Australian A-League Men

Wellington Phoenix FC vs Melbourne Victory, 2023-24 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men
Wellington Phoenix FC
  • 90'+5': Roderick Miranda (OG)
FT
1 - 0
Melbourne Victory

    About

    Wellington Phoenix FC are hosting Melbourne Victory at Sky Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Bozhidar Kraev.
    • 2': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Tim Payne.
    • 3': Delay in match (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 8': Attempt saved. Mohamed Al-Taay (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bozhidar Kraev.
    • 9': Attempt blocked. Jake Brimmer (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 10': Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 10': Foul by Fabian Monge (Melbourne Victory).
    • 11': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Kosta Barbarouses is caught offside.
    • 13': Attempt saved. Youstin Salas (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kosta Barbarouses.
    • 14': Ben Folami (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 14': Foul by Mohamed Al-Taay (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 14': Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Foul by Daniel Arzani (Melbourne Victory).
    • 16': Ben Folami (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 16': Foul by Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 17': Attempt blocked. Zinédine Machach (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Fornaroli.
    • 20': Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 20': Foul by Finn Surman (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Folami.
    • 22': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Scott Wootton.
    • 24': Foul by Zinédine Machach (Melbourne Victory).
    • 24': Sam Sutton (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Daniel Arzani (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Foul by Sam Sutton (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 28': Attempt blocked. Zinédine Machach (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Daniel Arzani.
    • 29': Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Foul by Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 31': Ben Folami (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Foul by Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 31': Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 33': Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 33': Foul by Jake Brimmer (Melbourne Victory).
    • 34': Fabian Monge (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 35': Attempt missed. Ben Old (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kosta Barbarouses.
    • 36': Attempt blocked. Zinédine Machach (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Folami.
    • 38': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Roderick Miranda.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Ben Folami (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Bruno Fornaroli.
    • 41': Attempt blocked. Adama Traoré (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Zinédine Machach.
    • 41': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Youstin Salas.
    • 43': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Finn Surman.
    • 44': Delay in match because of an injury Scott Wootton (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Folami.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Wellington Phoenix 0, Melbourne Victory 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Wellington Phoenix 0, Melbourne Victory 0.
    • 48': Attempt blocked. Adama Traoré (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Daniel Arzani.
    • 50': Foul by Zinédine Machach (Melbourne Victory).
    • 50': Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Foul by Roderick Miranda (Melbourne Victory).
    • 51': Mohamed Al-Taay (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Attempt blocked. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Folami.
    • 52': Attempt saved. Adama Traoré (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bruno Fornaroli.
    • 52': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Alex Paulsen.
    • 52': Attempt blocked. Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 54': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Adama Traoré.
    • 54': Attempt saved. Finn Surman (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bozhidar Kraev with a headed pass.
    • 55': Hand ball by Ben Folami (Melbourne Victory).
    • 56': Attempt missed. Ben Old (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kosta Barbarouses.
    • 57': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. David Ball replaces Mohamed Al-Taay.
    • 58': Attempt blocked. Zinédine Machach (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Daniel Arzani.
    • 58': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Ben Old.
    • 59': Foul by Adama Traoré (Melbourne Victory).
    • 59': Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Jason Geria.
    • 63': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Nicholas Pennington replaces Tim Payne.
    • 63': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Chris Ikonomidis replaces Ben Folami.
    • 64': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Roly Bonevacia replaces Fabian Monge.
    • 64': Foul by Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 64': Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Daniel Arzani (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 65': David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 65': Foul by David Ball (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 67': Attempt blocked. Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Old.
    • 69': Foul by Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 69': Roly Bonevacia (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Kosta Barbarouses is caught offside.
    • 75': Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Ben Old.
    • 76': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Salim Khelifi replaces Zinédine Machach.
    • 76': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Connor Chapman replaces Jake Brimmer.
    • 77': Attempt blocked. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 77': Attempt blocked. Roly Bonevacia (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 78': Attempt saved. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Chris Ikonomidis.
    • 78': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Alex Paulsen.
    • 80': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Connor Chapman.
    • 80': Adama Traoré (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Foul by Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 81': Delay in match because of an injury Adama Traoré (Melbourne Victory).
    • 82': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Oskar van Hattum replaces Bozhidar Kraev.
    • 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 83': Foul by Adama Traoré (Melbourne Victory).
    • 83': Oskar van Hattum (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Attempt blocked. David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kosta Barbarouses.
    • 85': Attempt blocked. Adama Traoré (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 86': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Eli Adams replaces Daniel Arzani.
    • 86': Foul by Connor Chapman (Melbourne Victory).
    • 86': Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 88': Attempt missed. Eli Adams (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 89': Attempt blocked. Eli Adams (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Roderick Miranda.
    • 89': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Scott Wootton.
    • 90': Attempt missed. Chris Ikonomidis (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
    • 90'+1': David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Damien Da Silva (Melbourne Victory).
    • 90'+1': Damien Da Silva (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Kosta Barbarouses (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Ben Old (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
    • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Eli Adams (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Roderick Miranda.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Roderick Miranda (Melbourne Victory).
    • 90'+4': Oskar van Hattum (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Finn Surman (Wellington Phoenix) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Oskar van Hattum following a set piece situation.
    • 90'+5': Own Goal by Roderick Miranda, Melbourne Victory. Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne Victory 0.
    • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne Victory 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne Victory 0.

    Statistics

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    12 Fouls 10
    2 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 2
    9 Corner Kicks 4
    4 Saves 3
    44.9 Possession 55.1
    21 SHOTS 11
    3 ON GOAL 4
    0.1 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    364 Accurate Passes 480
    447 Passes 562
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    0 Accurate Crosses 2
    16 Crosses 10
    0.0 Cross % 0.2
    32 Long Balls 52
    9 Accurate Long Balls 28
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.5
    15 Blocked Shots 2
    11 Effective Tackles 13
    18 Tackles 17
    0.6 Tackle % 0.8
    10 Interceptions 14
    16 Effective Clearances 26
    16 Clearances 26

    Game Information

    Competition: Australian A-League Men

    Venue: Sky Stadium
    Location: Wellington, New Zealand
    Attendance: 6,360

    A-League Men Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Melbourne Victory 4 +5 10
    2 Melbourne City FC 4 +5 9
    3 Auckland FC 3 +5 9
    4 Wellington Phoenix FC 4 +3 7
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    WEL Wellington Phoenix FC (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    40 Alex Paulsen (GK)
    4 Scott Wootton
    3 Finn Surman
    14 Alex Rufer
    19 Sam Sutton
    6 Tim Payne Yellow Card
    11 Bozhidar Kraev
    12 Mohamed Al-Taay
    8 Ben Old
    17 Youstin Salas
    7 Kosta Barbarouses
    Wellington Phoenix FC Substitutes:
    Jack Duncan, Oskar van Hattum, Nicholas Pennington, David Ball, Matthew Sheridan, Lukas Kelly-Heald, Fin Conchie.

    MVC Melbourne Victory (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    20 Paul Izzo (GK)
    21 Roderick Miranda
    5 Damien Da Silva Yellow Card
    3 Adama Traoré
    2 Jason Geria
    8 Zinédine Machach
    22 Jake Brimmer
    18 Fabian Monge Yellow Card
    10 Bruno Fornaroli
    11 Ben Folami
    19 Daniel Arzani
    Melbourne Victory Substitutes:
    Taleb Ahmad, Connor Chapman, Eli Adams, Christopher Ikonomidis, Salim Khelifi, Roly Bonevacia, Leigh Broxham.

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