Wellington PhoenixAttacking momentumMelbourne City
Preview
- Home side Wellington Phoenix meet Melbourne City at Sky Stadium on 2026-01-30 (kick-off 06:00 GMT), contesting week 15 of the 2025-2026 A-League Men.
- Over 4 head-to-head encounters, A. Vidmar has 3 wins and G. Italiano has 1 win with no draws.
- With 18 points, Wellington Phoenix sit 9th, while Melbourne City have 20 points to occupy 8th.
- Wellington Phoenix misses 5 players: D. Edwards (Inactive), J. Oluwayemi (Injury), J. Smith (Inactive), L. Supyk (Injury), N. Walker (Inactive) while Melbourne City misses 9 players: N. Atkinson (Yellow Cards), E. Durakovic (Inactive), A. Kuen (Knee Injury), M. Leckie (Hamstring Injury), A. Nabbout (Injury), D. Ochsenham (Inactive), K. Rahmani (Inactive), E. Rashani (Muscle Injury), K. Trewin (Knee Injury).
- We're predicting Wellington Phoenix to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-4-2, and Melbourne City are expected to line up in 4-3-3.
- Wellington Phoenix lost 1-4 to Newcastle Jets, and Melbourne City were defeated 2-6 by Macarthur.
- Neither side is flying – Wellington Phoenix 2-1-2 and Melbourne City 2-1-2 over the last 5 matches.
- Melbourne City lead this rivalry - 22 wins from 44 matches versus Wellington Phoenix (who've won just 13 games), alongside 9 draws.
- A tight contest is expected: our model tips a 1-1 draw, reflecting Wellington Phoenix's 3-1-3 home form and Melbourne City's 2-3-2 away record.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Wellington Phoenix
Melbourne City
Events
| 23' | 1 - 0 | ||
HT 1 - 0 | |||
| 52' | 2 - 0 | ||
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| 73' | 2 - 1 | ||
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| 90+2' | Penalty missed | ||
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TV Channels
Wellington Phoenix is going head to head with Melbourne City on 30/1/2026 06:00 GMT at Sky Stadium for the Australia A-League Men. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City H2H statistics!