Wellington Phoenix

Melbourne Victory 3. Wellington Phoenix 1. The Wellington Phoenix's unbeaten run has ended at four matches with a 3-1 defeat to the bottom-placed Melbourne ...

The hosts instead had to wait until stoppage time, when a mix-up between Sail and Surman gave Tomi Juric a simple tap-in to gift-wrap their win. Oli Sail made a great initial save from Josh Brillante but the ball rebounded to Fornaroli, who scored his second of the season and first for seven games. The Victory are still bottom in 12th but are now only four points off a playoff place.

Head coach Tony Popovic named an unchanged XI from last week's game against Sydney FC, showing his faith in the lineup. Victory started on top, with the best ...

A miscommunication on the last line of the Phoenix defence put Juric through on goal with the goalkeeper well off his line, allowing him to pass the ball into an empty net. The game settled into a more regular pattern following the goal, as Victory began their efforts to claw their way back into the contest. Victory started on top, with the best chance of the opening 10 minutes coming in the form of a Kadete strike from outside the box which rolled just wide of the post.

Follow live coverage of the A-League Men's match between the Phoenix and Victory at AAMI Park.

As the 15th round of the Australian A-League begins on Friday, Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne Victory square off at AAMI Park.

Since losing 3-1 to Melbourne City in their first game of the year, the Phoenix haven’t lost in their last four A-League games, winning three and drawing one. Despite having one game in hand, Melbourne Victory is currently rooted to the bottom of the A-League table with 11 points from 13 matches. As the 15th round of the Australian A-League begins on Friday, Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne Victory square off at AAMI Park.

A-League Men cellar dwellers Melbourne Victory have snapped their six-game winless run in style with a 3-1 comeback win over Wellington Phoenix.

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Wellington opened the scoring, before Melbourne Victory responded with three unanswered goals.

Jake Brimmer is feeling right at home at number 10 for Melbourne Victory – and from his preferred position, the reigning Johnny Warren Medallist is ...

Tony Popovic's side are staring down a sixth defeat in seven games as they trail Phoenix. But the best opportunity falls to Brimmer, whose thumping effort from a tight angle cannons off the base of the post and away. Brimmer off the woodwork! Share on twitter Share on facebook Then, the hosts pulled clear thanks to a moment of pure class from Jake Brimmer from a set piece. “That is so important to this Victory team, and we see the impact he had alone tonight, playing in the position that suited him best.” “I’m feeling good. (My daughter) said four, but one will have to do tonight. Share via Email This is a modal window. As soon as I hit it I knew it was going in, so it was good to score again.

The 3-1 result snapped a six-game winless run for Melbourne while it ended a four-game unbeaten run for Wellington.

But from there, Victory upped the ante and earned a deserved equaliser after Brimmer's ball into the area eluded Fornaroli but skidded on to Nishan Velupillay. Meanwhile Wellington, who were unbeaten in four, sit fourth after spurning a chance to leap into the top two. Tomi Juric capitalised on a horror mix-up between Oli Sail and Finn Surman to add a third in the 90th minute at AAMI Park.