Regular Season - 10• 29 Dec 2025

Melbourne Victory 5–1 Wellington Phoenix

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Goals

7'

N. Vergos

Assist: N. Velupillay

29'

R. Najjarine

42'

N. Vergos

Assist: J. Rawlins

47'

N. Vergos

55'

Clarismario

Assist: J. Mata

90'

K. Jelacic

Assist: J. Reec

Match Recap

Melbourne Victory beat Wellington Phoenix 5–1 in the A-League (Regular Season - 10) on 29 December 2025. Melbourne Victory saw more of the ball with 58% possession, and Melbourne Victory had 17 shots (6 on target) to Wellington Phoenix's 8 (2 on target). The expected-goals (xG) figures read 2.17 for Melbourne Victory and 0.63 for Wellington Phoenix. The goals came from N. Vergos 7', R. Najjarine 29', N. Vergos 42', N. Vergos 47', Clarismario 55', K. Jelacic 90'. Melbourne Victory move up to 0 points in A-League. Relive the Melbourne Victory vs Wellington Phoenix 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

Melbourne Victory

VS

Wellington Phoenix

58% Ball Possession 42%

2.17 Expected goals (xG) 0.63

17 Total Shots 8

6 Shots on target 2

7 Shots off target 5

4 Blocked Shots 1

9 Shots inside box 6

8 Shots outside box 2

4 Corner Kicks 2

3 Offsides 0

12 Fouls 10

1 Yellow Cards 1

— Red Cards —

1 Goalkeeper Saves 1

504 Total passes 364

414 Accurate passes 283

82% Pass accuracy 78%

— Goals prevented —

Lineups

Melbourne Victory

Arthur Diles 4-2-3-1

VS

Wellington Phoenix

Giancarlo Italiano 3-5-2

25Duncan

2Davidson

21Roderick

15Esposito

22Rawlins

8Valadon

27D'Arrigo

11Clarismario

64Mata

17Velupillay

9Vergos

7Eze

3Piper

11Armiento

14Rufer

20Najjarine

27Sheridan

18Kelly-Heald

4James

15Hughes

40McCarron

Substitutes — Melbourne Victory

3A. Traore 10D. Genreau 14M. Grimaldi 16J. Inserra 19J. Reec 23K. Jelacic 40J. Warshawsky

Substitutes — Wellington Phoenix

30A. Kelly-Heald 5F. Conchie 8P. Retre 24T. Loke 29L. Brooke-Smith 31R. Lee 37A. Cassidy