Week 26 brings us a match on Apr 29th, where Melbourne Victory will host Wellington Phoenix in a clash of the A-League. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Melbourne Victory sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Brisbane Roar. Parsons struck first for Brisbane Roar in the 54th minute, then in the 68th minute, Francesco Margiotta sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Brendan Hamill squeezing out at least the one point for Melbourne Victory. Melbourne Victory should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while wellington Phoenix sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Western Sydney Wanderers. Ben Waine struck first for Wellington Phoenix in the 22nd minute on a feed from David Ball, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Western Sydney Wanderers couldn’t manage to score, and Wellington Phoenix took the shutout win. Wellington Phoenix is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Westpac Stadium, Wellington Phoenix won by a score of 1 to 0. Reno Piscopo struck first for Wellington Phoenix in the 74th minute on a feed from David Ball, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Melbourne Victory couldn’t manage to score, and Wellington Phoenix took the shutout win.
Both Jaushua Sotirio and Gael Sandoval have been the hottest scorers for Wellington Phoenix in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Melbourne Victory is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Marco Rojas and Jake Brimmer each having 2 goals in their last five.