Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Melbourne Victory

Wellington Phoenix needed just 24 minutes to flip this A-League derby into a track meet. C. Piper opened the scoring in the 14th minute, Melbourne Victory's C. Nduka leveled things ten minutes later, and the game stayed level until R. Bidois settled it in the 77th minute to give the Phoenix a 2-1 win. It's a result that tilts the all-time series back their way, with Wellington now holding a 1-2-0 edge across their last three meetings with Victory. Neither side has gotten its season moving yet in the league table, but it's the Phoenix who can finally point to a result, while S. Cosgrove and the rest of the A-League's leading scorers watched from a distance as neither Piper nor Bidois made the current top-ten list. Two different Phoenix players did the damage, Victory never found an answer after Nduka's equalizer, and the late winner is exactly the kind of moment that loses its punch in a recap, go watch Bidois settle it in minute 77.