Melbourne City 2-0 Wellington (Jan 3, 2025) Lineups

Wellington Phoenix FC

4-1-5, 13 PTS

Harry Politidis - 7'
Nathaniel Atkinson - 83'

33
Beach
16
Behich
26
Souprayen
27
Trewin
2
Talbot
30
Kuen
6
Ugarkovic
13
Atkinson
38
Politidis
20
Sulemani
46
Mazzeo

No.Name
33Patrick Beach
26Samuel Souprayen
27Kai Trewin
16Aziz Behich
2Callum Talbot
6Steven Ugarkovic
30Andreas Kuen 19Zane Schreiber 22German Ferreyra
13Nathaniel Atkinson
20Arion Sulemani 35Medin Memeti
38Harry Politidis 50Michael Ghossaini
46Benjamin Mazzeo 47Kavian Rahmani

Substitutes
41Lawrence Wong
40James Nieuwenhuizen

1
Oluwayemi
19
Sutton
15
Hughes
4
Wootton
27
Sheridan
6
Payne
9
Ishige
25
Nagasawa
8
Retre
29
Brooke-Smith
7
Barbarouses

No.Name
1Josh Oluwayemi
4Scott Wootton
15Isaac Hughes
27Matthew Sheridan 41Nathan Walker
19Sam Sutton 18Lukas Kelly-Heald
6Tim Payne 3Corban Piper
25Kazuki Nagasawa 24Oskar van Hattum
8Paulo Retre
9Hideki Ishige
29Luke Brooke-Smith 23Luke Supyk
7Kosta Barbarouses

Substitutes
30Alby Kelly-Heald
12Mohamed Al-Taay

AAMI Park

1:00 AM, January 3, 2025Coverage: ESPN3

Melbourne, Australia

Line: MCY -0.5

Over/Under: 2.5

Attendance: 5,139

Referees:
Shaun Evans

Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	P
Auckland FC	15	10	3	2	+12	33
Adelaide United	14	8	4	2	+7	28
Melbourne Victory	15	7	4	4	+7	25
Western United	15	7	4	4	+6	25
Sydney FC	16	7	3	6	+9	24
Macarthur FC	16	7	3	6	+8	24
Melbourne City FC	14	7	3	4	+7	24
Western Sydney Wanderers	15	6	3	6	+3	21
Central Coast Mariners	16	4	8	4	-7	20
Wellington Phoenix FC	14	5	3	6	-2	18
Newcastle Jets	14	3	3	8	-7	12
Perth Glory	16	2	3	11	-28	9
Brisbane Roar	14	1	2	11	-15	5

Victory elevate interim Diles to head coaching role

Arthur Diles is adamant he can be the man to take Melbourne Victory back to the promised land after the former interim boss was named the club's full-time A-League Men head coach.

Sydney's Socceroo Matthews joins Pompey in $2.5m deal

Sydney FC have cashed in on the remarkable rise of Hayden Matthews, selling the Socceroos centre back to English Championship club Portsmouth for a club record fee.

Socceroos moves: Mabil exits Grasshoppers, Geria joins Niigata

Awer Mabil is on the hunt for a new club after the fringe Socceroos winger was released by Grasshoppers, while Jason Geria has netted a move to Albirex Niigata.

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Victory elevate interim Diles to head coaching role

Sydney's Socceroo Matthews joins Pompey in $2.5m deal

Socceroos moves: Mabil exits Grasshoppers, Geria joins Niigata