Melbourne Victory hosts Wellington Phoenix at AAMI Park on Sunday for its final home game of the regular season.
Summary
Victory comes into the match with strong A-League form having won four of its last five games, including a 3-1 win over Western Sydney in Round 25 last Saturday.
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Its home record against Wellington is also impressive, Victory has won eight of its last 10 games in Melbourne against the ‘Nix.
Melbourne will be looking to bounce back with a positive result following a disappointing trip to South Korea in the AFC Champions League.
Victory suffered a 6-2 loss to Ulsan Hyundai which ended its hopes of progressing from the Group Stage.
Last-placed Wellington comes into the match on the back of a 3-1 loss to Adelaide United at Coopers Stadium.
Player in focus – Thomas Deng
Last time
Hyundai A-League 2017/18 Round 15
Wellington Phoenix 2-1 Melbourne Victory
Friday, January 10, 2018
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
After going down to 10 men early in the match, Victory took a surprise lead through Kosta Barbarouses.
Wellington, however, came back to take the points thanks to a Roy Krishna strike and a Mark Milligan own goal.
Head to head
Round 15, 2017/18: Phoenix 2-1 Victory at Westpac Stadium
Round 9, 2017/18: Phoenix 2-3 Victory at Westpac Stadium
Round 25, 2016/17: Victory 0-3 Phoenix at AAMI Park
Round 7, 2016/17: Phoenix 3-0 Victory at Westpac Stadium
Round 4, 2016/17: Victory 6-1 Phoenix at Etihad Stadium
Match details
Sunday, 8 April 2018
Melbourne Victory v Wellington Phoenix
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Kick-Off: 5:00 PM (Local) (5:00 PM AEST)
Referee: Jarred Gillett
Assistant Referee 1: Anton Shchetinin
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Ilievski
Fourth Official: Jonathan Barreiro
Video Assistant Referee: Chris Beath
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 501 from 4:30pm (AEST) and Sky Sport 1 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: ABC News on Radio, Grandstand Digital, Online & via the ABC Listen App – A-League Live.
Melbourne Victory squad: (two to be omitted) 1.Matt ACTON (Gk), 6.Leigh BROXHAM, 7.Kenny ATHIU, 8.Besart BERISHA, 10.James TROISI, 14.Thomas DENG, 15.Cameron McGILP, 16.Josh HOPE, 17.James DONACHIE, 18.Matias SANCHEZ, 19.Pierce WARING, 20.Lawrence THOMAS (Gk), 21.Carl VALERI (c), 22. Stefan NIGRO, 23.Jai INGHAM, 24.Terry ANTONIS, 31.Christian THEOHAROUS, 41.Leroy GEORGE
Ins: 7.Kenny ATHIU (promoted), 15. Cameron McGILP (promoted), 16.Josh HOPE (promoted), 19.Pierce WARING (promoted)
Outs: 4.Rhys WILLIAMS (suspended – 1 week), 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES (suspended – 1 week)
Unavailable: 11.Mitch AUSTIN (knee)
Wellington Phoenix squad: (two to be omitted) 1.Lewis ITALIANO (Gk), 3.Scott GALLOWAY, 4.Goran PARACKI, 6.Dylan FOX, 7.Nathan BURNS, 8.Matija LJUJIC, 9.Andrija KALUDJEROVIC, 10.Michael MCGLINCHEY, 13.Marco ROSSI, 14.Alex RUFER, 18.Sarpreet SINGH, 19.Tom DOYLE, 20.OliverSAIL (Gk), 21.Roy KRISHNA, 22.Andrew DURANTE (c), 23.Matt RIDENTON, 24.Logan ROGERSON, 26.Liberato CACACE
Ins: 13.Marco ROSSI (promoted), 14.Alex RUFER (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 2.Daniel MULLEN (knee – end of season), 5.Ryan LOWRY (quad – end of season) 40.Tando VELAPHI (Gk) (ankle – end of season)
