Regular Season - 16• 6 Feb 2026

Wellington Phoenix 2–3 Melbourne Victory

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Goals

10'

S. Esposito

Assist: R. Piscopo

39'

C. Armiento

Assist: R. Najjarine

44'

N. Velupillay

Assist: C. Nduka

77'

L. D'Arrigo

Assist: K. Jelacic

84'

Roderick

Match Recap

Melbourne Victory beat Wellington Phoenix 3–2 in the A-League (Regular Season - 16) on 6 February 2026. Wellington Phoenix saw more of the ball with 57% possession, and Wellington Phoenix had 8 shots (3 on target) to Melbourne Victory's 12 (6 on target). The expected-goals (xG) figures read 0.86 for Wellington Phoenix and 0.74 for Melbourne Victory. The goals came from S. Esposito 10', C. Armiento 39', N. Velupillay 44', L. D'Arrigo 77', Roderick 84'. Melbourne Victory move up to 0 points in A-League. Relive the Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Victory 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

Melbourne Victory

57% Ball Possession 43%

0.86 Expected goals (xG) 0.74

8 Total Shots 12

3 Shots on target 6

1 Shots off target 5

4 Blocked Shots 1

6 Shots inside box 7

2 Shots outside box 5

6 Corner Kicks 7

3 Offsides 1

7 Fouls 6

2 Yellow Cards 1

— Red Cards —

3 Goalkeeper Saves 2

529 Total passes 397

444 Accurate passes 312

84% Pass accuracy 79%

— Goals prevented —

Lineups

Wellington Phoenix

Giancarlo Italiano 5-3-2

VS

Melbourne Victory

Arthur Diles 4-2-3-1

30Kelly-Heald

11Armiento

15Hughes

28Tuiloma

4James

6Payne

25Nagasawa

8Retre

16Kartum

20Najjarine

7Eze

44Nduka

17Velupillay

64Mata

7Piscopo

8Valadon

10Genreau

2Davidson

21Roderick

15Esposito

22Rawlins

40Warshawsky

Substitutes — Wellington Phoenix

40E. McCarron 3C. Piper 5F. Conchie 18L. Kelly-Heald 27M. Sheridan 29L. Brooke-Smith 39J. Smith

Substitutes — Melbourne Victory

25J. Duncan 9N. Vergos 14M. Grimaldi 16J. Inserra 19J. Reec 23K. Jelacic 27L. D'Arrigo