Regular Season - 9• 21 Dec 2025

Wellington Phoenix 3–1 Central Coast Mariners

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Goals

36'

C. Piper

Assist: K. Nagasawa

45+6'

S. James Ngor

49'

M. James

52'

C. Armiento

Assist: C. Piper

Match Recap

Wellington Phoenix beat Central Coast Mariners 3–1 in the A-League (Regular Season - 9) on 21 December 2025. Central Coast Mariners saw more of the ball with 56% possession, and Wellington Phoenix had 9 shots (7 on target) to Central Coast Mariners's 10 (3 on target). The expected-goals (xG) figures read 2.49 for Wellington Phoenix and 1.25 for Central Coast Mariners. The goals came from C. Piper 36', S. James Ngor 45+6', M. James 49', C. Armiento 52'. Wellington Phoenix move up to 0 points in A-League. Relive the Wellington Phoenix vs Central Coast Mariners A-League highlights on Daily Goal: watch every goal and the full match below, free, with each strike timestamped so you can jump straight to the moment it happened.

Match Statistics

Wellington Phoenix

VS

Central Coast Mariners

44% Ball Possession 56%

2.49 Expected goals (xG) 1.25

9 Total Shots 10

7 Shots on target 3

1 Shots off target 4

1 Blocked Shots 3

7 Shots inside box 8

2 Shots outside box 2

4 Corner Kicks 5

— Offsides —

8 Fouls 10

0 Yellow Cards 1

— Red Cards —

2 Goalkeeper Saves 4

309 Total passes 385

227 Accurate passes 309

73% Pass accuracy 80%

— Goals prevented —

Lineups

Wellington Phoenix

Giancarlo Italiano 3-5-2

VS

Central Coast Mariners

Warren Moon 4-3-3

1Oluwayemi

18Kelly-Heald

4James

15Hughes

11Armiento

14Rufer

20Najjarine

27Sheridan

3Piper

7Eze

5Mauragis

11James Ngor

7Theoharous

8McCalmont

26Tapp

16Steele

20Kennedy

3Paull

2Donachie

15Roux

30Redmayne

Substitutes — Wellington Phoenix

40E. McCarron 5F. Conchie 8P. Retre 12D. Edwards 29L. Brooke-Smith 37A. Cassidy 39J. Smith

Substitutes — Central Coast Mariners

6H. Eames 9R. Edmondson 10M. Di Pizio 14N. Duarte 24D. Herrington 37B. Brandtman 40D. Peraic-Cullen