Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, February 20, 2026
Auckland FC DLWDW 5
–
Wellington Phoenix LDLDL 0
1st2ndT
AUC415
WEL000
Sky Stadium · 10,040 att. · ESPN+

Team Stats

9
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
1
50.2
Possession
49.8
10
SHOTS
8
5
ON GOAL
1
0.5
On Target %
0.1
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
2
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

AUC leads series 5-0

Lineups

WEL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Josh OluwayemiG
  2. 28Bill TuilomaCD-L
  3. 4Manjrekar JamesCD-R
  4. 15Isaac HughesLB
  5. 27Matthew SheridanRB
  6. 25Kazuki NagasawaCM-L
  7. 14Alex RuferCM-R
  8. 11Carlo ArmientoLM
  9. 8Paulo RetreRM
  10. 20Ramy NajjarineCF-L
  11. 7Ifeanyi EzeCF-R

AUC · 3-4-3

  1. 1Michael WoudG
  2. 23Daniel HallCD
  3. 3Jake Girdwood-ReichCD-L
  4. 2Hiroki SakaiCD-R
  5. 8Felipe GallegosCM-L
  6. 7Cameron HowiesonCM-R
  7. 15Francis de VriesLM
  8. 17Callan ElliotRM
  9. 10Guillermo MayF
  10. 21Jesse RandallCF-L
  11. 27Logan RogersonCF-R

Timeline

  1. 20' Hiroki Sakai (Auckland FC) Yellow Card at 20'
  2. 24' Josh Oluwayemi (Wellington Phoenix FC) Own Goal at 24'
  3. 30' Jesse Randall (Auckland FC) Goal at 30'
  4. 41' Guillermo May (Auckland FC) Goal at 41'
  5. 45'+2' Ifeanyi Eze (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 47'
  6. 45'+3' Jake Girdwood-Reich (Auckland FC) Yellow Card at 48'
  7. 45'+5' Jesse Randall (Auckland FC) Goal at 50'
  8. 45' Alby Kelly-Heald (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 45'
  9. 58' Isaac Hughes (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 58'
  10. 60' Corban Piper (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 60'
  11. 71' Lachlan Brook (Auckland FC) Substitution at 71'
  12. 71' Jake Brimmer (Auckland FC) Substitution at 71'
  13. 74' Lachlan Brook (Auckland FC) Goal at 74'
  14. 75' Jonty Bidois (Auckland FC) Substitution at 75'
  15. 75' Bailey Ferguson (Auckland FC) Substitution at 75'
  16. 77' Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 77'
  17. 77' Sander Kartum (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 77'
  18. 82' James Mitchell (Auckland FC) Substitution at 82'
  19. 87' Sander Kartum (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 87'
  20. 90' Carlo Armiento (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 90'

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