A-League Men · AUS · Round 16

Wellington Phoenix
2 - 3 Full time
Melbourne Victory

Sky Stadium · Wellington

Lineups

Wellington Phoenix5-3-2
AK30Kelly-Heald
MJ4↓82'James
IR15Hughes
BP28Tuiloma
TP6Payne
CA11⚽Armiento
PR8↓82'Retre
KN25Nagasawa
SE16↓68'Kartum
IE7Eze
RN20↓77'Najjarine
JW40Warshawsky
JR22Rawlins
SE15⚽Esposito
RM21⚽Miranda
JD2Davidson
DG10↓76'Genreau
JV8Valadon
NV17⚽Velupillay
JM64↓63'Mata
RP7↓63'Piscopo
CN44↓76'Nduka
Melbourne Victory4-2-3-1

Wellington Phoenix substitutes

29 Luke Brooke-Smith 6.8 ↑68'
3 Corban Piper 6.1 ↑77'
18 Lukas Kelly-Heald ↑82'
27 Matthew Sheridan ↑82'
40 Eamonn McCarron
39 Jayden Smith
5 Fin Conchie

Coach: Giancarlo Italiano

Melbourne Victory substitutes

14 Matthew Grimaldi 6.0 ↑63'
23 Keegan Jelacic 7.0 ↑63'
27 Louis D'Arrigo 7.2 ⚽↑76'
9 Nikolaos Vergos 6.0 ↑76'
25 Jack Duncan
16 Joshua Inserra
19 Jing Reec

Coach: Arthur Diles

Match events

10'Sebastian Esposito assist: Sebastian Esposito 0 - 1⚽
39'Carlo Armiento assist: Ramy Najjarine 1 - 1⚽
41'Charles Nduka
44'Nishan Velupillay assist: Charles Nduka 1 - 2⚽
45+3'Paulo Retre
Second half
63'↑ Matthew Grimaldi ↓ Juan Mata⇄
63'↑ Keegan Jelacic ↓ Reno Piscopo⇄
68'↑ Luke Brooke-Smith ↓ Sander Erik Kartum⇄
76'↑ Nikolaos Vergos ↓ Charles Nduka⇄
76'↑ Louis D'Arrigo ↓ Denis Genreau⇄
77'↑ Corban Piper ↓ Ramy Najjarine⇄
77'Louis D'Arrigo assist: Keegan Jelacic 1 - 3⚽
82'↑ Lukas Kelly-Heald ↓ Paulo Retre⇄
82'↑ Matthew Sheridan ↓ Manjrekar James⇄
84'Roderick Miranda (own goal) 2 - 3⚽
90+3'Lukas Kelly-Heald

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)Friday, 6 February 2026, 06:00 UTC — 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 wins10Draws25Melbourne Victory wins

47 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).

29 Dec 2025Melbourne Victory 5 - 1 Wellington PhoenixA-League Men
12 Apr 2025Wellington Phoenix 2 - 3 Melbourne VictoryA-League Men
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
Show all 47 past meetings
3 Feb 2023Melbourne Victory 3 - 1 Wellington PhoenixA-League Men
29 Apr 2022Melbourne Victory 3 - 1 Wellington PhoenixA-League Men
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