Wellington Phoenix 2-2 Melbourne City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Australia - A-League, 30 Jan 2026

📅30/01/2026 · 🕒09:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 0-1
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
25%
3.08
Draw
26%
3.35
Away
49%
2.03
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
51%
1.91
Over 2.5
49%
1.8
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
1.7
No
50%
2.03
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
31%
3.39
2-3 Goals
37%
1.79
4-5 Goals
22%
3.39
6+ Goals
10%
12.75
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.39 — our 31% vs market 23.7%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
9%
5.1
1/2
10%
24.45
1/X
5%
14.0
X/1
11%
7.08
X/2
15%
4.89
X/X
15%
4.93
2/1
5%
33.5
2/2
24%
2.9
2/X
6%
13.3
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Away Win ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
26%
Home Win
29%
-3.1pp
26%
Draw
26%
-0.6pp
49%
Away Win
45%
+3.7pp
51%
Under 2.5
48%
+3.0pp
49%
Over 2.5
52%
-3.0pp
50%
BTTS Yes
55%
-4.7pp
50%
BTTS No
45%
+4.6pp
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 32%
Head to Head
AWAY Melbourne City EU Bookmakers 49%
+6% / +3% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +0% / +16%
1.40/1.51 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.55/1.35
-7% / +36% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -6% / -8%
46% Ball Possession 54%
12 Total Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 5
288 · 76% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 334 · 77%
23.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 27.3
16.9 Crosses 17.6
1.4 Yellow Cards 1.9
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Wellington Phoenix
1W-0D-5L
AWAY Melbourne City
0.33 Avg Goals (FT) 1.83
1.09 xG 1.80
45% Ball Possession 55%
7 Total Shots 21
3 Shots on Target 8
2 Corners 8
368 Passes 462
82% Pass Accuracy 86%
16 Box Touches 42
7 Crosses 25
2 Yellow Cards 1
28.02.2025 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix 0-1 HT 0-0 Melbourne City Melbourne City AVUS
03.01.2025 Melbourne City Melbourne City 2-0 HT 1-0 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix AVUS
09.03.2024 Melbourne City Melbourne City 1-0 HT 0-0 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix AVUS
25.11.2023 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix 1-0 HT 0-0 Melbourne City Melbourne City AVUS
27.08.2023 Melbourne City Melbourne City 3-0 HT 1-0 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix AVUK
10.04.2023 Melbourne City Melbourne City 4-1 HT 1-0 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix AVUS
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Wellington Phoenix
2-2
AWAY Melbourne City
1.91 xG 1.91
47% Ball Possession 53%
8 Total Shots 7
6 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 4
352 Passes 430
75% Pass Accuracy 80%
11 Box Touches 11
10 Crosses 18
POST-MATCH Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne City shared the points in a 2-2 draw. It was 1-0 at half-time, meaning the result turned around in the second half.

Our pre-match lean was Melbourne City at 49%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 49% and both teams to score was close to even at 50%.

On the day, Wellington Phoenix had 47% of the ball to Melbourne City's 53%, shots finished 8-7, expected goals 1.91 to 1.91.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Melbourne City led the recent series with 5 wins. Those games averaged 0.33 goals for Wellington Phoenix and 1.83 for Melbourne City.

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

Wellington Phoenix 2-2 Melbourne City in the Australia - A-League on 30/01/2026. 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 City?

Before kick-off our model rated an Melbourne City win the most likely single outcome at about 49%, with the full match-result split Wellington Phoenix 26%, draw 26%, Melbourne City 49%. The final score 2-2 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 (Melbourne City) ✗ Under 2.5
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