Melbourne Victory 5-1 Wellington Phoenix: Final score, stats and lineups
Australian A-League Men
Melbourne Victory
4-2-4
- Nikolaos Vergos 7', 42', 47'
- Clarismario Rodrigues 55'
- Keegan Jelacic 90'
5-1
FT
Wellington Phoenix
3-2-5
- Ramy Najjarine 29'
Key events
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Nikolaos Vergos7'
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29'
Ramy Najjarine
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Nikolaos Vergos42'
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45'+2'
Manjrekar James
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Nikolaos Vergos47'
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Clarismario Rodrigues55'
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Matthew GrimaldiOff: Nishan Velupillay57'
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57'
Fin ConchieOff: Carlo Armiento
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57'
Luke Brooke-SmithOff: Kazuki Nagasawa
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64'
Paulo RetreOff: Alex Rufer
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Keegan JelacicOff: Juan Mata67'
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Denis GenreauOff: Louis D'Arrigo67'
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Jing LualOff: Clarismario Rodrigues82'
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Adama TraoréOff: Jason Davidson82'
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Keegan Jelacic90'
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Adama Traoré90'+4'
Team stats
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4Corner Kicks2
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58.3Possession41.7
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17SHOTS8
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6ON GOAL2
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4Blocked Shots1
Match info
- Competition
- Australian A-League Men
- Kickoff
- Monday, December 29, 2025, 3:00 AM ET
- Venue
- Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia
- Where to watch
- ESPN+
- Attendance
- 10,769
- Series
- MBV leads series 4-1
Team stats
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12Fouls10
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1Yellow Cards1
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0Red Cards0
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0Offsides0
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4Corner Kicks2
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1Saves1
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58.3Possession41.7
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17SHOTS8
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6ON GOAL2
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0.4On Target %0.3
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0Penalty Goals0
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0Penalty Kicks Taken0
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0Accurate Passes0
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0Passes0
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0.0Pass Completion %0.0
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0Accurate Crosses0
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0Crosses0
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0.0Cross %0.0
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0Long Balls0
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0Accurate Long Balls0
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0.0Long Balls %0.0
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4Blocked Shots1
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0Effective Tackles0
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0Tackles0
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0.0Tackle %0.0
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0Interceptions0
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0Effective Clearances0
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0Clearances0
Lineups
Melbourne Victory4-2-3-1- 25Jack DuncanG
- 22Joshua RawlinsRB
- 2Jason Davidson↓LB
- 8Jordi ValadonLM
- 15Sebastian EspositoCD-R
- 21Roderick MirandaCD-L
- 17Nishan Velupillay↓AM-R
- 27Louis D'Arrigo↓RM
- 9Nikolaos VergosF
- 64Juan Mata↓AM
- 11Clarismario Rodrigues↓AM-L
- 16Joshua Inserra
- 3Adama Traoré↑
- 10Denis Genreau↑
- 14Matthew Grimaldi↑
- 19Jing Lual↑
- 23Keegan Jelacic↑
- 40Jack Warshawsky
Wellington Phoenix3-5-2- 40Eamonn MccarronG
- 27Matthew SheridanRM
- 11Carlo Armiento↓LM
- 18Lukas Kelly-HealdCD-L
- 4Manjrekar JamesCD
- 15Isaac HughesCD-R
- 20Ramy NajjarineCM-R
- 25Kazuki Nagasawa↓CM-L
- 7Ifeanyi EzeCF-L
- 3Corban PiperCF-R
- 14Alex Rufer↓AM
- 8Paulo Retre↑
- 30Alby Kelly-Heald
- 37Anaru Cassidy
- 29Luke Brooke-Smith↑
- 24Xuan Loke
- 5Fin Conchie↑
- 31Ryan Lee
Last five games
Melbourne VictoryLLDWW
MBV leads series 4-1
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