On Sun Oct 30th, Melbourne City and Wellington Phoenix will play a match in Melbourne in a meeting of these two A-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. 1st placed Melbourne City is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Melbourne Victory. Jamie MacLaren scored the first goal for Melbourne City in the 17th minute on a penalty, then Cadete added another on an own goal in the 19th minute In the end, Melbourne Victory couldn’t muster any offence and Melbourne City ran away with the shutout win. Melbourne City is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while wellington Phoenix is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Newcastle Jets. James McGarry struck first for Newcastle Jets in the 4th minute on a feed from Beka Dartsmelia, then Beka Dartsmelia added another in the 16th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Melbourne City won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Wellington Phoenix’s top weapon lately has been Waine, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches. Jamie MacLaren has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored five goals for Melbourne City.