Australian A-League Men

FT Thursday, February 5, 2026
Melbourne Victory WLLWL 3
–
Wellington Phoenix WDWLD 2
1st2ndT
MBV213
WEL112
Sky Stadium · 5,783 att. · ESPN+

Team Stats

6
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
3
43.1
Possession
56.9
12
SHOTS
8
6
ON GOAL
3
0.5
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

WEL · 5-3-2

  1. 30Alby Kelly-HealdG
  2. 28Bill TuilomaCD
  3. 15Isaac HughesCD-L
  4. 4Manjrekar JamesCD-R
  5. 11Carlo ArmientoLB
  6. 6Tim PayneRB
  7. 8Paulo RetreCM
  8. 25Kazuki NagasawaCM-L
  9. 16Sander KartumCM-R
  10. 20Ramy NajjarineCF-L
  11. 7Ifeanyi EzeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 39Jayden SmithSUB
  2. 3Corban PiperSUB
  3. 40Eamonn MccarronSUB
  4. 5Fin ConchieSUB
  5. 18Lukas Kelly-HealdSUB
  6. 27Matthew SheridanSUB
  7. 29Luke Brooke-SmithSUB

MBV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 40Jack WarshawskyG
  2. 21Roderick MirandaCD-L
  3. 15Sebastian EspositoCD-R
  4. 2Jason DavidsonLB
  5. 22Joshua RawlinsRB
  6. 64Juan MataAM
  7. 8Jordi ValadonLM
  8. 10Denis GenreauRM
  9. 44Charles NdukaF
  10. 17Nishan VelupillayAM-L
  11. 7Reno PiscopoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Joshua InserraSUB
  2. 27Louis D'ArrigoSUB
  3. 25Jack DuncanSUB
  4. 23Keegan JelacicSUB
  5. 14Matthew GrimaldiSUB
  6. 19Jing LualSUB
  7. 9Nikolaos VergosSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Sebastian Esposito (Melbourne Victory) Goal at 10'
  2. 39' Carlo Armiento (Wellington Phoenix FC) Goal at 39'
  3. 41' Charles Nduka (Melbourne Victory) Yellow Card at 41'
  4. 44' Nishan Velupillay (Melbourne Victory) Goal at 44'
  5. 45'+3' Paulo Retre (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 48'
  6. 63' Keegan Jelacic (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 63'
  7. 63' Matthew Grimaldi (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 63'
  8. 68' Luke Brooke-Smith (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 68'
  9. 76' Louis D'Arrigo (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 76'
  10. 76' Nikolaos Vergos (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 76'
  11. 77' Corban Piper (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 77'
  12. 77' Louis D'Arrigo (Melbourne Victory) Goal at 77'
  13. 82' Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 82'
  14. 82' Matthew Sheridan (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 82'
  15. 84' Roderick Miranda (Melbourne Victory) Own Goal at 84'
  16. 90'+2' Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 92'

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