📏 Form Guide

Wellington Phoenix

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Wellington Phoenix will play in this match following on from a 2-2 A-League tied result against Western Sydney Wanderers.

In that game, Wellington Phoenix had 45% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 8 on target. For Wellington Phoenix, goals were scored by Bill Tuiloma (68') and Ifeanyi Eze (71'). For their opponents, Western Sydney Wanderers had 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Ryan Fraser (17') and Phillip Cancar (43') scored for Western Sydney Wanderers.

Wellington Phoenix haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting in each and every one of their last 6 matches.

They’ve hit an aggregate of 11 during that time while also conceding a total of 13. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

Ahead of this clash, Wellington Phoenix haven’t won at home in the past 3 league games.

Auckland FC

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In their previous fixture, Auckland FC drew 1-1 in the A-League tie with Sydney FC.

In that match, Auckland FC had 44% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Sydney FC had 20 shots at goal with 8 on target. Alexandar Popović (84') and Alex Grant (95' Own goal) scored for Sydney FC.

Steve Corica's Auckland FC have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 7 times throughout their most recent 6 matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during the equivalent period adds up to 6.

Coming into this contest, Auckland FC haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was A-League match day 7 on 06/12/2025 when the final score was Auckland FC 3-1 Wellington Phoenix.

On that day, Auckland FC had 49% possession and 22 shots at goal with 13 of them on target. The goalscorers were Lachlan Brook (7'), Francis de Vries (72') and Guillermo May (80').

Wellington Phoenix got 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Alex Rufer (55') scored.

The match was refereed by Adam Kersey.

📋 Team News: Auckland FC

Auckland FC manager Steve Corica has not got a full squad to pick from. Joseph Knowles (Hip injury), Ralph Rutherford (Cruciate ligament injury), Eli Jones (infection), Oliver Middleton (Cruciate ligament tear) and Oliver Sail (Torn knee ligaments) are not able to play. Ineligible players who cannot play in this game through suspension are Sam Cosgrove, James Bayliss, Aidan Carey, Oscar Faulds, Reid Drake, Ronan Wynne, Jonathan Robinson, Nathan Lobo, Michael den Heijer, Tass Mourdoukoutas, Zac Zoricich, Emiliano Tade, Daniel Normann, Kian Donkers, Matthew Ellis, Isa Prins and Oscar Mason.

💭 Prediction

In our opinion, Wellington Phoenix may find it difficult to get anything against this Auckland FC outfit who should just have the edge.

Therefore, we predict a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 winning score for Auckland FC at full-time.

Let’s see what happens.

Peter Guest, 03:17 21/02/2026