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Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Victory Preview: Team News & Prediction

by Alex Lawes · November 21 2024, 17:01
Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Victory Preview: Team News & Prediction
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It has been a bright start to the campaign for Wellington Phoenix with one defeat in their opening four matches as they now prepare to take on current league leaders Melbourne Victory in New Zealand this weekend.

Kick-off date/time: Sunday 24th November, 2024: UK – 2:30am / Saturday 23rd November, 2024 - US ET – 9:30pm / US PT – 6:30pm

How to watch on TV/online: UK – YouTube / US – ESPN / Australia – Paramount+

Wellington Phoenix Team News: A few injuries

Wellington Phoenix are dealing with a couple of defensive injuries such as full-backs Tim Payne and Lukas Kelly-Heald. As well as those defensive absentees, Phoenix are also set to be without winger Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues. 

Predicted XI (3-5-2): Oluwayemi; Sheridan, Wootton, Hughes; Smith, Conchie, Rufer, Nagasawa, Sutton; Barbarouses, Ishige

Unavailable: Payne (Injured), Kelly-Heald (Injured), Sloane-Rodrigues (Injured)

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Melbourne Victory Team News: No Velupillay

There is only one injury issue for Melbourne Victory to deal with ahead of this weekend’s visit to New Zealand to face Wellington Phoenix as left-winger Nishan Velupillay is sidelined due to an ankle injury.

Predicted XI (4-4-2): Duncan; Geria, Hamill, Roderick, Bos; Arzani, Teague, Valadon, Piscopo; Machach, Vergos

Unavailable: Velupillay (Injured)

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Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Victory Prediction

Wellington Phoenix come into this one on the back of an impressive 3-0 defeat of the Central Coast Mariners in their most recent outing a couple of weeks ago. They begin the weekend sitting tucked inside the top-half of the A League table. They face a Melbourne Victory side that are unbeaten after their opening four matches with three victories and a draw so far. They started with a draw and have now enjoyed three successive wins. These are two impressive upwardly mobile sides and both teams scoring looks a good bet for this one.

Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Victory Tip: Both teams to score

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