Adelaide United 3-2 Wellington Phoenix — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Australia - A-League, 18 Apr 2025

📅18/04/2025 · 🕒12:35 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-2 2nd Score 2-1
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
49%
1.49
Draw
23%
4.34
Away
28%
4.75
Under/Over 2.5
Under
43%
3.14
Over Pick
57%
1.33
Both Teams to Score
Yes
54%
1.43
No
46%
2.6
Total Goals
0-1
23%
7.55
2-3
36%
2.29
4-5
26%
2.38
6+
15%
4.21
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
18%
1.8
1/2
10%
35.0
1/X
6%
15.05
X/1
18%
4.54
X/2
12%
12.35
X/X
12%
8.3
2/1
12%
17.05
2/2
7%
8.22
2/X
5%
16.65
Value flag · 2/1 at 17.05 — our 12% vs market 3.4%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Our Pick
Over 2.5 — 57%
Fair price · no betting value
The bookmaker priced every market fairly — no dependable value at these odds, so skipping is the disciplined play.
Our Pick is our best estimate of the outcome; a value flag is a separate, rarer judgement about the price.
STRENGTH Home Win — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
49%
Home Win
63%
-14.0pp
23%
Draw
20%
+3.5pp
28%
Away Win
18%
+10.6pp
43%
Under 2.5
28%
+14.7pp
57%
Over 2.5
72%
-14.7pp
54%
BTTS Yes
66%
-11.8pp
46%
BTTS No
34%
+11.8pp
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 Adelaide United EU Bookmakers 67%
Head to Head
AWAY Wellington Phoenix EU Bookmakers 21%
-30% / -36% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +3% / +0%
1.96/1.27 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.32/1.91
-23% / -33% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -22% / +17%
56% Ball Possession 44%
16 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
8 Corners 4
445 · 84% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 346 · 81%
35.6 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 19.3
26.2 Crosses 12.2
1.3 Yellow Cards 2.1
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Adelaide United
3W-1D-2L
AWAY Wellington Phoenix
2.33 Avg Goals (FT) 1.67
2.16 xG 1.94
49% Ball Possession 51%
18 Total Shots 13
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 8
394 Passes 420
85% Pass Accuracy 85%
34 Box Touches 28
23 Crosses 21
3 Yellow Cards 2
11.01.2025 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix 1-2 HT 0-1 Adelaide United Adelaide United AVUS
03.03.2024 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix 3-2 HT 1-0 Adelaide United Adelaide United AVUS
04.01.2024 Adelaide United Adelaide United 2-2 HT 1-1 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix AVUS
05.05.2023 Adelaide United Adelaide United 2-0 HT 1-0 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix AVUS
17.03.2023 Adelaide United Adelaide United 5-1 HT 2-0 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix AVUS
17.12.2022 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix 3-1 HT 2-1 Adelaide United Adelaide United AVUS
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Adelaide United
3-2
AWAY Wellington Phoenix
2.17 xG 1.32
64% Ball Possession 36%
14 Total Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 2
10 Corners 5
465 Passes 228
87% Pass Accuracy 75%
36 Box Touches 18
23 Crosses 12
2 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Adelaide United vs Wellington Phoenix
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Adelaide United squeezed past Wellington Phoenix 3-2. The game was level at 2-2 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

Just as the model leaned, our model had Adelaide United as the likeliest winner at 49%, and the 3-2 landed on that lead. The goals side of the card held up too — over 2.5 goals (57%) came in.

On the day, Adelaide United had 64% of the ball to Wellington Phoenix's 36%, shots finished 14-9, expected goals 2.17 to 1.32.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Adelaide United had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 2.33 goals for Adelaide United and 1.67 for Wellington Phoenix.

What was the final score of Adelaide United vs Wellington Phoenix?

Adelaide United 3-2 Wellington Phoenix in the Australia - A-League on 18/04/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Adelaide United vs Wellington Phoenix?

Before kick-off our model rated a Adelaide United win the most likely single outcome at about 49%, with the full match-result split Adelaide United 49%, draw 23%, Wellington Phoenix 28%. The final score 3-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Adelaide United), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Adelaide United) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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