Melbourne City vs Wellington Phoenix Live Score and Live Stream

Preview

Melbourne City played Wellington Phoenix at the A-League of Australia on March 9. The match kicked off 08:00 UTC. Melbourne City won 1-0.

Samuel Souprayen scored the first and only goal on the 58th minute of the game.

Melbourne City (also known as Melbourne City FC) and Wellington Phoenix (commonly referred to as Wellington or Wellington Phoenix FC) meet again 4 months after the A League match which Wellington Phoenix won 1-0. Melbourne City are aproaching the match after a defeat from Macarthur on March 1 not being able to win for 5 straight games.

Wellington Phoenix, on the other hand, are approaching the match in a good mood after claiming a 3-2 win in A League against Adelaide United extending their unbeaten streak to 10 matches.

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Live Streaming

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Line-Ups

We are updating team formations and line-ups for Melbourne City - Wellington Phoenix in real time.

Melbourne City kicked off the game with Jamie Young, Vicente Fernandez who got substituted by Harry Politidis on the 76th minute, Samuel Souprayen, Nuno Reis, Callum Talbot who got substituted by Terry Antonis on the 69th minute, Steven Ugarkovic, Tolgay Arslan who got substituted by Alessandro Lopane on the 77th minute, James Jeggo, Marin Jakolis, Max Caputo who got substituted by Jamie Maclaren on the 76th minute and Leo Natel who got substituted by Andrew Nabbout on the 64th minute as starters, with Patrick Beach, Curtis Good, Harry Politidis, Terry Antonis, Alessandro Lopane, Jamie Maclaren and Andrew Nabbout on the bench.

Wellington Phoenix's starting eleven were Alex Paulsen, Lukas Kelly-Heald who got substituted on the 69th minute, , Finn Surman, Tim Payne, Ben Old, Alex Rufer who got substituted by Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues on the 89th minute, Youstin Salas who got substituted by Mohamed Al-Taay on the 60th minute, Bozhidar Kraev, and David Ball who got substituted by Nicholas Pennington on the 67th minute, with Jack Duncan, Isaac Hughes, Mohamed Al-Taay, Fin Conchie, Nicholas Pennington, and Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues on the bench.

Referee showed the yellow card 7 times throughout the game. James Jeggo, Youstin Salas, , Samuel Souprayen, Andrew Nabbout, Alex Rufer and Marin Jakolis were the ones to receive it.

Stats

Explore stats from Melbourne City vs Wellington Phoenix on ScoreBat - we are updating the numbers on this page every second of the game.

  • Ball Possession: 52 - 48
  • Total Attempts: 20 - 7
  • Shots On Target: 7 - 2
  • Saves: 2 - 6
  • Corners: 10 - 3
  • Completed Passes: 417 - 402
  • Fouls: 18 - 9
  • Free Kicks: 9 - 19
  • Total Passes: 468 - 467
  • Throw-Ins: 13 - 18

Head-to-head

Melbourne City and Wellington Phoenix have met 5 times since October 2022. Melbourne City have won 3 times, 1 match ended in a draw while Wellington Phoenix have won once. The most recent match between them took place on November 25, 2023 at the A-League of Australia where Wellington Phoenix won 1-0. Melbourne City have scored 12 goals in these 5 head-to-head matches in total while Wellington Phoenix have scored 5. So, overall, Melbourne City have a better head-to-head record against Wellington Phoenix in their recent history.

Melbourne City have won 8 of their 21 matches in A-League, drawing 5 and having 8 defeats this season. They have scored 37 goals - 1.76 per match, conceding 33 - 1.57 per match. Wellington Phoenix have won 12 of their 22 matches in A-League, drawing 7 and having 3 defeats this season. They have scored 35 goals - 1.59 per match, conceding 23 - 1.05 per match.

Recent Form

Melbourne City have lost to Macarthur in their previous match while Wellington Phoenix have won Adelaide United in their previous match. Overall, Melbourne City have won 6 of their last 20 matches, losing 7 and drawing 7, while Wellington Phoenix have won 11 of their last 20 matches, losing 2 and drawing 7.

Melbourne City have won once (1-0 against Adelaide United on 25th of January), lost 3 times (2-0 against Macarthur on 1st of March, 5-1 against Brisbane Roar FC on 10th of February and 4-2 against Perth Glory on 2nd of February) and drew twice (1-1 against Sydney FC on 24th of February and 0-0 against Melbourne Victory on 17th of February) in their most recent 6 matches.

Wellington Phoenix have won 3 times (3-2 against Adelaide United on 3rd of March, 1-2 against Macarthur on 18th of February and 2-0 against Western United FC on 10th of February) and drew 3 times (0-0 against Perth Glory on 24th of February, 0-0 against Central Coast Mariners on 6th of February and 1-1 against Brisbane Roar FC on 2nd of February) in their most recent 6 matches.

Team Streaks

  • Wellington Phoenix have gone 10 consecutive matches without a defeat.
  • Melbourne City's last 3 home matches had 2 or less goals.

Live Standings

As always, Australia A-League's live standings are availble and updated in real time. Melbourne City are the 7th in the table with 29 points after 21 matches, while Wellington Phoenix are the leaders with 43 points in 22 matches.

Video Highlights

We are adding goal videos and full video highlights of the match between Melbourne City and Wellington Phoenix in real time. You can watch the goal by Samuel Souprayen as the videos of the goals are added usually minutes after the actual event if there are any official videos available. Full video highlights of Melbourne City - Wellington Phoenix are being added as they become available on the official social media channels of the league or the teams.

Live Commentary

  1. FT
    Full Time
    Match ends. Melbourne City 1, Wellington Phoenix 0.
  2. 89'
    Substitution for Wellington Phoenix. Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues replaces Alex Rufer
  3. 84'
    Marin Jakolis is shown the yellow card.
  4. 82'
    Alex Rufer is shown the yellow card.
  5. 79'
    Andrew Nabbout is shown the yellow card.
  6. 77'
    Substitution for Melbourne City. Alessandro Lopane replaces Tolgay Arslan
  7. 76'
    Substitution for Melbourne City. Harry Politidis replaces Vicente Fernandez
  8. 76'
    Substitution for Melbourne City. Jamie Maclaren replaces Max Caputo
  9. 72'
    Samuel Souprayen is shown the yellow card.
  10. 70'
    Wellington Phoenix's player is shown the yellow card.
  11. 69'
    Substitution for Wellington Phoenix. Lukas Kelly-Heald is leaving the field.
  12. 69'
    Substitution for Melbourne City. Terry Antonis replaces Callum Talbot
  13. 67'
    Substitution for Wellington Phoenix. Nicholas Pennington replaces David Ball
  14. 64'
    Substitution for Melbourne City. Andrew Nabbout replaces Leo Natel
  15. 60'
    Substitution for Wellington Phoenix. Mohamed Al-Taay replaces Youstin Salas
  16. 58'
    1 - 0
    Samuel Souprayen scores for Melbourne City, assisted by Tolgay Arslan.
  17. 2T
    Kick-off
    Second half begins
  18. HT
    Half Time - 0 : 0
    First half ends.
  19. 34'
    Youstin Salas is shown the yellow card.
  20. 15'
    James Jeggo is shown the yellow card.
  21. 1T
    Kick-off
    First half begins