Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne City Preview: Team News & Prediction
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The Wellington Phoenix have massively regressed this season as they hover down at the bottom end of the table as they take on a Melbourne City side firmly in the middle-of-the-table.
Kick-off date/time: Friday 28th February, 2025: UK – 6:30am / US ET – 1:30am / Thursday 27th February, 2025: US PT – 10:30pm
How to watch on TV/online: UK – YouTube / US – ESPN / Australia – Paramount+
Wellington Phoenix Team News: Couple of injuries
The Wellington Phoenix have a couple of absentees ahead of the visit of Melbourne City this weekend with winger Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues sidelined alongside experienced striker Stefan Colakovski.
Predicted XI (4-4-2): A. Kelly-Heald; Payne, Hughes, Wootton, L. Kelly-Heald; Ishige, Sheridan, Conchie, Piper; Barbarouses, Chico Geraldes
Unavailable: Sloane-Rodrigues (Injured), Colakovski (Injured)
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Melbourne City Team News: Several injuries
Melbourne City are dealing with several absentees ahead of their trip to New Zealand this weekend with experienced Australia internationals James Jeggo and Andrew Nabbout still sidelined alongside the likes of Alessandro Lopane and Jordan Necovski.
Predicted XI (4-1-3-2): Beach; Atkinson, Ferreyra, Souprayen, Behich; Trewin; Tilio, Leckie, Rahmani; Caputo, Kuen
Unavailable: Necovski (Injured), Ugarkovic (Injured), Jeggo (Injured), Lopane (Injured), Cohen (Injured), Nabbout (Injured)
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Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne City Prediction
The Wellington Phoenix come into this one on the back of a 6-1 annihilation at the hands of Auckland in their most recent outing last weekend. The New Zealanders finished as runners’ up in the regular season of the A League as they languish down to the bottom end of the table. They now face a Melbourne City side that have been a little frustrating to watch with their 2-2 draw in the derby against the Melbourne Victory meaning they have now managed just one win in their last five matches. They remain slight favourites for this one but the overall expectation is for a low-scoring, low quality affair.
Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne City Tip: Under 3.5 goals
