Europa League
Sun 5 Apr, 06:00London
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
Nathan Shakespear
8,762 attendance
Timeline
- 22' Jason Davidson for Sebastian Esposito
- 34' Denis Genreau Yellow Card
- 45' Charles Nduka for Nikolaos Vergos
- 54' Nishan Velupillay Yellow Card
- 61' Lukas Kelly-Heald for Dan Edwards
- 68' Reno Piscopo for Keegan Jelacic
- 68' Louis D'Arrigo for Denis Genreau
- 68' Matthew Grimaldi for Nishan Velupillay
- 73' Sander Kartum for Ramy Najjarine
- 76' Alex Rufer Yellow Card
- 83' Fin Conchie for Paulo Retre
- 84' Carlo Armiento for Kazuki Nagasawa
- 84' Luke Brooke-Smith for Corban Piper
- 88' Clarismario Rodrigues for Juan Mata
- 89' Sander Kartum
- 90'+1' Manjrekar James for Ifeanyi Eze
Match stats
49.5%
Possession
50.5%
10
Shots
14
3
On target
3
14
Fouls
13
2
Yellow cards
1
0
Red cards
0
0
Offsides
0
1
Saves
3
0
Accurate passes
0
Lineups
Melbourne Victory
4-2-3-1
40
Warshawsky
18
Lino
21
Miranda
15
Esposito
22
Rawlins
8
Valadon
10
Genreau
17
Velupillay
64
Mata
23
Jelacic
9
Vergos
Wellington Phoenix
4-4-2
1
Oluwayemi
12
Edwards
15
Hughes
28
Tuiloma
27
Sheridan
25
Nagasawa
8
Retre
14
Rufer
20
Najjarine
7
Eze
3
Piper
Melbourne Victory
4-2-3-1
- 40 Jack Warshawsky G
- 21 Roderick Miranda CD-L
- 15 Sebastian Esposito ▼ CD-R
- 18 Franco Lino LB
- 22 Joshua Rawlins RB
- 64 Juan Mata ▼ AM
- 8 Jordi Valadon LM
- 10 Denis Genreau ▼ RM
- 9 Nikolaos Vergos ▼ F
- 17 Nishan Velupillay ▼ AM-L
- 23 Keegan Jelacic ▼ AM-R
Came on
- 2 Jason Davidson ▲ SUB
- 44 Charles Nduka ▲ SUB
- 11 Clarismario Rodrigues ▲ SUB
- 14 Matthew Grimaldi ▲ SUB
- 27 Louis D'Arrigo ▲ SUB
- 7 Reno Piscopo ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (1)
- 25 Jack Duncan SUB
Wellington Phoenix
4-4-2
- 1 Josh Oluwayemi G
- 15 Isaac Hughes CD-L
- 28 Bill Tuiloma CD-R
- 12 Dan Edwards ▼ LB
- 27 Matthew Sheridan RB
- 8 Paulo Retre ▼ CM-L
- 14 Alex Rufer CM-R
- 25 Kazuki Nagasawa ▼ LM
- 20 Ramy Najjarine ▼ RM
- 7 Ifeanyi Eze ▼ CF-L
- 3 Corban Piper ▼ CF-R
Came on
- 16 Sander Kartum ▲ SUB
- 11 Carlo Armiento ▲ SUB
- 4 Manjrekar James ▲ SUB
- 29 Luke Brooke-Smith ▲ SUB
- 5 Fin Conchie ▲ SUB
- 18 Lukas Kelly-Heald ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (1)
- 30 Alby Kelly-Heald SUB
Commentary
- 90'+1' Manjrekar James (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 91'
- 89' Sander Kartum (Wellington Phoenix FC) Goal at 89'
- 88' Clarismario Rodrigues (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 88'
- 84' Luke Brooke-Smith (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 84'
- 84' Carlo Armiento (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 84'
- 83' Fin Conchie (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 83'
- 76' Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 76'
- 73' Sander Kartum (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 73'
- 68' Matthew Grimaldi (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 68'
- 68' Louis D'Arrigo (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 68'
- 68' Reno Piscopo (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 68'
- 61' Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 61'
Recent form
Melbourne Victory
W
W
D
D
W
- W at Melbourne City 3-1 A-League Men
- D Adelaide United 1-1 A-League Men
- D at Sydney 2-2 A-League Men
- W Macarthur 4-1 A-League Men
- W Central Coast Mariners 4-1 A-League Men
Wellington Phoenix
W
W
D
L
L
- L Auckland 5-0 A-League Men
- L Sydney 1-0 A-League Men
- D at Adelaide United 1-1 A-League Men
- W Perth Glory 2-0 A-League Men
- W at Brisbane Roar 2-1 A-League Men
Head to head
MVC leads series 4-1
- 5 Apr 2026 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Wellington Phoenix 2025-26 Australian A-League Men
- 6 Feb 2026 Wellington Phoenix 2–3 Melbourne Victory 2025-26 Australian A-League Men
- 29 Dec 2025 Melbourne Victory 5–1 Wellington Phoenix 2025-26 Australian A-League Men
- 12 Apr 2025 Wellington Phoenix 2–3 Melbourne Victory 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
- 14 Feb 2025 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Wellington Phoenix 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
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