Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne City · A-League Women
Wellington Phoenix
0-0-1
1 – 2
FT
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Melbourne City
1-0-0
Sky Stadium · Wellington · New Zealand
From one goals down, Melbourne City went on to beat Wellington Phoenix 2-1 at Sky Stadium; Melbourne C have now won 6 straight. The first goal went to Makala Woods at the 51-minute mark and Melina Ayres brought Melbourne C level after 73 minutes with a penalty; Momo Hayashi scored the winner late on, at 87 minutes. On 53% of the ball Wellington shot 13 times to 8 for Melbourne C. Wellington hit the target 4 times from 13 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- A-League Women Australia
- Campaign
- 2026-27 Australian A-League Women, Regular Season
- Ground
- Sky Stadium · Wellington · New Zealand
- Wellington form
- WLWLD
- Melbourne C form
- WWWWD
On TV
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- USESPN+Streaming · National
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Melbourne C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Side by side
11Fouls9
1Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
4Offsides1
4Corner Kicks2
1Saves3
52.9%Possession47.1%
13Shots8
4On Goal3
30%On Target %40%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken1
270Accurate Passes241
371Passes340
70%Pass Completion %70%
5Accurate Crosses1
24Crosses10
20%Cross %10%
64Long Balls65
23Accurate Long Balls20
40%Long Balls %30%
3Blocked Shots2
19Effective Tackles6
26Tackles12
70%Tackle %50%
6Interceptions10
16Effective Clearances37
16Clearances37
Timeline
Full time · 1-2
87'1 - 2
⚽Momo Hayashi
🔁Alyssha Renee Eglintonreplacing Grace Jale
80'
🔁Marisa van der Meerreplacing Mackenzie Barry
80'
🔁Lara Willreplacing Indiah-Paige Riley
80'
🟨Ellie Walker
77'
73'1 - 1
⚽Melina AyresPenalty
71'
🔁Kelli Mcgroartyreplacing Deven Jackson
🔁Emma Mainreplacing Manaia Elliott
67'
⚽Makala Woods
51'1 - 0
45'
🔁Rebekah Stottreplacing Karly Roestbakken
Kick-off
Teams
Wellington Phoenix3-5-2
31⚽Woods
17↓Riley
11↓Elliott
7↓Jale
23Nunn
13Yallop
24Vlok
6Erceg
4↓Barry
5🟨Walker
1Esson
Bench
- 21Sienna Candy
- 22Aimee Feinberg-Danieli
- 3Lara Willon for Indiah-Paige Riley, 80'
- 25Alyssha Renee Eglintonon for Grace Jale, 80'
- 20Emma Mainon for Manaia Elliott, 67'
- 16Marisa van der Meeron for Mackenzie Barry, 80'
- 26Lily Brazendale
Melbourne City4-4-2
14⚽Ayres
9Vine
21Keane
5Medwin
11↓Jackson
12Mcmahon
8⚽Hayashi
22Ray
16↓Roestbakken
4Nash
24Mieres
Bench
- 10Avaani Prakash
- 15Tully Heatley
- 20Kelli Mcgroartyon for Deven Jackson, 71'
- 26Chelsea Biggs
- 27Izabella Rako
- 13Rebekah Stotton for Karly Roestbakken, 45'
- 23Melissa Barbieri
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 2 |  Melbourne City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Melbourne Victory | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Perth Glory | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Sydney FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Adelaide United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Canberra United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Wellington Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 |  Newcastle Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 |  Western Sydney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 |  Brisbane Roar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
Meetings
0Wellington wins
0Level
5Melbourne C wins
Last times they met
FT
Melbourne C
3–1
Wellington · 2025-26 Australian A-League Women
FT
Wellington
1–2
Melbourne C · 2025-26 Australian A-League Women
FT
Melbourne C
1–0
Wellington · 2025-26 Australian A-League Women
FT
Wellington
0–1
Melbourne C · 2024-25 Australian A-League Women
FT
Melbourne C
2–1
Wellington · 2024-25 Australian A-League Women
Form
Last games: Wellington
L1-0W2-0L2-1W2-0L3-1
Last games: Melbourne C
W2-1W2-1W1-0W1-0W3-1
