Melbourne Victory vs Wellington Phoenix FC, 2025-26 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men

Melbourne Victory

7': Nikolaos Vergos
42': Nikolaos Vergos
47': Nikolaos Vergos
55': Clarismario Rodrigues
90': Keegan Jelacic

FT
5 - 1

Wellington Phoenix FC

29': Ramy Najjarine

About

Melbourne Victory are hosting Wellington Phoenix FC at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Timeline

7': Nikolaos Vergos (Melbourne Victory) Goal at 7'
29': Ramy Najjarine (Wellington Phoenix FC) Goal at 29'
42': Nikolaos Vergos (Melbourne Victory) Goal at 42'
45'+2': Manjrekar James (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 47'
47': Nikolaos Vergos (Melbourne Victory) Goal at 47'
55': Clarismario Rodrigues (Melbourne Victory) Goal at 55'
57': Matthew Grimaldi (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 57'
57': Fin Conchie (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 57'
57': Luke Brooke-Smith (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 57'
64': Paulo Retre (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 64'
67': Keegan Jelacic (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 67'
67': Denis Genreau (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 67'
82': Jing Lual (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 82'
82': Adama Traoré (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 82'
90': Keegan Jelacic (Melbourne Victory) Goal at 90'
90'+4': Adama Traoré (Melbourne Victory) Yellow Card at 94'

Statistics

WEL		MVC
10	Fouls	12
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	4
1	Saves	1
41.7	Possession	58.3
8	SHOTS	17
2	ON GOAL	6
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
1	Blocked Shots	4
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Attendance: 10,769

A-League Men Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Adelaide United	0	0	0
2	Auckland FC	0	0	0
3	Brisbane Roar	0	0	0
4	Central Coast Mariners	0	0	0

Full Table

Line-Ups

Melbourne Victory (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
25	Jack Duncan (GK)
21	Roderick Miranda
15	Sebastian Esposito
2	Jason Davidson
22	Joshua Rawlins
64	Juan Mata
8	Jordi Valadon
27	Louis D'Arrigo
9	Nikolaos Vergos
11	Clarismario Rodrigues
17	Nishan Velupillay

Melbourne Victory Substitutes:

Joshua Inserra, Adama Traoré, Denis Genreau, Matthew Grimaldi, Jing Lual, Keegan Jelacic, Jack Warshawsky.

Wellington Phoenix FC (3-5-2)

No.	Name
40	Eamonn Mccarron (GK)
4	Manjrekar James
18	Lukas Kelly-Heald
15	Isaac Hughes
25	Kazuki Nagasawa
20	Ramy Najjarine
14	Alex Rufer
11	Carlo Armiento
27	Matthew Sheridan
7	Ifeanyi Eze
3	Corban Piper

Wellington Phoenix FC Substitutes:

Paulo Retre, Alby Kelly-Heald, Anaru Cassidy, Luke Brooke-Smith, Xuan Loke, Fin Conchie, Ryan Lee.

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