Thursday , 2 July 2026

Wellington Phoenix FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

A League · 2020-21
Wellington Phoenix FC
2 – 3
Full Time
Melbourne City FC
Mon 5 Apr 2021 · 09:10 UTC WIN Stadium HT 45+4' · FT 45+6'
Y 55' Florin Berenguer
Louis Fenton 58' Y
Joshua Laws 62' Y
Joshua Laws 63' Y
Cameron Devlin 88' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Wellington Phoenix FC vs Melbourne City FC — A League at WIN Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Kristian Griffiths-Jones
  • Referee Kurt Ams
  • Referee Greg Taylor
  • Referee Scott Edeling
  • Referee Alireza Faghani

Standings

# 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

4
3
11
Wellington Phoenix FC 18 games · Avg 3.1 goals Melbourne City FC
Last 5 meetings
2021-04-05 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC 2020-02-15 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC 2019-11-03 Melbourne City FC 3–2 Wellington Phoenix FC 2019-04-21 Wellington Phoenix FC 3–2 Melbourne City FC 2019-01-26 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC

Recent Form

Wellington Phoenix FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Apr Melbourne City FC H 2–3 L
28 Mar Macarthur FC H 0–1 L
24 Mar Melbourne Victory FC H 4–1 W
21 Mar Brisbane Roar FC H 1–1 D
15 Mar Western Sydney Wanderers FC A 3–4 L
07 Mar Perth Glory FC H 3–0 W
Melbourne City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Apr Wellington Phoenix FC A 3–2 W
01 Apr Western United FC A 1–2 L
26 Mar Western Sydney Wanderers FC H 4–1 W
22 Mar Central Coast Mariners FC H 2–0 W
12 Mar Macarthur FC H 3–0 W
06 Mar Melbourne Victory FC A 6–0 W

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 history
15% Clean Sheets
Wellington Phoenix FC this season
38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season

Wellington Phoenix FC are 8th (33 pts). Melbourne City FC are 6th (38 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Wellington Phoenix FC
0-15
–/1
16-30
1/2
31-45
–/2
46-60
1/–
61-75
–/–
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Melbourne City FC
0-15
–/–
16-30
4/–
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/–
61-75
3/–
76+
2/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Wellington Phoenix FC
Ifeanyi Eze 10 G 1 A
Carlo Armiento 5 G 2 A
Corban Piper 4 G 4 A
Melbourne City FC
Max Caputo 8 G 1 A
Marcus Younis 7 G 3 A
Medin Memeti 5 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' That's the starting whistle at WIN Stadium. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Wellington Phoenix FC and Melbourne City FC.
  • 5' Wellington Phoenix FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Melbourne City FC backline.
  • 10' Melbourne City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 15' 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.
  • 17' Assisted by Craig Noone with the perfectly-timed delivery and Curtis Good makes no mistake. 0-1!
  • 21' Melbourne City FC make a change. Nathaniel Atkinson trudges off to be replaced by Scott Galloway on 21 minutes.
  • 26' North Macedonia international Stefan Colakovski has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
  • 31' The energy levels are beginning to show. might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 36' Over 36 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 39' What composure from Tomer Hemed! The Israel international strokes it home. 1-1.
  • 44' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 45' Jamie MacLaren does the damage! The net is bulging and Melbourne City FC surge ahead!
  • 46' Cameron Devlin has so much to prove this time. He replaces Alex Rufer on 46 minute.
  • 51' 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 Ben Garuccio suffering a number of foals already.
  • 55' The referee shows Melbourne City FC player a Yellow card on 55.
  • 56' GOAL! Ulises Davila fires home to make it 2-2!
  • 58' Louis Fenton picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 62' Another substitution for Melbourne City FC to replace Nuno Reis by Adrian Luna on 62 minute.
  • 62' The referee calls foul for Joshua Laws. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 63' It’s a booking for Wellington Phoenix FC player. Joshua Laws gets a Yellow card.
  • 68' Alex Rufer needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 73' Andrew Nabbout has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 78' A quiet spell here at WIN Stadium. Melbourne City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 80' The Melbourne City FC manager makes a substitution. Craig Noone departs to be replaced by Marco Tilio.
  • 81' The whistle greets Tomer Hemed as he departs to be replaced by Charles Lokoli.
  • 83' GOAL! Marco Tilio fires home to make it 2-3!
  • 86' The whistle greets Clayton Lewis as he departs to be replaced by Mirza Muratovic.
  • 88' The referee has no hesitation. Cameron Devlin is booked for Wellington Phoenix FC — Yellow card on 88.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Wellington Phoenix FC.

Lineups

Wellington Phoenix FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ufuk Talay

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Jamie MacLaren 10
Marco Tilio 7
Tomer Hemed 3
Roy Krishna 3
Ben Waine 3
David Ball 2
Riley McGree 2
Curtis Good 2

Head to Head

2021-04-05 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC 2020-02-15 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC 2019-11-03 Melbourne City FC 3–2 Wellington Phoenix FC 2019-04-21 Wellington Phoenix FC 3–2 Melbourne City FC 2019-01-26 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC

Wellington Phoenix FC Form

2021-04-05 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC L 2021-03-28 Wellington Phoenix FC 0–1 Macarthur FC L 2021-03-24 Wellington Phoenix FC 4–1 Melbourne Victory FC W 2021-03-21 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–1 Brisbane Roar FC D 2021-03-15 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 4–3 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2021-03-07 Wellington Phoenix FC 3–0 Perth Glory FC W

Melbourne City FC Form

2021-04-05 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC W 2021-04-01 Western United FC 2–1 Melbourne City FC L 2021-03-26 Melbourne City FC 4–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2021-03-22 Melbourne City FC 2–0 Central Coast Mariners FC W 2021-03-12 Melbourne City FC 3–0 Macarthur FC W 2021-03-06 Melbourne Victory FC 0–6 Melbourne City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.62 Wellington Phoenix FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.79 Melbourne City FC xG
I would bet for: Wellington Phoenix FC or Melbourne City FC 74% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Wellington Phoenix FC34% Draw26% Melbourne City FC40%
Actual: Melbourne City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes67% 0% No33%
Avg goals/match: 3.41
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line 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
60%
Draw or Melbourne City FC
66%
Wellington Phoenix FC or Melbourne City FC
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Wellington Phoenix FC27% Draw41% Melbourne City FC32%
Actual: Melbourne City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.4%
1 – 2
8.3%
2 – 1
7.5%
2 – 2
6.6%
0 – 2
5.3%
0 – 1
5.2%
1 – 3
4.9%
0 – 0
4.8%
1 – 0
4.7%
2 – 0
4.4%
3 – 1
4%
2 – 3
Actual

Asian Handicap — Wellington Phoenix FC

Handicap Wellington Phoenix FC covers Push Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 10% 83%
-1.5 17% — 83%
-1 17% 17% 66%
-0.5 34% — 66%
+0.5 59% — 41%
+1 59% 19% 22%
+1.5 78% — 22%
+2 78% 13% 10%
+2.5 90% — 10%

Clean Sheet

Wellington Phoenix FC keeps clean sheet
18% ✓
Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet
21% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.