Australian A-League Men

FT Thursday, January 29, 2026
Melbourne City FC DWLWL 2
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Wellington Phoenix LWDWL 2
1st2ndT
MBC022
WEL112
Sky Stadium · 3,679 att. · ESPN+

Team Stats

9
Fouls
7
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
2
53.4
Possession
46.6
7
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
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
0
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

MBC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

WEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 30Alby Kelly-HealdG
  2. 28Bill TuilomaCD
  3. 15Isaac HughesCD-L
  4. 4Manjrekar JamesCD-R
  5. 14Alex RuferCM-L
  6. 25Kazuki NagasawaCM-R
  7. 11Carlo ArmientoLM
  8. 6Tim PayneRM
  9. 7Ifeanyi EzeF
  10. 20Ramy NajjarineCF-L
  11. 8Paulo RetreCF-R

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Patrick BeachG
  2. 26Samuel SouprayenCD-L
  3. 22German FerreyraCD-R
  4. 16Aziz BehichLB
  5. 36Harrison ShillingtonRB
  6. 21Alessandro LopaneAM
  7. 19Zane SchreiberLM
  8. 8Ryan TeagueRM
  9. 17Max CaputoF
  10. 35Medin MemetiAM-L
  11. 20Benjamin MazzeoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Ifeanyi Eze (Wellington Phoenix FC) Goal at 23'
  2. 52' Ifeanyi Eze (Wellington Phoenix FC) Goal at 52'
  3. 54' Takeshi Kanamori (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 54'
  4. 54' Andreas Kuen (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 54'
  5. 54' Marcus Younis (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 54'
  6. 64' Corban Piper (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 64'
  7. 64' Sander Kartum (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 64'
  8. 72' Peter Antoniou (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 72'
  9. 73' Marcus Younis (Melbourne City FC) Goal at 73'
  10. 75' Nikola Mileusnic (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 75'
  11. 75' Matthew Sheridan (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 75'
  12. 77' Medin Memeti (Melbourne City FC) Goal at 77'
  13. 84' Liam Bonetig (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 84'
  14. 89' Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 89'
  15. 89' Lawrence Wong (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 89'
  16. 90'+2' Manjrekar James (Wellington Phoenix FC) Penalty - Saved at 92'

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