Melbourne City FC vs Wellington Phoenix FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Melbourne City FC vs Wellington Phoenix FC — A League at AAMI Park.
- Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2025/26)
- Wellington Phoenix FC 26 games · 33 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- VIDEO_ASSISTANT_REFEREE_N1 Adam Kersey
- Referee Alex King
- Referee Emma Kocbek (Australia)
- Assistant 1 Kearney Robinson
- Assistant 2 Daniel Ilievski (Australia)
- 4th Official Nathan Shakespear (Australia)
19 games this season 🟨 1.8/game ⚽ 6.1 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Newcastle United Jets FC 26 48 2 Adelaide United FC 26 43 3 Auckland FC 26 42 4 Melbourne Victory FC 26 40 5 Sydney FC 26 39 6 Melbourne City FC 26 38 7 Macarthur FC 26 34 8 Wellington Phoenix FC 26 33 9 Central Coast Mariners FC 26 32 10 Perth Glory FC 26 31 11 Brisbane Roar FC 26 26 12 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 26 21 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 12 Apr Wellington Phoenix FC H 2–0 W 07 Apr Central Coast Mariners FC H 2–1 W 04 Apr Western Sydney Wanderers FC H 3–0 W 22 Mar Perth Glory FC A 1–1 D 17 Mar Sydney FC A 1–0 W 28 Feb Auckland FC A 0–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 12 Apr Melbourne City FC A 0–2 L 05 Apr Melbourne Victory FC A 1–0 W 21 Mar Brisbane Roar FC A 2–1 W 14 Mar Perth Glory FC H 2–0 W 06 Mar Adelaide United FC A 1–1 D 01 Mar Sydney FC H 0–1 L Season Stats
Melbourne City FC Wellington Phoenix FC #6 Position #8 38 Points 33 26 Played 26 10 / 8 / 8 W / D / L 9 / 6 / 11 33 Scored 36 33 Conceded 48 +0 GD -12 1.46 PPG 1.27 38% Win % 35% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season15% Clean Sheets
Wellington Phoenix FC this seasonMelbourne City FC are 6th (38 pts). Wellington Phoenix FC are 8th (33 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Melbourne City FC0-15–/–16-304/–31-451/146-601/–61-753/–76+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededWellington Phoenix FC0-15–/116-301/231-45–/246-601/–61-75–/–76+1/2■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Melbourne City FCMax Caputo 8 G 1 A Marcus Younis 7 G 3 A Medin Memeti 5 G 1 A Wellington Phoenix FCIfeanyi Eze 10 G 1 A Carlo Armiento 5 G 2 A Corban Piper 4 G 4 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Melbourne City FC gets underway.
- 5' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
- 15' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Aziz Behich made 436 appearances and scored 8 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 20' Supporters expect more eagerness from Joshua Oluwayemi, as he is very good at scoring at AAMI Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 25' The travelling Wellington Phoenix FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 27' GOAL! Aziz Behich scores on 27. Assisted by Nathaniel Atkinson
- 32' Melbourne City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Aziz Behich scoring 1 goals.
- 37' Melbourne City FC is showing some good football. However, Melbourne City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 38' Melbourne City FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 38.
- 39' Kazuki Nagasawa was booked on 39.
- 44' Ifeanyi Eze needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 46' Time for substitution for Wellington Phoenix FC. Tim Payne is replaced by Matt Sheridan.
- 51' It’s high time Aurelio Vidmar made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 54' The referee calls foul for German Ferreyra. He receives a card.
- 59' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 62' It is a substitution in Wellington Phoenix FC team. Kazuki Nagasawa is replaced by Sander Kartum on 62 minute.
- 67' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 72' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Alex Rufer suffering a number of foals already.
- 73' It is a substitution in Melbourne City FC team. Andrew Nabbout is replaced by Max Caputo on 73 minute.
- 76' Goal! Marcus Younis scores his 6 goal in 205 matches.
- 77' Medin Memeti has so much to prove this time. He replaces Daniel Arzani on 77 minute.
- 80' Time for substitution for Wellington Phoenix FC. Paulo Retre is replaced by Lukas Kelly-Heald.
- 81' Melbourne City FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 83' It is a substitution in Melbourne City FC team. Zane Schreiber is replaced by Mathew Leckie on 83 minute.
- 88' Wellington Phoenix FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 90' Melbourne City FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
- Another three points for Melbourne City FC.
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Lineups
Melbourne City FC Lineups
4-1-4-1Starting XI
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14
Daniel Arzani ↓ Medin Memeti 77'
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15
Andrew Nabbout ↓ Max Caputo 73'
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- 30
- 11
- 28
- 1
- 26
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19
Zane Schreiber ↓ Mathew Leckie 83'
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Bench
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7
Mathew Leckie ↑ 83'
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- 40
- 36
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17
Max Caputo ↑ 73'
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35
Medin Memeti ↑ 77'
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47
Kavian Rahmani ↑ 73'
Coach Aurelio VidmarWellington Phoenix FC Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
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8
Paulo Retre ↓ Lukas Kelly-Heald 80'
- 14
- 28
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25
Kazuki Nagasawa ↓ Sander Kartum 62'
- 20
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6
Tim Payne ↓ Matt Sheridan 46'
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- 15
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12
Daniel Edwards ↓ Carlo Armiento 80'
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Bench
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11
Carlo Armiento ↑ 80'
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16
Sander Kartum ↑ 62'
- 30
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18
Lukas Kelly-Heald ↑ 80'
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27
Matt Sheridan ↑ 46'
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Luke Brooke-Smith ↑ 73'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Jamie MacLaren 10 Marco Tilio 7 Tomer Hemed 3 Roy Krishna 3 Ben Waine 3 Riley McGree 2 Curtis Good 2 Mathew Leckie 2 Head to Head
Melbourne City FC Form
2026-04-12 Melbourne City FC 2–0 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2026-04-07 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Central Coast Mariners FC W 2026-04-04 Melbourne City FC 3–0 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2026-03-22 Perth Glory FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D 2026-03-17 Sydney FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC W 2026-02-28 Auckland FC 3–0 Melbourne City FC LWellington Phoenix FC Form
2026-04-12 Melbourne City FC 2–0 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2026-04-05 Melbourne Victory FC 0–1 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2026-03-21 Brisbane Roar FC 1–2 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2026-03-14 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–0 Perth Glory FC W 2026-03-06 Adelaide United FC 1–1 Wellington Phoenix FC D 2026-03-01 Wellington Phoenix FC 0–1 Sydney FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.79 Melbourne City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.87 Wellington Phoenix FC xGI would bet for: Melbourne City FC to win 59%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Melbourne City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.66Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 74% 26% ± 2.5 49% 51% ± 3.5 28% 72% ± 4.5 14% 86% Double Chance
Melbourne City FC or Draw 83%Draw or Wellington Phoenix FC 41%Melbourne City FC or Wellington Phoenix FC 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Melbourne City FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 11.7%1 – 1 11.7%2 – 0 Actual2 – 1 9.4%0 – 0 8.9%3 – 0 6.4%3 – 1 5.7%0 – 1 5.1%1 – 2 4.5%2 – 2 4.1%4 – 0 2.9%4 – 1 2.6%Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC
Handicap Melbourne City FC covers Push Wellington Phoenix FC covers -2.5 16% — 84% -2 16% 18% 66% -1.5 34% — 66% -1 34% 24% 42% -0.5 58% — 42% +0.5 83% — 17% +1 83% 11% 6% +1.5 94% — 6% +2 94% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet 42% ✗Wellington Phoenix FC keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.