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Wellington Phoenix

2 — 0 Oct 25, 2026 · 07:30 AM IST

Central Coast Mariners

Australian A-League Men · Round 2

Venue Hnry Stadium, Wellington

Referee Sam Kelly

Attendance 5,301

Player of the Match Alex Rufer 8.0 90' played

Match Events

HT

46' Away ↔ Arthur De Lima → Alexander Jesse Bolton

55' Home ⚽ Rafael Durán — 1-0

57' Home ⚽ Corban Piper — 2-0

59' Away Ali Auglah

61' Away ↔ Jesse Mantell → Haine Eames

62' Away ↔ Shumba Mutokoyi → Bailey Brandtman

62' Away ↔ Luke Becvinovski → Ty Mckibbin

70' Home ↔ Riley Bidois → Rafael Durán

72' Away ↔ Max Naylor ↗ → Ali Auglah

84' Home ↔ Nathan Walker → Bryce Duke

84' Home ↔ Luke Mitchell ↗ → Corban Piper

90 + 2' Away Shumba Mutokoyi

FT

Match Stats

42 58

Ball possession

1.46 0.46

Expected goals (xG)

14 6

Total shots

5 2

Shots on target

33 17

Touches in opposition box

3 1

Big chances

1 1

Big chances missed

264 (75%) 368 (78%)

Accurate passes

0 2

Yellow cards

1 2

Corners

Lineups

Wellington Phoenix (4-4-2)

Coach: Chris Greenacre

Starting XI

13 Henry Gray 7.3

27 Matthew Sheridan 7.8

28 Bill Poni Tuiloma 7.9

18 Lukas Kelly-Heald 7.2

23 James McGarry 7.6

7 Bryce Duke 7.5

8 Max Anderson 7.8

14 Alex Rufer 8

25 Kazuki Nagasawa 7.7

99 Corban Piper 7.5

9 Rafael Durán 7.6

Substitutes

11 Riley Bidois 6.1

35 Luke Mitchell ↗

17 Nathan Walker

30 Alby Kelly-Heald

5 Walter Scott

34 Dylan Gardiner ↗

24 Tze-Xuan Loke

Central Coast Mariners (4-1-4-1)

Coach: John Hutchinson

Starting XI

30 Andrew Redmayne 6.3

51 Ty Mckibbin 6

3 Diesel Herrington 7.3

12 Noah McCann 6.6

5 Lucas Mauragis 6.3

8 Chris Donnell 6.6

72 Ali Auglah 6.1

37 Bailey Brandtman 6.3

6 Haine Eames 7.1

39 Alexander Jesse Bolton 7.2

9 Oli Lavale 6.3

Substitutes

22 Arthur De Lima 6.4

45 Jesse Mantell 6.4

41 Shumba Mutokoyi 6.1

43 Luke Becvinovski 6.2

42 Max Naylor ↗ 6.1

50 Jai Ajanovic

46 Callum McCaskey ↗