Europa League
Sun 12 Apr, 06:00London
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
Alex King
4,896 attendance
Timeline
- 27' Aziz Behich
- 38' Daniel Arzani Yellow Card
- 39' Kazuki Nagasawa Yellow Card
- 45' Matthew Sheridan for Tim Payne
- 54' German Ferreyra Yellow Card
- 62' Sander Kartum for Kazuki Nagasawa
- 73' Max Caputo for Andrew Nabbout
- 73' Kavian Rahmani for Elbasan Rashani
- 73' Luke Brooke-Smith for Ramy Najjarine
- 76' Marcus Younis
- 77' Medin Memeti for Daniel Arzani
- 80' Lukas Kelly-Heald for Paulo Retre
- 80' Carlo Armiento for Dan Edwards
- 81' Zane Schreiber Yellow Card
- 83' Mathew Leckie for Zane Schreiber
- 90'+1' Samuel Souprayen Yellow Card
Match stats
48.6%
Possession
51.4%
16
Shots
6
5
On target
0
15
Fouls
9
4
Yellow cards
1
0
Red cards
0
0
Offsides
0
0
Saves
2
0
Accurate passes
0
Lineups
Melbourne City
4-1-4-1
1
Beach
16
Behich
26
Souprayen
22
Ferreyra
13
Atkinson
19
Schreiber
11
Rashani
14
Arzani
30
Kuen
28
Younis
15
Nabbout
Wellington Phoenix
4-4-2
1
Oluwayemi
12
Edwards
15
Hughes
28
Tuiloma
6
Payne
25
Nagasawa
8
Retre
14
Rufer
20
Najjarine
7
Eze
3
Piper
Melbourne City
4-1-4-1
- 1 Patrick Beach G
- 26 Samuel Souprayen CD-L
- 22 German Ferreyra CD-R
- 19 Zane Schreiber ▼ DM
- 16 Aziz Behich LB
- 13 Nathaniel Atkinson RB
- 14 Daniel Arzani ▼ CM-L
- 30 Andreas Kuen CM-R
- 11 Elbasan Rashani ▼ LM
- 28 Marcus Younis RM
- 15 Andrew Nabbout ▼ F
Came on
- 7 Mathew Leckie ▲ SUB
- 35 Medin Memeti ▲ SUB
- 47 Kavian Rahmani ▲ SUB
- 17 Max Caputo ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (3)
- 40 James Nieuwenhuizen SUB
- 2 Harrison Delbridge SUB
- 36 Harrison Shillington SUB
Wellington Phoenix
4-4-2
- 1 Josh Oluwayemi G
- 15 Isaac Hughes CD-L
- 28 Bill Tuiloma CD-R
- 12 Dan Edwards ▼ LB
- 6 Tim Payne ▼ 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
- 27 Matthew Sheridan ▲ SUB
- 29 Luke Brooke-Smith ▲ SUB
- 18 Lukas Kelly-Heald ▲ SUB
- 11 Carlo Armiento ▲ SUB
- 16 Sander Kartum ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (2)
- 30 Alby Kelly-Heald SUB
- 4 Manjrekar James SUB
Commentary
- 90'+1' Samuel Souprayen (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 91'
- 83' Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 83'
- 81' Zane Schreiber (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 81'
- 80' Carlo Armiento (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 80'
- 80' Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 80'
- 77' Medin Memeti (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 77'
- 76' Marcus Younis (Melbourne City FC) Goal at 76'
- 73' Luke Brooke-Smith (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 73'
- 73' Kavian Rahmani (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 73'
- 73' Max Caputo (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 73'
- 62' Sander Kartum (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 62'
- 54' German Ferreyra (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 54'
Recent form
Melbourne City
W
W
D
W
L
- L at Buriram United 0-0 AFC Champions League Elite
- W at Sydney 1-0 A-League Men
- D at Perth Glory 1-1 A-League Men
- W Western Sydney Wanderers 3-0 A-League Men
- W Central Coast Mariners 2-1 A-League Men
Wellington Phoenix
W
W
W
D
L
- 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
- W at Melbourne Victory 1-0 A-League Men
Head to head
MCY leads series 4-0-1
- 12 Apr 2026 Melbourne City 2–0 Wellington Phoenix 2025-26 Australian A-League Men
- 30 Jan 2026 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Melbourne City 2025-26 Australian A-League Men
- 28 Feb 2025 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Melbourne City 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
- 3 Jan 2025 Melbourne City 2–0 Wellington Phoenix 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
- 9 Mar 2024 Melbourne City 1–0 Wellington Phoenix 2023-24 Australian A-League Men
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