Wellington Phoenix FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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Wellington Phoenix FC vs Melbourne City FC — A League .
- Wellington Phoenix FC 26 games · 33 pts (2025/26)
- Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Alireza Faghani
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17 games this season 🟨 1.2/game ⚽ 4.8 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 30 Jan Melbourne City FC H 2–2 D 23 Jan Newcastle United Jets FC A 1–4 L 18 Jan Sydney FC A 2–0 W 11 Jan Adelaide United FC H 2–2 D 03 Jan Brisbane Roar FC A 3–0 W 29 Dec Melbourne Victory FC A 1–5 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 30 Jan Wellington Phoenix FC A 2–2 D 24 Jan Macarthur FC A 2–6 L 16 Jan Auckland FC H 2–1 W 11 Jan Newcastle United Jets FC H 0–1 L 06 Jan Brisbane Roar FC H 1–0 W 03 Jan Sydney FC H 0–0 D Season Stats
Wellington Phoenix FC Melbourne City FC #8 Position #6 33 Points 38 26 Played 26 9 / 6 / 11 W / D / L 10 / 8 / 8 36 Scored 33 48 Conceded 33 -12 GD +0 1.27 PPG 1.46 35% Win % 38% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history15% Clean Sheets
Wellington Phoenix FC this season38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this seasonWellington Phoenix FC are 8th (33 pts). Melbourne City FC are 6th (38 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Wellington Phoenix FC0-15–/116-301/231-45–/246-601/–61-75–/–76+1/2■ Scored ■ ConcededMelbourne City FC0-15–/–16-304/–31-451/146-601/–61-753/–76+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Wellington Phoenix FCIfeanyi Eze 10 G 1 A Carlo Armiento 5 G 2 A Corban Piper 4 G 4 A Melbourne City FCMax Caputo 8 G 1 A Marcus Younis 7 G 3 A Medin Memeti 5 G 1 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- The final score is 2-2.
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Lineups
Wellington Phoenix FC Lineups
Melbourne City FC Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Jamie MacLaren 10 Marco Tilio 7 Roy Krishna 3 Ben Waine 3 Tomer Hemed 3 Curtis Good 2 Mathew Leckie 2 David Ball 2 Head to Head
Wellington Phoenix FC Form
2026-01-30 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–2 Melbourne City FC D 2026-01-23 Newcastle United Jets FC 4–1 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2026-01-18 Sydney FC 0–2 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2026-01-11 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–2 Adelaide United FC D 2026-01-03 Brisbane Roar FC 0–3 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2025-12-29 Melbourne Victory FC 5–1 Wellington Phoenix FC LMelbourne City FC Form
2026-01-30 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–2 Melbourne City FC D 2026-01-24 Macarthur FC 6–2 Melbourne City FC L 2026-01-16 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Auckland FC W 2026-01-11 Melbourne City FC 0–1 Newcastle United Jets FC L 2026-01-06 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Brisbane Roar FC W 2026-01-03 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Sydney FC D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.76 Wellington Phoenix FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.67 Melbourne City FC xGI would bet for: Wellington Phoenix FC or Melbourne City FC 75% + Both teams to score 67%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.43Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 85% 15% ± 2.5 65% 35% ± 3.5 44% 56% ± 4.5 26% 74% Double Chance
Wellington Phoenix FC or Draw 66%Draw or Melbourne City FC 60%Wellington Phoenix FC or Melbourne City FC 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Wellington Phoenix FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.4%2 – 1 8.1%1 – 2 7.7%2 – 2 Actual1 – 0 5.1%2 – 0 5.1%0 – 1 4.7%3 – 1 4.7%0 – 0 4.7%0 – 2 4.5%1 – 3 4.2%3 – 2 4%Asian Handicap — Wellington Phoenix FC
Handicap Wellington Phoenix FC covers Push Melbourne City FC covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 12% 79% -1.5 21% — 79% -1 21% 18% 60% -0.5 40% — 60% +0.5 64% — 36% +1 64% 17% 18% +1.5 82% — 18% +2 82% 11% 8% +2.5 92% — 8% Clean Sheet
Wellington Phoenix FC keeps clean sheet 20% ✓Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.