A-League Men Β· AUS Β· Round 26

Wellington Phoenix
2 - 3 Full time
Melbourne Victory

Sky Stadium Β· Wellington

Lineups

Wellington Phoenix3-4-2-1
JO1Oluwayemi
CP3⚽Piper
SW4Wootton
IR15↓87'Hughes
TP6Payne
AR14Rufer
MS27↓56'Sheridan
SS19Sutton
KN25↓56'Nagasawa
HI9↓56'Ishige
KB7Barbarouses
ML1Langerak
JR22Rawlins
RM21↓65'Miranda
LJ4Jackson
KB28Bos
RT6↓56'Teague
JV14Valadon
DA7↓66'Arzani
ZM8⚽Machach
NV17⚽Velupillay
NV9βš½β†“80'Vergos
Melbourne Victory4-2-3-1

Wellington Phoenix substitutes

18 Lukas Kelly-Heald 6.3 ↑56'
8 Paulo Retre 7.1 βš½β†“79'↑56'
29 Luke Brooke-Smith 6.1 ↑56'
41 Nathan Walker 6.1 ↑79'
5 Fin Conchie ↑87'
35 Dublin Boon
39 Jayden Smith

Coach: Giancarlo Italiano

Melbourne Victory substitutes

27 Reno Piscopo 6.6 ↓80'↑56'
5 Brendan Hamill 6.5 ↑65'
23 Alexander Badolato 6.4 ↑66'
18 Fabian Monge 6.3 ↑80'
10 Bruno Fornaroli 5.6 ↑80'
25 Jack Duncan
16 Joshua Inserra

Coach: Arthur Diles

Match events

4'Nishan Velupillay assist: Daniel Arzani 0 - 1⚽
10'Corban Piper assist: Sam Sutton 1 - 1⚽
45+2'Zinedine Machach assist: Nishan Velupillay 1 - 2⚽
Second half
50'Nikolaos Vergos 1 - 3⚽
56'↑ Paulo Retre ↓ Hideki Ishige⇄
56'↑ Luke Brooke-Smith ↓ Kazuki Nagasawa⇄
56'↑ Lukas Kelly-Heald ↓ Matthew Sheridan⇄
56'↑ Reno Piscopo ↓ Ryan Teague⇄
57'Lachlan Jackson
65'↑ Brendan Hamill ↓ Roderick Miranda⇄
66'↑ Alexander Badolato ↓ Daniel Arzani⇄
75'Paulo Retre assist: Tim Payne 2 - 3⚽
78'Brendan Hamill
79'↑ Nathan Walker ↓ Paulo Retre⇄
80'↑ Fabian Monge ↓ Reno Piscopo⇄
80'↑ Bruno Fornaroli ↓ Nikolaos Vergos⇄
87'↑ Fin Conchie ↓ Isaac Robert Hughes⇄

Where to watch

We have not verified an official broadcaster listing for the A-League Men yet, so rather than guess we leave this blank. Verified listings for the top competitions are collected in our TV Guide.

Match details

CompetitionA-League Men
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 12 April 2025, 05:00 UTC β€” shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

12Wellington Phoenix wins10Draws23Melbourne Victory wins

45 past meetings on record. Biggest Wellington Phoenix win: Melbourne Victory 6–1 Wellington Phoenix (2016). Biggest Melbourne Victory win: Melbourne Victory 0–3 Wellington Phoenix (2017).

14 Feb 2025Melbourne Victory 1 - 0 Wellington PhoenixA-League Men
24 Nov 2024Wellington Phoenix 1 - 0 Melbourne VictoryA-League Men
18 May 2024Wellington Phoenix 1 - 2 Melbourne VictoryA-League Men Playoff
12 May 2024Melbourne Victory 0 - 0 Wellington PhoenixA-League Men Playoff
12 Apr 2024Wellington Phoenix 1 - 0 Melbourne VictoryA-League Men
19 Jan 2024Wellington Phoenix 1 - 1 Melbourne VictoryA-League Men
10 Nov 2023Melbourne Victory 1 - 1 Wellington PhoenixA-League Men
1 Apr 2023Wellington Phoenix 1 - 2 Melbourne VictoryA-League Men
3 Feb 2023Melbourne Victory 3 - 1 Wellington PhoenixA-League Men
29 Apr 2022Melbourne Victory 3 - 1 Wellington PhoenixA-League Men
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9 Feb 2022Wellington Phoenix 1 - 0 Melbourne VictoryA-League Men
29 Jan 2022Melbourne Victory 4 - 1 Wellington PhoenixFFA Cup
24 Mar 2021Wellington Phoenix 4 - 1 Melbourne VictoryA-League
24 Feb 2021Melbourne Victory 2 - 0 Wellington PhoenixA-League
15 Mar 2020Wellington Phoenix 3 - 0 Melbourne VictoryA-League
14 Dec 2019Melbourne Victory 0 - 0 Wellington PhoenixA-League
10 Nov 2019Melbourne Victory 1 - 1 Wellington PhoenixA-League
3 May 2019Melbourne Victory 3 - 1 Wellington PhoenixA-League Playoff
15 Feb 2019Wellington Phoenix 1 - 1 Melbourne VictoryA-League
20 Jan 2019Melbourne Victory 3 - 3 Wellington PhoenixA-League
28 Dec 2018Melbourne Victory 1 - 1 Wellington PhoenixA-League
8 Apr 2018Melbourne Victory 2 - 1 Wellington PhoenixA-League
10 Jan 2018Wellington Phoenix 2 - 1 Melbourne VictoryA-League
3 Dec 2017Wellington Phoenix 2 - 3 Melbourne VictoryA-League
2 Apr 2017Melbourne Victory 0 - 3 Wellington PhoenixA-League
17 Jan 2017Wellington Phoenix 3 - 0 Melbourne VictoryA-League
31 Oct 2016Melbourne Victory 6 - 1 Wellington PhoenixA-League
2 Apr 2016Wellington Phoenix 1 - 4 Melbourne VictoryA-League
5 Dec 2015Wellington Phoenix 2 - 0 Melbourne VictoryA-League
2 Nov 2015Melbourne Victory 3 - 0 Wellington PhoenixA-League
5 Apr 2015Wellington Phoenix 0 - 3 Melbourne VictoryA-League
1 Mar 2015Melbourne Victory 2 - 3 Wellington PhoenixA-League
3 Nov 2014Melbourne Victory 2 - 0 Wellington PhoenixA-League
12 Apr 2014Wellington Phoenix 1 - 4 Melbourne VictoryA-League
18 Jan 2014Wellington Phoenix 5 - 0 Melbourne VictoryA-League
4 Nov 2013Melbourne Victory 3 - 2 Wellington PhoenixA-League
31 Mar 2013Wellington Phoenix 2 - 3 Melbourne VictoryA-League
5 Jan 2013Melbourne Victory 2 - 0 Wellington PhoenixA-League
5 Nov 2012Melbourne Victory 3 - 2 Wellington PhoenixA-League
16 Mar 2012Melbourne Victory 3 - 0 Wellington PhoenixA-League
18 Dec 2011Melbourne Victory 3 - 1 Wellington PhoenixA-League
30 Oct 2011Wellington Phoenix 1 - 2 Melbourne VictoryA-League
5 Jan 2011Wellington Phoenix 2 - 0 Melbourne VictoryA-League
27 Nov 2010Wellington Phoenix 2 - 2 Melbourne VictoryA-League
15 Sep 2010Melbourne Victory 0 - 0 Wellington PhoenixA-League