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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' - It’s Showtime! The match between Wellington Phoenix FC and Melbourne City FC is underway.
  • 5' - Thomas Lam needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 7' - That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Jordan Bos.
  • 12' - 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.
  • 16' - Wellington Phoenix FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by David Ball on 16.
  • 18' - What a strike from Mathew Leckie! The score is 1-1.
  • 22' - Melbourne City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 27' - Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Melbourne City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 28' - Steven Peter Ugarkovic was booked on 28.
  • 33' - We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 38' - Richard van der Venne has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 26 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 43' - It looks like no one’s ball. Wellington Phoenix FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 46' - Time for substitution for Melbourne City FC. Curtis Good is replaced by Nuno Reis.
  • 50' - Melbourne City FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Jamie MacLaren on 50.
  • 51' - Jamie MacLaren with the second goal in the match!
  • 53' - Another change for Wellington Phoenix FC made on 53 minute. Steven Peter Ugarkovic leaves to be changed by Kosta Barbarouses.
  • 58' - Supporters expect more eagerness from Callan Elliot, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 63' - Wellington Phoenix 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.
  • 67' - Time for substitution for Melbourne City FC. Callum Talbot is replaced by Scott Galloway.
  • 70' - Melbourne City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 75' - 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.
  • 80' - 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.
  • 85' - Melbourne City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 85.
  • 86' - The whistle greets Richard van der Venne as he departs to be replaced by Scott Jamieson.
  • 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