27%
Home Win
23%
+3.6pp
29%
Draw
22%
+6.7pp
44%
Away Win
54%
-10.3pp
49%
Under 2.5
40%
+9.1pp
51%
Over 2.5
60%
-9.1pp
57%
BTTS Yes
58%
-1.5pp
43%
BTTS No
42%
+1.5pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Wellington Phoenix EU Bookmakers 27%
Head to Head
AWAY Melbourne Victory EU Bookmakers 58%
+12% / +21% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -8% / -10%
1.24/1.47 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.62/1.46
-7% / +92% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -21% / -18%
44% Ball Possession 56%
11 Total Shots 15
4 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 7
305 · 78% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 437 · 84%
20.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 30.7
13.7 Crosses 16.6
1.2 Yellow Cards 2.1
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Wellington Phoenix
2W-2D-2L
AWAY Melbourne Victory
0.67 Avg Goals (FT) 0.67
1.14 xG 1.67
48% Ball Possession 52%
11 Total Shots 18
3 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 9
416 Passes 432
83% Pass Accuracy 84%
21 Box Touches 35
15 Crosses 23
1 Yellow Cards 2
14.02.2025 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 1-0 HT 0-0 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix AVUS
24.11.2024 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix 1-0 HT 0-0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory AVUS
18.05.2024 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix 1-2 HT 0-0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory AVUS
12.05.2024 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 0-0 HT 0-0 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix AVUS
12.04.2024 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix 1-0 HT 0-0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory AVUS
19.01.2024 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix 1-1 HT 0-0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory AVUS
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Wellington Phoenix
2-3
AWAY Melbourne Victory
1.18 xG 1.82
45% Ball Possession 55%
7 Total Shots 22
2 Shots on Target 10
5 Corners 9
235 Passes 291
75% Pass Accuracy 75%
18 Box Touches 37
19 Crosses 15
0 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Victory
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Melbourne Victory edged past Wellington Phoenix 3-2 away from home. Half-time: 1-2. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Melbourne Victory as the likeliest winner at 44%, and the 3-2 landed on that lead. The goals side of the card held up too — both teams to score (57%) came in.

On the day, Wellington Phoenix had 45% of the ball to Melbourne Victory's 55%, shots finished 7-22, expected goals 1.18 to 1.82.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 2 apiece, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 0.67 goals for Wellington Phoenix and 0.67 for Melbourne Victory.

What was the final score of Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Victory?

Wellington Phoenix 2-3 Melbourne Victory in the Australia - A-League on 12/04/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Victory?

Before kick-off our model rated an Melbourne Victory win the most likely single outcome at about 44%, with the full match-result split Wellington Phoenix 27%, draw 29%, Melbourne Victory 44%. The final score 2-3 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Melbourne Victory), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Melbourne Victory) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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