Sydney vs Wellington Phoenix Prediction: More second-half entertainment at Allianz Stadium

Sydney FC head coach Ufuk Talay faces a reunion with his former club, Wellington Phoenix, at Allianz Stadium on Sunday (06:00 GMT, TNT Sports 2). The Sky Blues are second in the 12-team Australian A-League Men's, with the Nix seven points behind them in 10th.

Below are my Sydney vs Wellington Phoenix predictions, alongside all the latest team news and match odds.

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Team News

Joe Lolley (hamstring), Al Hassan Toure (calf) and Gus Hoesfloot (wrist) have been joined in the Sydney treatment room by Abel Walatee (groin), while Mathias Macallister remains on 2026 AFC Asian Cup duty in Saudi Arabia with Australia.

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Hideki Ishige (ACL), Luke Supyk, Dan Edwards, Jayden Smith, Joshua Oluwayemi and Nathan Walker (all unspecified) are injured for Wellington Phoenix, but Carlo Armiento, who served a suspension in last Sunday's 2-2 draw at home to Adelaide United, is free to return to action for Giancarlo Italiano's side.

Sydney vs Wellington Phoenix Odds

Sydney, who have won all three home games in the ALM this season, are 4/9 to make it four victories from four at Allianz Stadium on Sunday, implying a 69.2% probability of success, while Wellington Phoenix are 9/2, or an 18.2% chance, to record back-to-back away wins following a 3-0 triumph at Brisbane Roar's Suncorp Stadium on January 3.

The draw is offered at 16/5, both teams to score at 4/6, and over 2.5 total goals at 8/15.

Most Corners - Wellington Phoenix @ 18/5

Despite winning all three home games in the league this season, keeping a clean sheet in all three, Sydney have only won the corner count once at Allianz Stadium, taking five to Central Coast Mariners' four in a 2-0 victory on October 23. In a 2-0 win against Macarthur on November 9, though, they lost the corner count 4-6, and in a 3-0 success over Melbourne Victory 13 days later, it was 6-7.

Only Perth Glory (4.08) averaged fewer corners taken per game heading into Round 13 than Sydney (4.18), whose 5.64 conceded per game average ranks the Sky Blues behind only Central Coast Mariners (6.42) and Newcastle Jets (6.17).

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Wellington, meanwhile, are averaging five corners taken per game, and just 4.58 conceded per game.

Sydney are missing three key attackers, Lolley, Walatee and Toure, so they may not be as dominant as might usually be expected.

At 18/5, I think there's great value in backing the Nix in the Most Corners market at 18/5.

Highest Scoring Half - Second Half @ 1/1

There hasn't been a single first-half goal scored at Allianz Stadium this season, with Sydney's seven league goals at home all coming after the interval.

The Nix, meanwhile, have seen eight second-half goals scored across their last three away games, with the Second Half triumphing in the Highest Scoring Half market in a 3-1 defeat at Auckland FC on December 6 and their 3-0 win at Brisbane Roar on January 3.

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