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Melbourne V. 0-0 Wellington - May 12, 2024 / Isuzu UTE A-League 2023/2024

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Isuzu UTE A-League 2023/2024 - Semi-finals

AAMI Park - Melbourne - Australia

May 12, 2024 - 08:00

16 313

0 - 0

Wellington

logo Melbourne Victory MV

41' - Yellow card David Ball

logo Melbourne Victory MV

52' - Yellow card Nicholas Pennington

60' - Substitution Salim Khelifiis substituted by Daniel Arzani photo Ben Folami

60' - Substitution Nishan Velupillayis substituted by Ben Folami60

61' - Substitution Jordi Valadonis substituted by Jake Brimmer61

65' - Substitution David Ballis substituted by Oskar Van Hattum

76' - Substitution Nicholas Penningtonis substituted by Oskar Zawada

77' - Substitution Bozhidar Kraevis substituted by Youstin Salas

79' - Substitution Roly Bonevaciais substituted by Christopher Ikonomidis79

88' - Yellow card Daniel Arzani88

89' - Substitution Bruno Fornaroliis substituted by Connor Chapman89

95' - Substitution Ben Oldis substituted by Mohamed Al-Taay photo Alex Rufer

95' - Yellow card Alex Rufer

logo Wellington Phoenix WP

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Melbourne V.

0 - 0

Wellington

Melbourne V. Wellington

Team line-ups

Melbourne V.

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Fornaroli89

Bruno Fornaroli

Australia

B.date07/09/1987

Age36 years

H1m75

positionStriker

17Velupillay60

Nishan Velupillay

Australia

B.date07/05/2001

Age23 years

H1m81

positionForward

28Bonevacia79

Roly Bonevacia

Curaçao

B.date08/10/1991

Age32 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

23Khelifi60

Salim Khelifi

Tunisia

B.date26/01/1994

Age30 years

H1m72

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

27Valadon61

Jordi Valadon

Australia

B.date04/03/2003

Age21 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

25Teague

Ryan Teague

Australia

B.date24/01/2002

Age22 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Traoré

Adama Traoré

Ivory Coast

B.date03/02/1990

Age34 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

5da Silva

Damien da Silva

France

B.date17/05/1988

Age35 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

21Miranda

Roderick Miranda

Portugal

B.date30/03/1991

Age33 years

H1m94

positionLeft central defender

2Geria

Jason Geria

Australia

B.date10/05/1993

Age31 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

20Izzo

Paul Izzo

Australia

B.date06/01/1995

Age29 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
20	G	Paul Izzo		29	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Roderick Miranda		33	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Damien da Silva		35	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jason Geria		31	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Adama Traoré		34	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Ryan Teague		22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Roly Bonevacia	79	32	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Jordi Valadon	61	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Salim Khelifi	60	30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Bruno Fornaroli	89	36	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Nishan Velupillay	60	23	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Wellington

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Ball6541

David Ball

England

B.date14/12/1989

Age34 years

H1m83

positionStriker

11Kraev77

Bozhidar Kraev

Bulgaria

B.date23/06/1997

Age26 years

H1m85

positionOffensive Midfielder

7Barbarouses

Kosta Barbarouses

New Zealand

B.date19/02/1990

Age34 years

H1m71

positionForward

8Old90+5

Ben Old

New Zealand

B.date13/08/2002

Age21 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

15Pennington7652

Nicholas Pennington

Australia

B.date18/12/1998

Age25 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

14Rufer95

Alex Rufer

New Zealand

B.date12/06/1996

Age27 years

H1m84

positionMidfield

19Sutton

Sam Sutton

New Zealand

B.date10/12/2001

Age22 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

3Surman

Finn Surman

New Zealand

B.date23/09/2003

Age20 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

4Wootton

Scott Wootton

England

B.date12/09/1991

Age32 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

6Payne

Tim Payne

New Zealand

B.date10/01/1994

Age30 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

40Paulsen

Alexander Paulsen

New Zealand

B.date04/07/2002

Age21 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
40	G	Alexander Paulsen		21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Finn Surman		20	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Scott Wootton		32	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Nicholas Pennington	7652	25	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Tim Payne		30	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Sam Sutton		22	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Alex Rufer	95	27	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ben Old	90+5	21	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Bozhidar Kraev	77	26	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	David Ball	6541	34	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Kosta Barbarouses		34	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
40	G	Christian Siciliano		20
14	D	Connor Chapman	89	29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Jake Brimmer	61	26	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Christopher Ikonomidis	79	29	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Daniel Arzani	6088	25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Ben Folami	60	24	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	F	Kasey Bos		20

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Jack Duncan		31
12	D	Mohamed Al-Taay	90+5	23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Lukas Kelly-Heald		19
26	D	Isaac Hughes		20
17	D	Youstin Salas	77	27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Oskar Van Hattum	65	22	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Oskar Zawada	76	28	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Roly Bonevacia

Zinédine Machach

OUT

Salim Khelifi

Daniel Arzani

OUT

Jordi Valadon

Jake Brimmer

OUT

Nishan Velupillay

Ben Folami

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Popovic

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Popovic vs Wellington

18 victories

7 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on May 12, 2024

Popovic vs Italiano

0 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on May 12, 2024

Manager

Age

Match num

Giancarlo Italiano

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Italiano vs Melbourne V.

1 victory

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on May 12, 2024

Italiano vs Popovic

1 victory

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on May 12, 2024

Referee

Adam Kersey

6 victories	4 draws	6 losses	Melbourne V.16 matches	General total	Wellington27 matches	10 victories	7 draws	10 losses
1 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Melbourne V.3 matches	Season total	Wellington2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 12, 2024					Latest figure on November 02, 2024

4th official

Jonathon Barreiro

4 victories	4 draws	1 loss	Melbourne V.9 matches	General total	Wellington9 matches	4 victories	2 draws	3 losses
3 victories	4 draws	0 loss	Melbourne V.7 matches	Season total	Wellington4 matches	1 victory	2 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on May 12, 2024					Latest figure on May 12, 2024

Assistant Referee VAR

Alex King

0 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Melbourne V.2 matches	General total	Wellington2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Melbourne V.1 match	Season total	Wellington2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 18, 2024					Latest figure on May 12, 2024

Assistant VAR Referee

Casey Reibelt

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Melbourne V.1 match	General total	Wellington2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Melbourne V.1 match	Season total	Wellington1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 12, 2024					Latest figure on October 26, 2024

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Key figures

Ben Folami played his game number 10 vs Wellington Phoenix in his professional career

Melbourne V. keeps its 7 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Wellington in A-League running (since 09/02/2022). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 15/09/2010 (5 matches)

No Wellington Phoenix manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Giancarlo Italiano has reached 40% of clean sheets .

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LMelbourne Victory 0-1 Central Coast Mariners25/02/2024

VMelbourne Victory 2-1 Perth Glory31/03/2024

VMelbourne Victory 2-1 Melbourne City06/04/2024

DMelbourne Victory 0-0 Brisbane Roar20/04/2024

LMelbourne Victory 3-4 Western Sydney27/04/2024

DMelbourne Victory 1-1 Melbourne City05/05/2024

Overall

VMelbourne Victory 2-1 Perth Glory31/03/2024

VMelbourne Victory 2-1 Melbourne City06/04/2024

LWellington Phoenix 1-0 Melbourne Victory12/04/2024

DMelbourne Victory 0-0 Brisbane Roar20/04/2024

LMelbourne Victory 3-4 Western Sydney27/04/2024

DMelbourne Victory 1-1 Melbourne City05/05/2024

Current form

Away

DBrisbane Roar 1-1 Wellington Phoenix02/02/2024

VMacarthur FC 1-2 Wellington Phoenix18/02/2024

DPerth Glory 0-0 Wellington Phoenix24/02/2024

LMelbourne City 1-0 Wellington Phoenix09/03/2024

LCentral Coast Mariners 2-1 Wellington Phoenix06/04/2024

DNewcastle Jets 1-1 Wellington Phoenix19/04/2024

Overall

VWellington Phoenix 2-1 Sydney FC16/03/2024

VWellington Phoenix 1-0 Brisbane Roar31/03/2024

LCentral Coast Mariners 2-1 Wellington Phoenix06/04/2024

VWellington Phoenix 1-0 Melbourne Victory12/04/2024

DNewcastle Jets 1-1 Wellington Phoenix19/04/2024

VWellington Phoenix 3-0 Macarthur FC27/04/2024

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	3	4
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

934	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	797
5	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	27
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
10	Victories (Competition total)	15
6	Victories (Home / Away)	5
13	Draws (Competition total)	8
5	Draws (Home / Away)	6
5	Losses (Competition total)	4
3	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

44	Goals scored (Competition total)	42
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
34	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.57	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.56
1.64	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.36
1.21	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.96
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.14

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

56	Yellow cards (Competition total)	49
27	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	32
7	Red cards (Competition total)	2
6	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Bruno Fornaroli	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Kosta Barbarouses
Bruno Fornaroli	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	10 goals	Kosta Barbarouses
Bruno Fornaroli	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Alex Rufer
Bruno Fornaroli	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Kosta Barbarouses
Daniel Arzani	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Kosta Barbarouses
Zinédine Machach	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Ben Old
Bruno Fornaroli	1 assist during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Kosta Barbarouses

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

17 v

8 d

2 l

61 gf

25 ga

Away

23 matches

8 v

5 d

10 l

35 gf

42 ga

Total

50 matches

25 v

13 d

12 l

96 gf

67 ga

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

10 v

5 d

8 l

42 gf

35 ga

Away

27 matches

2 v

8 d

17 l

25 gf

61 ga

Total

50 matches

12 v

13 d

25 l

67 gf

96 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	October 31, 2016
Home	6 - 1	October 31, 2016

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 18, 2014
Away	3 - 0	April 02, 2017

Latest head to head

April 12, 2024 - Isuzu UTE A-League 2023/2024

Wellington

1 - 0

Melbourne V.

January 19, 2024 - Isuzu UTE A-League 2023/2024

Wellington

1 - 1

Melbourne V.

November 10, 2023 - Isuzu UTE A-League 2023/2024

Melbourne V.

1 - 1

Wellington

April 01, 2023 - Isuzu UTE A-League 2022/2023

Wellington

1 - 2

Melbourne V.

February 03, 2023 - Isuzu UTE A-League 2022/2023

Melbourne V.

3 - 1

Wellington

Best historical scorers against Wellington

Archie Thompson	9 goals	2009 - 2015
Marco Rojas	7 goals	2012 - 2022
Besart Berisha	7 goals	2015 - 2017
James Troisi	5 goals	2013 - 2019
Kosta Barbarouses	5 goals	2015 - 2019
Danny Allsopp	5 goals	2007 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/08/2007. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Melbourne V.

Roy Krishna	7 goals	2015 - 2019
Roly Bonevacia	6 goals	2015 - 2017
Jeremy Brockie	6 goals	2012 - 2014
Shane Smeltz	5 goals	2007 - 2017
Tim Brown	4 goals	2008 - 2010
Ulises Dávila	3 goals	2019 - 2021

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/08/2007. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wellington

Leigh Broxham	41 matches	2007 - 2023
Archie Thompson	22 matches	2007 - 2016
Jason Geria	16 matches	2013 - 2024
Carlos Hernandez	15 matches	2007 - 2012
Lawrence Thomas	15 matches	2015 - 2020
Kosta Barbarouses	15 matches	2013 - 2019

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/08/2007. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Melbourne V.

Andrew Durante	34 matches	2008 - 2019
Manny Muscat	21 matches	2008 - 2016
Vince Lia	21 matches	2007 - 2017
Louis Fenton	18 matches	2012 - 2022
Ben Sigmund	18 matches	2008 - 2016
Roy Krishna	17 matches	2014 - 2019