Melbourne Victory 5-1 Wellington Phoenix — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Australia - A-League, 29 Dec 2025

📅29/12/2025 · 🕒11:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 1-1
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
58%
1.49
Draw
24%
4.19
Away
18%
4.85
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
53%
2.29
Over 2.5
47%
1.56
Both Teams to Score
Yes
49%
1.68
No
51%
2.06
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
30%
4.61
2-3 Goals
39%
1.92
4-5 Goals
21%
2.8
6+ Goals
10%
7.67
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 4.61 — our 30% vs market 16.6%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
24%
1.89
1/2
5%
35.0
1/X
6%
15.9
X/1
24%
4.17
X/2
7%
11.6
X/X
14%
6.75
2/1
10%
20.0
2/2
5%
8.81
2/X
5%
17.65
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
58%
Home Win
62%
-4.0pp
24%
Draw
20%
+3.6pp
18%
Away Win
17%
+0.4pp
53%
Under 2.5
40%
+13.4pp
47%
Over 2.5
60%
-13.4pp
49%
BTTS Yes
56%
-6.4pp
51%
BTTS No
44%
+6.4pp
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 Melbourne Victory EU Bookmakers 67%
Head to Head
AWAY Wellington Phoenix EU Bookmakers 21%
-2% / -1% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +1% / +1%
1.90/1.02 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.15/2.21
-12% / +30% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -11% / -11%
53% Ball Possession 47%
14 Total Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 4
432 · 84% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 369 · 81%
32.1 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 17.3
18.1 Crosses 11.3
1.6 Yellow Cards 2.2
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Melbourne Victory
3W-1D-2L
AWAY Wellington Phoenix
1.00 Avg Goals (FT) 0.83
1.51 xG 1.09
51% Ball Possession 49%
18 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 4
398 Passes 412
82% Pass Accuracy 82%
32 Box Touches 21
19 Crosses 17
2 Yellow Cards 1
12.04.2025 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix 2-3 HT 1-2 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory AVUS
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
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Melbourne Victory
5-1
AWAY Wellington Phoenix
1.89 xG 1.24
58% Ball Possession 42%
17 Total Shots 8
6 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 2
414 Passes 283
82% Pass Accuracy 78%
29 Box Touches 19
17 Crosses 9
1 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Melbourne Victory vs Wellington Phoenix
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Melbourne Victory swept aside Wellington Phoenix 5-1. Half-time: 2-1. 6 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 58%, and the 5-1 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 47% and both teams to score was close to even at 49%.

On the day, Melbourne Victory had 58% of the ball to Wellington Phoenix's 42%, shots finished 17-8, expected goals 1.89 to 1.24.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Melbourne Victory had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.00 goals for Melbourne Victory and 0.83 for Wellington Phoenix.

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

Melbourne Victory 5-1 Wellington Phoenix in the Australia - A-League on 29/12/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

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

Before kick-off our model rated a Melbourne Victory win the most likely single outcome at about 58%, with the full match-result split Melbourne Victory 58%, draw 24%, Wellington Phoenix 18%. The final score 5-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Melbourne Victory) — while Under 2.5, BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Melbourne Victory) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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