Aust. A-League
2022-03-30 - Brisbane Roar vs Wellington Phoenix
A Sports Betting Pick by ArmchairPunter
Football : Australia : A-League
Venue : Moreton Daily Stadium
Wednesday 30th March 2022, 1805hrs
Brisbane Roar will be looking to stem the flow of recent defeats that they’ve suffered in the past few weeks with their latest losses being defeats at home to Melbourne City and Western United in 2-1 and 3-2 losses respectively.
Indeed, despite beating Wellington Phoenix in an earlier fixture along with a 4-1 thrashing of Perth Glory on the road, The Roar have lost five of their last seven matches overall in the A-League and this has left Brisbane sitting a disappointing second from bottom on the table.
In addition, Brisbane Roar have managed to win just four of their last 10 games on home soil which also includes five defeats along with keeping just three clean sheets as well.
Wellington Phoenix themselves endured back-to-back defeats recently to Brisbane Roar and Newcastle Jets but the New Zealanders bounced back with a 2-1 home win against Perth Glory and they’ll be hoping this can spur them on in Brisbane on Wednesday evening.
The bigger picture shows that Wellington have lost just twice in their last 10 matches overall in the Australian top flight and this encouraging sequence of results also include six wins as well, so the visitors may well fancy their chances of recording their first away win of the season here.
The fixture scheduling is very strange this season, with the Phoenix playing all their games in Australia so far due to Covid-19 restrictions, and in their last 10 matches - eight of them have been been at "home" in various stadiums in Sydney, Gosford and Wollongong.
Statistically, the Phoenix have lost their last five away games on the trot though so the Phoenix may just be happy to settle for a point in this encounter.
The Betting Verdict
Brisbane Roar have been fairly inconsistent and this may leave the door open for Wellington to nick at least a point here.
I favour the visitors with a half-goal handicap start.
The Pick :
Brisbane Roar 1-1 Wellington Phoenix
