Melbourne Victory vs Wellington Phoenix, 2024-25 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men

Melbourne Victory

57': Nikolaos Vergos

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Wellington Phoenix

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Melbourne Victory are hosting Wellington Phoenix at AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Commentary

45': Clarismario Rodrigues (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 45'
57': Nikolaos Vergos (Melbourne Victory) Goal at 57'
58': Nikolaos Vergos (Melbourne Victory) Yellow Card at 58'
65': Joshua Rawlins (Melbourne Victory) Yellow Card at 65'
66': Daniel Arzani (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 66'
68': Nathan Walker (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 68'
68': Kazuki Nagasawa (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 68'
68': Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 68'
75': Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 75'
75': Kasey Bos (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 75'
75': Matthew Sheridan (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 75'
77': Luke Brooke-Smith (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 77'
89': Sam Sutton (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 89'
90'+4': Mitch Langerak (Melbourne Victory) Yellow Card at 94'

Statistics

WEL		MBV
10	Fouls	9
2	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	9
4	Saves	1
43.3	Possession	56.7
4	SHOTS	16
1	ON GOAL	5
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
2	Blocked Shots	5
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: AAMI Park
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Attendance: 9,374

A-League Men Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Wellington Phoenix	4	+6	10
2	Sydney FC	4	+3	7
3	Brisbane Roar FC	3	+2	7
4	Melbourne City FC	4	0	7

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Melbourne Victory (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Mitch Langerak (GK)
21	Roderick Miranda
5	Brendan Hamill
3	Adama Traoré
22	Joshua Rawlins
8	Zinédine Machach
14	Jordi Valadon
6	Ryan Teague
9	Nikolaos Vergos
27	Reno Piscopo
17	Nishan Velupillay

Melbourne Victory Substitutes:

Kasey Bos, Jack Duncan, Fabian Monge, Daniel Arzani, Lachlan Jackson, Clarismario Rodrigues, Bruno Fornaroli.

Wellington Phoenix (4-4-2)

No.	Name
30	Alby Kelly-Heald (GK)
4	Scott Wootton
15	Isaac Hughes
19	Sam Sutton
6	Tim Payne
27	Matthew Sheridan
8	Paulo Retre
18	Lukas Kelly-Heald
3	Corban Piper
9	Hideki Ishige
7	Kosta Barbarouses

Wellington Phoenix Substitutes:

Kazuki Nagasawa, Josh Oluwayemi, Nathan Walker, Jayden Smith, Fin Conchie, Alex Rufer, Luke Brooke-Smith.

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