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Wellington Phoenix FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2024 REGULAR SEASON

Wellington Phoenix FC
Melbourne City FC
Wellington Phoenix FC
1 : 3
2nd of January 2023 02:00
Finished
First half: 45  |  Second half: 45
Melbourne City FC

Live comments

  • 0' - The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Wellington Phoenix FC and Melbourne City FC has kicked off!
  • 5' - Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Wellington Phoenix FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 7' - That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Jordan Bos.
  • 12' - Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 16' - GOAL! David Ball scores on 16.
  • 18' - Goal! Mathew Leckie scores his 23 goal in 351 matches.
  • 22' - That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Curtis Good.
  • 27' - While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Valon Berisha made 452 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 28' - The referee shows Wellington Phoenix FC player a Yellow card on 28.
  • 33' - The travelling Melbourne City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 38' - While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 43' - Wellington Phoenix FC is showing some good football. However, Wellington Phoenix FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 46' - Nuno Reis has so much to prove this time. He replaces Curtis Good on 46 minute.
  • 50' - Melbourne City FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Jamie MacLaren on 50.
  • 51' - Goal! Jamie MacLaren scores his 100 goal in 183 matches.
  • 53' - Kosta Barbarouses is replacing Steven Peter Ugarkovic for the Wellington Phoenix FC side.
  • 58' - We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 63' - 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 Curtis Good suffering a number of foals already.
  • 67' - Scott Galloway has so much to prove this time. He replaces Callum Talbot on 67 minute.
  • 70' - It’s a booking for Melbourne City FC player. Richard van der Venne gets a Yellow card.
  • 75' - Melbourne City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 80' - The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Melbourne City FC that had 128 games and scored 283 goals.
  • 85' - It’s high time Ufuk Talay made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 86' - The supporters are chanting for Scott Jamieson. He replaces Richard van der Venne on 86 minute.
  • 88' - Oskar van Hattum is replacing Yan Sasse for the Wellington Phoenix FC side.
  • 89' - Another substitution for Wellington Phoenix FC to replace Callan Elliot by Nicholas Pennington on 89 minute.
  • With this win, Melbourne City FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Today 2023-01-02 Wellington Phoenix FC vs Melbourne City FC are fighting A League league .

Wellington Phoenix FC had 26 games and get got 38 points in Season (2018/19)

Melbourne City FC had 25 games and get got 46 points in Season (2018/19)

Ranking

Team Played Points
Sydney FC 26 47
Melbourne City FC 25 46
Central Coast Mariners FC 25 42
Brisbane Roar FC 26 40
Adelaide United FC 26 39
Macarthur FC 26 39
Wellington Phoenix FC 26 38
Western Sydney Wanderers FC 26 35
Perth Glory FC 26 34
Western United FC 26 28
Newcastle United Jets FC 26 21
Melbourne Victory FC 26 19

Wellington Phoenix FC

Lineup Bench

Melbourne City FC

Lineup Bench

Head2Head Matches

2022-10-30 Melbourne City FC
Wellington Phoenix FC 		2
2
2022-05-09 Melbourne City FC
Wellington Phoenix FC 		2
1
2022-04-02 Wellington Phoenix FC
Melbourne City FC 		0
6
2021-05-16 Melbourne City FC
Wellington Phoenix FC 		2
2
2021-04-05 Wellington Phoenix FC
Melbourne City FC 		2
3

Wellington Phoenix FC Past Matches

2022-12-23 Perth Glory FC
Wellington Phoenix FC 		1
1
2022-12-17 Wellington Phoenix FC
Adelaide United FC 		3
1
2022-12-10 Wellington Phoenix FC
Western Sydney Wanderers FC 		1
1
2022-11-13 Wellington Phoenix FC
Western United FC 		2
3
2022-11-06 Wellington Phoenix FC
Macarthur FC 		4
1

Melbourne City FC Past Matches

2022-12-27 Melbourne City FC
Central Coast Mariners FC 		1
0
2022-12-10 Sydney FC
Melbourne City FC 		2
1
2022-11-12 Newcastle United Jets FC
Melbourne City FC 		1
2
2022-11-05 Melbourne City FC
Perth Glory FC 		4
0
2022-10-30 Melbourne City FC
Wellington Phoenix FC 		2
2