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	26	15	8	3	+22	53
Melbourne City FC	26	14	6	6	+16	48
Western United	26	14	5	7	+18	47
Western Sydney Wanderers	26	13	7	6	+18	46
Melbourne Victory	26	12	7	7	+8	43
Adelaide United	26	10	8	8	-2	38
Sydney FC	26	10	7	9	+7	37
Macarthur FC	26	9	6	11	+5	33
Newcastle Jets	26	8	6	12	-1	30
Central Coast Mariners	26	5	11	10	-22	26
Wellington Phoenix FC	26	6	6	14	-16	24
Brisbane Roar	26	5	6	15	-19	21
Perth Glory	26	4	5	17	-34	17

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