Wellington Phoenix 1-2 Melbourne Victory — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Australia - A-League, 18 May 2024

📅18/05/2024 · 🕒09:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 0-0
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
42%
2.38
Draw
31%
3.11
Away
27%
2.72
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
56%
1.71
Over 2.5
44%
2.03
Both Teams to Score
Yes
47%
1.81
No
53%
1.9
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
31%
2.85
2-3 Goals
39%
1.77
4-5 Goals
20%
4.11
6+ Goals
10%
19.5
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 2.85 — our 31% vs market 29.2%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
14%
3.58
1/2
6%
33.0
1/X
7%
13.15
X/1 EV+ ✗
22%
5.19
X/2
7%
5.77
X/X
16%
4.13
2/1
6%
30.5
2/2
14%
4.17
2/X
8%
13.3
Value flag · X/1 at 5.19 — our 22% vs market 14.8%. 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
42%
Home Win
38%
+3.7pp
31%
Draw
29%
+2.5pp
27%
Away Win
33%
-6.1pp
56%
Under 2.5
55%
+1.4pp
44%
Over 2.5
45%
-1.4pp
47%
BTTS Yes
51%
-3.9pp
53%
BTTS No
49%
+3.9pp
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 42%
Head to Head
AWAY Melbourne Victory EU Bookmakers 37%
+14% / +21% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -5% / -13%
1.42/1.33 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.41/1.33
+3% / +39% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -20% / +21%
50% Ball Possession 50%
15 Total Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 5
390 · 81% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 328 · 77%
22.8 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 26.0
16.7 Crosses 19.8
1.6 Yellow Cards 1.6
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Wellington Phoenix
1W-3D-2L
AWAY Melbourne Victory
0.83 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
0.72 xG 1.69
50% Ball Possession 49%
8 Total Shots 18
2 Shots on Target 5
3 Corners 9
440 Passes 411
85% Pass Accuracy 84%
14 Box Touches 34
16 Crosses 23
2 Yellow Cards 1
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
10.11.2023 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 1-1 HT 1-1 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix AVUS
01.04.2023 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix 1-2 HT 1-0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory AVUS
03.02.2023 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 3-1 HT 1-1 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix AVUS
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Wellington Phoenix
1-2
AWAY Melbourne Victory
2.77 xG 1.74
64% Ball Possession 36%
27 Total Shots 13
7 Shots on Target 5
11 Corners 3
763 Passes 403
88% Pass Accuracy 82%
54 Box Touches 23
43 Crosses 13
1 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Victory
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Melbourne Victory squeezed past Wellington Phoenix 2-1 away from home. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Our pre-match lean was Wellington Phoenix at 42%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (56%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Wellington Phoenix had 64% of the ball to Melbourne Victory's 36%, shots finished 27-13, expected goals 2.77 to 1.74 — on chances, Wellington Phoenix could feel hard done by.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Melbourne Victory led the recent series with 2 wins, 3 drawn. Those games averaged 0.83 goals for Wellington Phoenix and 1.17 for Melbourne Victory.

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

Wellington Phoenix 1-2 Melbourne Victory in the Australia - A-League on 18/05/2024. 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 a Wellington Phoenix win the most likely single outcome at about 42%, with the full match-result split Wellington Phoenix 42%, draw 31%, Melbourne Victory 27%. The final score 1-2 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (Wellington Phoenix) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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