Wellington Phoenix have gone over 2.5 goals in 18 of 26 league games this season (69%) — 77% at home, 62% away. They've scored 36 and conceded 48, so their matches average 3.23 goals, and both teams have scored in 65% of them. Record: 9-6-11 in the A-League, where the division average is 56% over 2.5.
Full Wellington Phoenix season view in the app →They are one of the division's more open sides: 69% of their games beat 2.5 goals, 13 points above the A-League average of 56%. That ranks them 2nd of 12 for goals in their matches, 6th for scoring (1.38 a game) and 1st for goals conceded (1.85). They've kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in 26 games.
Across 26 matches with half-time data, 54% of the goals in their games have come after the break (39 before, 45 after). Wellington Phoenix themselves have scored 13 in first halves and 23 in second — a distinctly second-half team.
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | O2.5 | O3.5 | BTTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 48 | 69% | 46% | 65% |
| Home | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 77% | 46% | 69% |
| Away | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 62% | 46% | 62% |
Home/away splits are small samples — our 30,582-match study found ~94% of such gaps are indistinguishable from chance, which is why the app's ratings pool them rather than trusting the split.
Their most common result this season is 2–1 (4 times). Biggest win: 3–0 away at Brisbane Roar (Sat 3 Jan). Heaviest defeat: 0–5 at home to Auckland. 4 of their 26 games have produced five goals or more. Current run: 3 straight matches over 2.5 goals.
Streaks read louder than they predict: our break study found a three-game goals run carries roughly ±4.6 points of signal — real, but small, and it resets entirely after a long lay-off.
In 26 league games last season Wellington Phoenix's matches went over 2.5 goals 50% of the time. This season they're running hotter at 69%, up 19 points, though 26 games is a small sample to read much into.
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