Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Victory · A-League
Wellington Phoenix
5-4-7
2 – 3
FT
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Melbourne Victory
7-2-7
Sky Stadium · Wellington · New Zealand
Wellington Phoenix lost 3-2 to Melbourne Victory at Sky Stadium (crowd 5,783). Melbourne V went ahead through Sebastian Esposito at the 10-minute mark and the equaliser came from Carlo Armiento after 39 minutes; Nishan Velupillay scored the winner at the 44-minute mark and Louis D'Arrigo added to the lead after 77 minutes. Wellington drew level at 2-3 after a Roderick Miranda own goal at the 84-minute mark. The ball split 57% to 43% and the shots 8 to 12. Melbourne V hit the target 6 times from 12 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- A-League Australia
- Campaign
- 2025-26 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season
- Ground
- Sky Stadium · Wellington · New Zealand
- Crowd
- 5,783
- Referee
- Jack Morgan
- Wellington form
- LWLWD
- Melbourne V form
- LDWLD
On TV
Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.
- USESPN+Streaming · National
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Melbourne V | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Side by side
7Fouls6
2Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
6Corner Kicks7
3Saves2
56.9%Possession43.1%
8Shots12
3On Goal6
40%On Target %50%
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%
4Blocked Shots1
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-3
🟨Lukas Kelly-Heald
90'+2'
⚽Roderick MirandaOwn goal
84'2 - 3
🔁Matthew Sheridanreplacing Manjrekar James
82'
🔁Lukas Kelly-Healdreplacing Paulo Retre
82'
77'1 - 3
⚽Louis D'Arrigo
🔁Corban Piperreplacing Ramy Najjarine
77'
76'
🔁Nikolaos Vergosreplacing Charles Nduka
76'
🔁Louis D'Arrigoreplacing Denis Genreau
🔁Luke Brooke-Smithreplacing Sander Kartum
68'
63'
🔁Matthew Grimaldireplacing Reno Piscopo
63'
🔁Keegan Jelacicreplacing Juan Mata
Half-time · 1-2
🟨Paulo Retre
45'+3'
44'1 - 2
⚽Nishan Velupillay
41'
🟨Charles Nduka
⚽Carlo Armiento
39'1 - 1
10'0 - 1
⚽Sebastian Esposito
Kick-off
Teams
Wellington Phoenix5-3-2
20↓Najjarine
7Eze
25Nagasawa
8🟨↓Retre
16↓Kartum
11⚽Armiento
15Hughes
28Tuiloma
6Payne
4↓James
30Kelly-Heald
Bench
- 39Jayden Smith
- 3Corban Piperon for Ramy Najjarine, 77'
- 40Eamonn Mccarron
- 5Fin Conchie
- 18Lukas Kelly-Healdon for Paulo Retre, 82' 🟨
- 27Matthew Sheridanon for Manjrekar James, 82'
- 29Luke Brooke-Smithon for Sander Kartum, 68'
Melbourne Victory4-2-3-1
44🟨↓Nduka
17⚽Velupillay
64↓Mata
7↓Piscopo
8Valadon
10↓Genreau
2Davidson
21Miranda
22Rawlins
15⚽Esposito
40Warshawsky
Bench
- 16Joshua Inserra
- 27Louis D'Arrigoon for Denis Genreau, 76' ⚽
- 25Jack Duncan
- 23Keegan Jelacicon for Juan Mata, 63'
- 14Matthew Grimaldion for Reno Piscopo, 63'
- 19Jing Lual
- 9Nikolaos Vergoson for Charles Nduka, 76'
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
1Wellington wins
0Level
4Melbourne V wins
Last times they met
FT
Wellington
2–3
Melbourne V · 2025-26 Australian A-League Men
FT
Melbourne V
5–1
Wellington · 2025-26 Australian A-League Men
FT
Wellington
2–3
Melbourne V · 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
FT
Melbourne V
1–0
Wellington · 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
FT
Wellington
1–0
Melbourne V · 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
Form
Last games: Wellington
W3-0D2-2W2-0L4-1D2-2
Last games: Melbourne V
W3-2L1-0L2-1W4-0L1-0
