Melbourne City FC vs Wellington Phoenix · A-League
Melbourne City FC
9-8-7
2 – 0
FT
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Wellington Phoenix
8-6-10
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium · Melbourne · Australia
Melbourne City FC won 2-0 against Wellington Phoenix at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (crowd 4,896); Wellington had not lost in 4 until now. Aziz Behich got the deciding goal at the 27-minute mark and Marcus Younis widened the gap after 76 minutes. Yellow cards: five. With 51% of possession, Wellington had 6 attempts against 16 from Melbourne C. 5 of the 16 shots by Melbourne C were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- A-League Australia
- Campaign
- 2025-26 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season
- Ground
- Melbourne Rectangular Stadium · Melbourne · Australia
- Crowd
- 4,896
- Referee
- Alex King
- Melbourne C form
- WLLLD
- Wellington form
- LWLWD
On TV
Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.
- USESPN+Streaming · National
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wellington | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
15Fouls9
4Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
3Corner Kicks9
0Saves2
48.6%Possession51.4%
16Shots6
5On Goal0
30%On Target %0%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
7Blocked Shots1
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-0
🟨Samuel Souprayen
90'+1'
🔁Mathew Leckiereplacing Zane Schreiber
83'
🟨Zane Schreiber
81'
80'
🔁Carlo Armientoreplacing Dan Edwards
80'
🔁Lukas Kelly-Healdreplacing Paulo Retre
🔁Medin Memetireplacing Daniel Arzani
77'
⚽Marcus Younis
76'2 - 0
73'
🔁Luke Brooke-Smithreplacing Ramy Najjarine
🔁Kavian Rahmanireplacing Elbasan Rashani
73'
🔁Max Caputoreplacing Andrew Nabbout
73'
62'
🔁Sander Kartumreplacing Kazuki Nagasawa
🟨German Ferreyra
54'
45'
🔁Matthew Sheridanreplacing Tim Payne
Half-time · 1-0
39'
🟨Kazuki Nagasawa
🟨Daniel Arzani
38'
⚽Aziz Behich
27'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Melbourne City FC4-1-4-1
15↓Nabbout
14🟨↓Arzani
11↓Rashani
28⚽Younis
30Kuen
19🟨↓Schreiber
16⚽Behich
26🟨Souprayen
13Atkinson
22🟨Ferreyra
1Beach
Bench
- 7Mathew Leckieon for Zane Schreiber, 83'
- 40James Nieuwenhuizen
- 2Harrison Delbridge
- 35Medin Memetion for Daniel Arzani, 77'
- 36Harrison Shillington
- 47Kavian Rahmanion for Elbasan Rashani, 73'
- 17Max Caputoon for Andrew Nabbout, 73'
Wellington Phoenix4-4-2
7Eze
3Piper
8↓Retre
25🟨↓Nagasawa
14Rufer
20↓Najjarine
12↓Edwards
15Hughes
6↓Payne
28Tuiloma
1Oluwayemi
Bench
- 30Alby Kelly-Heald
- 4Manjrekar James
- 27Matthew Sheridanon for Tim Payne, 45'
- 29Luke Brooke-Smithon for Ramy Najjarine, 73'
- 18Lukas Kelly-Healdon for Paulo Retre, 80'
- 11Carlo Armientoon for Dan Edwards, 80'
- 16Sander Kartumon for Kazuki Nagasawa, 62'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wellington Phoenix | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 6 |
| 2 |  Western Sydney Wanderers FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
| 3 |  Macarthur FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Sydney FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Brisbane Roar FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Auckland FC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Newcastle Jets | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Melbourne Victory | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 |  Melbourne City FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 |  Central Coast Mariners FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 |  Adelaide United FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 |  Perth Glory FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
Meetings
4Melbourne C wins
1Level
0Wellington wins
Last times they met
FT
Melbourne C
2–0
Wellington · 2025-26 Australian A-League Men
FT
Wellington
2–2
Melbourne C · 2025-26 Australian A-League Men
FT
Wellington
0–1
Melbourne C · 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
FT
Melbourne C
2–0
Wellington · 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
FT
Melbourne C
1–0
Wellington · 2023-24 Australian A-League Men
Form
Last games: Melbourne C
L0-0W1-0D1-1W3-0W2-1
Last games: Wellington
L1-0D1-1W2-0W2-1W1-0
