Australian A-League Men

FT Monday, December 29, 2025
Wellington Phoenix LWLLW 1
–
Melbourne Victory LLDWW 5
1st2ndT
WEL101
MBV235
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium · 10,769 att. · ESPN+

Team Stats

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

Head to Head

MBV leads series 4-1

Lineups

MBV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Jack DuncanG
  2. 21Roderick MirandaCD-L
  3. 15Sebastian EspositoCD-R
  4. 2Jason DavidsonLB
  5. 22Joshua RawlinsRB
  6. 64Juan MataAM
  7. 8Jordi ValadonLM
  8. 27Louis D'ArrigoRM
  9. 9Nikolaos VergosF
  10. 11Clarismario RodriguesAM-L
  11. 17Nishan VelupillayAM-R

WEL · 3-5-2

  1. 40Eamonn MccarronG
  2. 4Manjrekar JamesCD
  3. 18Lukas Kelly-HealdCD-L
  4. 15Isaac HughesCD-R
  5. 25Kazuki NagasawaCM-L
  6. 20Ramy NajjarineCM-R
  7. 14Alex RuferAM
  8. 11Carlo ArmientoLM
  9. 27Matthew SheridanRM
  10. 7Ifeanyi EzeCF-L
  11. 3Corban PiperCF-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Nikolaos Vergos (Melbourne Victory) Goal at 7'
  2. 29' Ramy Najjarine (Wellington Phoenix FC) Goal at 29'
  3. 42' Nikolaos Vergos (Melbourne Victory) Goal at 42'
  4. 45'+2' Manjrekar James (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 47'
  5. 47' Nikolaos Vergos (Melbourne Victory) Goal at 47'
  6. 55' Clarismario Rodrigues (Melbourne Victory) Goal at 55'
  7. 57' Matthew Grimaldi (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 57'
  8. 57' Fin Conchie (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 57'
  9. 57' Luke Brooke-Smith (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 57'
  10. 64' Paulo Retre (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 64'
  11. 67' Keegan Jelacic (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 67'
  12. 67' Denis Genreau (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 67'
  13. 82' Jing Lual (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 82'
  14. 82' Adama Traoré (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 82'
  15. 90' Keegan Jelacic (Melbourne Victory) Goal at 90'
  16. 90'+4' Adama Traoré (Melbourne Victory) Yellow Card at 94'

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