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	23	13	8	2	+21	47
Melbourne City FC	23	13	4	6	+12	43
Western United	24	12	5	7	+15	41
Western Sydney Wanderers	23	11	6	6	+15	39
Melbourne Victory	23	11	6	6	+9	39
Adelaide United	24	10	6	8	-2	36
Sydney FC	23	9	7	7	+11	34
Macarthur FC	23	9	5	9	+8	32
Newcastle Jets	23	8	5	10	+1	29
Central Coast Mariners	24	5	10	9	-21	25
Wellington Phoenix FC	24	6	6	12	-13	24
Brisbane Roar	23	3	5	15	-21	14
Perth Glory	24	3	5	16	-35	14

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