Melbourne City 1-0 Wellington (Feb 28, 2025) Lineups

Melbourne City FC

9-4-5, 31 PTS

Marco Tilio - 51'

30
Kelly-Heald
19
Sutton
4
Wootton
15
Hughes
6
Payne
8
Retre
14
Rufer
27
Sheridan
41
Walker
12
Geraldes
7
Barbarouses

No.Name
30Alby Kelly-Heald
4Scott Wootton
15Isaac Hughes
19Sam Sutton
6Tim Payne 18Lukas Kelly-Heald
14Alex Rufer 9Hideki Ishige
27Matthew Sheridan
8Paulo Retre 3Corban Piper
7Kosta Barbarouses
41Nathan Walker 29Luke Brooke-Smith
12Francisco Geraldes 21Marco Rojas

Substitutes
1Josh Oluwayemi
25Kazuki Nagasawa

33
Beach
16
Behich
26
Souprayen
22
Ferreyra
13
Atkinson
27
Trewin
47
Rahmani
19
Schreiber
23
Tilio
30
Kuen
17
Caputo

No.Name
33Patrick Beach
26Samuel Souprayen
22German Ferreyra
27Kai Trewin
16Aziz Behich
13Nathaniel Atkinson
19Zane Schreiber 7Mathew Leckie
47Kavian Rahmani 38Harry Politidis
23Marco Tilio
30Andreas Kuen 41Lawrence Wong
17Max Caputo 46Benjamin Mazzeo

Substitutes
2Callum Talbot
39Emin Durakovic
40James Nieuwenhuizen

Sky Stadium

1:30 AM, February 28, 2025Coverage: ESPN3

Wellington, New Zealand

Line: MCY -0.5

Over/Under: 2.5

Attendance: 5,716

Referees:
Tim Danaskos

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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