Phoenix faces Victory of Marco Rojas and COVID-19 threats at Sky Stadium

Wellington Phoenix is back to play in Wellington as they take on Melbourne Victory of the New Zealand national team star Marco Rojas at Sky Stadium. The opposition does not come in a good moment despite the last good performances of their new star-signing Rojas, while Phoenix battles for spots at the top of A-League ladder.

But Rojas and Victory are not the only sides to impose a threat for the home team: as already known worldwide, the Coronavirus outbreak is a major concern at the moment and before the match a lot of discussion went around the possibility to have a closed-door match or even to postpone the clash. The outcome of the discussions kept the game as it stands with home crowd, but it is not likely to stand as it is for the upcoming fixtures of A-League – a concern that can change much on the final rounds of the Australian top-tier.

To add more importance to this encounter, the Christchurch mass-shooting tragedy completes one-year this Sunday 15th March, Phoenix already announced they are planning to honour the victins of Christchurch in this clash against the Melbourne-based side.

Inside the pitch, Nix will need to be careful with the likes of Rojas and Ola Toivonen if they want to continue in their fantastic streak. The New Zealand team is currently three points away Melbourne City in the 2nd spot – to finish in the top-two will mean a huge advatange for Phoenix in the hunt of a first-ever Hyundai A-League title.

Wellington Phoenix will expect the 19-year-old Libby Cacace continues in his absolute fantastic form, scoring in the previous two matches of his side. The Mexican sensation Ulises Dávila does not score for four matches in a row and certainly the coach Ufuk Talay and his team supporters expect more on him in this clash.

The strong English-duo upfront made up by David Ball and the marksman Gary Hooper continues to work very fine in the season so far – they can be named as the major threat for the Victory side in this evening, if surely we do not mention COVID-19 concerns.

The match will be live telecasted by Sky Sport and also live streamed at MyFootball YouTube channel.