The Australia Cup play-off between the Wellington Phoenix and Brisbane Roar will be streamed free and live by Football Australia.
The match decides which of the two clubs will join 11 other men’s A-League sides in the knockout competition.
The four bottom sides in the men’s A-League go into the Cup play-offs, which are being staged in Darwin.
The 21 other clubs in the round of 32 are found by a series of preliminary rounds that whittle down more than 700 club entries from all levels of competition.
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How to watch the match
Fixture
Game to be played on Wednesday May 14, 2025
Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar
Darwin Football Stadium, Larrakia Park, Darwin, 9.30pm (NZT)
Squad
Wellington Phoenix (one to be omitted)
1. Josh Oluwayemi (Gk), 4. Scott Wootton, 5. Fin Roa Conchie, 7. Kosta Barbarouses, 8. Paulo Retre, 9. Hideki Ishige, 14. Alex Rufer (C), 17. Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues, 18. Lukas Kelly-Heald, 19. Sam Sutton, 23. Luke Supyk, 25. Kazuki Nagasawa, 27. Matt Sheridan, 29. Luke Brooke-Smith, 31. Ryan Lee, 35. Dublin Boon (Gk), 39. Jayden Smith, 41. Nathan Walker, 44. Dan Makowem.
Unavailable: 3. Corban Piper (injured), 6. Tim Payne (injured), 11. Stefan Colakovski (injured), 12. Chico Geraldes (injured), 15. Isaac Hughes (injured), 30. Alby Kelly-Heald (Gk) (injured), 36. Xuan Loke (injured).
Results
Game played on Tuesday May 13, 2025
Australia Cup play-off
Central Coast Mariners 2 (own goal 40′, Alou Kuol 44′)
Perth Glory 3 (Jaylan Pearman 59′, Adam Taggart 65′, Adam Bugarija Cardeno 98′)
*After extra time
Past winners
2014: Adelaide United
2015: Melbourne Victory
2016: Melbourne City
2017: Sydney
2018: Adelaide United
2019: Adelaide United
2020: Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021: Melbourne Victory
2022: Macarthur
2023: Sydney
2024: Macarthur
Photo credit: Glenn Carstens-Peters / unsplash.
This story was first published on May 14, 2025.
