Wellington Phoenix FC vs. Melbourne City FC - Final Score - February 28, 2025

Wellington Phoenix FC vs

Melbourne City FC

・February 28, 2025 February 28 Feb 28

Tilio (51') nets the winner for Melbourne City FC as they blank Phoenix

	1	2	T
WPH	-	-	-
MBC	-	-	-

Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington, NZL

	1	2	T
WPH	0	0	0
MBC	0	1	1

Tilio (51') nets the winner for Melbourne City FC as they blank Phoenix

WELLINGTON PHOENIX FC

formation: 4-3-2-1

MELBOURNE CITY FC

formation: 4-3-3

substitutes

Luke Brooke-Smith ^#29 ^• ^M

^59'

Hideki Ishige ^#9 ^• ^M

^87'

Lukas Kelly-Heald ^#18 ^• ^D

^87'

Kazuki Nagasawa ^#25 ^• ^M

Joshua Oluwayemi ^#1 ^• ^G

Corban Piper ^#3 ^• ^D

^60'

Marco Rojas ^#21 ^• ^F

^72'

^M ^• ^#39 Emin Durakovic

^46' ^F ^• ^#7 Mathew Leckie

^88' ^F ^• ^#46 Benjamin Mazzeo

^G ^• ^#40 James Sigurd Nieuwenhuizen

^70' ^D ^• ^#38 Harry Politidis

^D ^• ^#2 Callum Talbot

^88' ^M ^• ^#41 Lawrence Wong

WELLINGTON PHOENIX FC
formation: 4-3-2-1

18

Kelly-Heald
19

Sutton
4

Wootton
15

Hughes
86'
6

Payne
27

Sheridan
86'
14

Rufer
59'
8

Retre
58'
41

Walker
71'
12

Geraldes
7

Barbarouses

substitutes

Luke Brooke-Smith ^#29 ^• ^M ^59'
Hideki Ishige ^#9 ^• ^M ^87'
Lukas Kelly-Heald ^#18 ^• ^D ^87'
Kazuki Nagasawa ^#25 ^• ^M
Joshua Oluwayemi ^#1 ^• ^G
Corban Piper ^#3 ^• ^D ^60'
Marco Rojas ^#21 ^• ^F ^72'
MELBOURNE CITY FC
formation: 4-3-3

69'
47

Rahmani
87'
17

Caputo
23

Tilio
13

Atkinson
45'
19

Schreiber
87'
30

Kuen
22

Ferreyra
27

Trewin
26

Souprayen
16

Behich
33

Beach

substitutes

^M ^• ^#39 Emin Durakovic
^46' ^F ^• ^#7 Mathew Leckie
^88' ^F ^• ^#46 Benjamin Mazzeo
^G ^• ^#40 James Sigurd Nieuwenhuizen
^70' ^D ^• ^#38 Harry Politidis
^D ^• ^#2 Callum Talbot
^88' ^M ^• ^#41 Lawrence Wong

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KEY PLAYERS

Marco Tilio MBC · #23

1 Goal, 2 SOG

Andreas Kuen MBC · #30

1 Assist, 2 S

Luke Brooke-Smith WPH · #29

2 S

Corban Piper WPH · #3

1 SOG

KEY PLAYS

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

Melbourne City's Harry Politidis misses with an attempt on goal.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

Melbourne City have been awarded a corner by Timothy Danaskos.

WPH KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 2

Wellington Phoenix FC are coming forward and Luke Brooke-Smith gets in a strike, it misses the target, however.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

Melbourne City's Benjamin Mazzeo gets in a shot on goal at Wellington Regional Stadium. But the effort is unsuccessful.

MBC GOAL

WPH 0 MBC 2

90+4' I. Hughes scored an own goal.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

Corner awarded to Melbourne City.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

88' B. Mazzeo substituted in for M. Caputo.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

88' L. Wong substituted in for A. Kuen.

WPH KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

87' H. Ishige substituted in for A. Rufer.

WPH KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

87' L. Kelly-Heald substituted in for T. Payne.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

Melbourne City's Mathew Leckie breaks free at Wellington Regional Stadium. But the strike goes wide of the post.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

Max Caputo for Melbourne City gets in a strike but fails to hit the target.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

Melbourne City have been awarded a corner by Timothy Danaskos.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

76' K. Trewin (MBC) received a yellow card.

WPH KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

72' M. Rojas substituted in for C. Geraldes.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

70' H. Politidis substituted in for K. Rahmani.

WPH KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

70' A. Rufer (WPH) received a yellow card.

WPH KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

Wellington Phoenix FC's Corban Piper goes close with his head but his effort is blocked.

WPH KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

Scott Wootton's header is off-target for Wellington Phoenix FC.

WPH KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

60' C. Piper substituted in for P. Retre.

WPH KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

59' L. Brooke-Smith substituted in for N. Walker.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

Melbourne City attack but Mathew Leckie's header doesn't find the target.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 1

Corner awarded to Melbourne City.

MBC GOAL

WPH 0 MBC 1

51' M. Tilio scored a goal, assisted by A. Kuen.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 0

Melbourne City have been awarded a corner by Timothy Danaskos.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 0

Corner awarded to Melbourne City.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 0

Melbourne City pushes forward through Marco Tilio, whose finish on goal is saved.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 0

46' M. Leckie substituted in for Z. Schreiber.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 0

Melbourne City's Andreas Kuen gets his shot away but it misses the target.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 0

Corner awarded to Melbourne City.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 0

Nathaniel Atkinson gets his shot on target but fails to score for Melbourne City.

WPH KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 0

Wellington Phoenix FC are pushing forward but Matt Sheridan's finish is wide of the goal.

WPH KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 0

Wellington Phoenix FC have been awarded a corner by Timothy Danaskos.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 0

Melbourne City's Kai Trewin attacks the ball with his head but his effort fails to hit the target.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 0

Corner awarded to Melbourne City.

WPH KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 0

Chico Geraldes of Wellington Phoenix FC gets in a strike, but is off target.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 0

Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) is first to the ball but his header is off-target.

MBC KEY PLAY

WPH 0 MBC 0

Melbourne City have been awarded a corner by Timothy Danaskos.