Melbourne Victory

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Melbourne Victory LWDWWD

0:1

Finished

Kick-off was 5 Apr, 06:00 BST

Wellington Phoenix WWWLWL

Venue: AAMI Park City: Melbourne

In the A-League game on 5 April 2026, Wellington Phoenix beat Melbourne Victory 0:1. Match numbers: corners 7:8, fouls 14:13.

Key numbers

Possession, % 49 – 51

Shots on target 3 – 3

Shots off target 3 – 7

Big chances 0 – 5

⇄ 22' S. Esposito — Substitution 🟨 34' D. Genreau — Yellow card ⇄ 46' N. Vergos — Substitution 🟨 54' N. Velupillay — Yellow card ⇄ 61' D. Edwards — Substitution ⇄ 68' K. Jelacic — Substitution ⇄ 68' D. Genreau — Substitution ⇄ 68' N. Velupillay — Substitution ⇄ 73' R. Najjarine — Substitution 🟨 76' A. Rufer — Yellow card ⇄ 83' P. Retre — Substitution ⇄ 84' K. Nagasawa — Substitution ⇄ 84' C. Piper — Substitution ⇄ 88' J. Mata — Substitution ⚽ 89' S. Kartum — Goal ⇄ 90+1' I. Eze — Substitution

Match events

22' 0:0 Melbourne Victory Substitution S. Esposito off: J. Davidson
34' 0:0 Melbourne Victory Yellow card D. Genreau
46' 0:0 Melbourne Victory Substitution N. Vergos off: C. Nduka
54' 0:0 Melbourne Victory Yellow card N. Velupillay
61' 0:0 Wellington Phoenix Substitution D. Edwards off: L. Kelly-Heald
68' 0:0 Melbourne Victory Substitution K. Jelacic off: R. Piscopo
68' 0:0 Melbourne Victory Substitution D. Genreau off: L. D'Arrigo
68' 0:0 Melbourne Victory Substitution N. Velupillay off: M. Grimaldi
73' 0:0 Wellington Phoenix Substitution R. Najjarine off: S. Kartum
76' 0:0 Wellington Phoenix Yellow card A. Rufer
83' 0:0 Wellington Phoenix Substitution P. Retre off: F. Conchie
84' 0:0 Wellington Phoenix Substitution K. Nagasawa off: C. Armiento
84' 0:0 Wellington Phoenix Substitution C. Piper off: L. Brooke-Smith
88' 0:0 Melbourne Victory Substitution J. Mata off: Clarismario
89' 0:1 Wellington Phoenix Goal S. Kartum assist: I. Eze
90+1' 0:1 Wellington Phoenix Substitution I. Eze off: M. James

Statistics

49 Possession, % 51

3 Shots on target 3

3 Shots off target 7

0 Big chances 5

86 Attacks 77

7 Corners 8

14 Fouls 13

13 Free kicks 14

1 Offsides 3

2 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

9 Goal kicks 9

13 Throw-ins 12

All statistics

23/4057% Aerial duels 17/4043%

56 Backward passes 66

4 Blocked shots 4

27 Clearances 41

2/2010% Crosses 7/1839%

7/1354% Dribbles 8/1553%

95 Failed passes 90

1 Goalkeeper saves 3

7 Interceptions 8

5 Key passes 12

16/4734% Long passes 20/5238%

122 Passes into the final third 64

290 Passes in the opposition half 236

142 Passes in own half 205

0.30 Shot accuracy 0.21

7 Shots from outside the box 4

3 Shots inside the box 10

10/1377% Tackles 5/1145%

412 Total passes 423

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
40	Jack Warshawsky	40
15	Sebastian Esposito	15
18	Franco Lino	18
21	Roderick Miranda	21
22	Joshua James Rawlins	22
8	Jordi Valadon	8
10	Denis Genreau	10
17	Nishan Velupillay	17
23	Keegan Jelacic	23
64	Juan Manuel Mata García	64
9	Nikolaos Vergos	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
25	Jack Duncan	25
2	Jason Davidson	2
27	Louis D'Arrigo	27
7	Reno Piscopo	7
11	Clarismario	11
14	Matthew Grimaldi	14
44	Charles Boniface Nduka	44

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Wellington Phoenix

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Joshua Oluwayemi	1
12	Dan Edwards	12
15	Isaac Hughes	15
27	Matthew Sheridan	27
28	Bill Tuiloma	28
8	Paulo Ricardo Pereira Retre	8
14	Alex Arthur Rufer	14
20	Ramy Najjarine	20
25	Kazuki Nagasawa	25
3	Corban Piper	3
7	Ifeanyi Eze	7

Substitutes
#	Player	number
30	Alby Kelly-Heald	30
4	Manjrekar James	4
18	L. Kelly-Heald	18
5	F. Conchie	5
16	Sander Erik Kartum	16
11	Carlo Armiento	11
29	Luke Brooke-Smith	29

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