Auckland FC captain Horoki Sakai celebrates after Wellington Phoenix scored an own goal during during the A-League football match at Mt Smart Stadium, 7 Dec 2024. Photo: Photosport
Auckland FC have beaten Wellington Phoenix 2-1 in a frenetic clash in the all-New Zealand A-League derby at Mount Smart Stadium.
Auckland led 1-0 at halftime after a Phoenix own goal, but had to withstand a late Phoenix rally to seal the win.
Auckland are now unbeaten after six matches.
Mt Smart saw a crowd of more 26,000.
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Squad lists
Auckland FC: Michael Woud, Hiroki Sakai (c), Scott Galloway, Nando Pijnaker, Tommy Smith, Louis Verstraete, Cameron Howieson, Luis Toomey, Guillermo May, Alex Paulsen, Liam Gillion, Francis De Vries, Callan Elliot, Finn McKenlay, Jake Brimmer, Dan Hall, Neyder Moreno, Logan Rogerson, Luis Felipe Gallegos.
Wellington Phoenix: Josh Oluwayemi, Corban Piper, Scott Wootton, Tim Payne, Kosta Barbarouses, Paulo Retre, Hideki Ishige, David Ball, Stefan Colakovski, Mo Al-Taay, Alex Rufer (c), Isaac Hughes, Sam Sutton, Marco Rojas, Oskar Van Hattum, Kazuki Nagasawa, Matt Sheridan, Alby Kelly-Heald, Jayden Smith, Nathan Walker.
