Melbourne Victory hosts Adelaide United in Matchweek 5 of the Ninja A-League.
The first of two home fixtures, both at Lakeside Stadium to round out the month, sees the Reds welcomed for an Original Rivalry clash on Saturday, November 14, kick-off 3:00pm AEDT.
Victory is hunting a response after last weekend’s 2-0 loss to Brisbane Roar, a result that abruptly ended the Girls in Blue’s unbeaten start to the 2026/27 season, whilst Adelaide were overturned by Wellington Phoenix on home soil.
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The Girls in Blue
Melbourne Victory were caught cold in the Queensland heat as they suffered their first defeat of the Ninja A-League season away to Brisbane Roar in Matchweek 4, missing the chance to go level at the top of the ladder.
An off-colour performance from Jeff Hopkins’ team was not all negative. Opposition goalkeeper Chloe Lincoln was kept particuarly busy, and had her fingertips not diverted Anna Sutter’s shot onto the crossbar, denying the visitors an equaliser, the contest could have taken a different course.
The opportunity to now respond is an inviting one. Victory play two home fixtures in as many weeks, starting with a winless Adelaide United side heading to Lakeside Stadium before Perth Glory, who boast an identical results record to the Girls in Blue, visit later in November.
And the push to return to winning ways will be boosted by the expected return of versatile operator Grace Maher, after she missed the season’s start with a short-term leg injury. However, goalkeeper Courtney Newbon is sidelined by a hip injury.
MW5 squad: 2. Skye LEACH, 3. Claudia BUNGE, 4. Chelsea BLISSETT, 7. Ella O’GRADY, 8. Sophie HARDING, 9. Holly FURPHY, 10. Sienna SAVESKA, 11. Nicki FLANNERY, 13. Angela BEARD, 14. Alicia WOODS, 16. Anna SUTTER, 18. Kayla MORRISON, 19. Zoe MCMEEKEN, 20. Leyla HUSSEIN, 21. Jasmine MILLAR, 25. Ayana AOYAGI, 28. Sienna TECHERA, 30. Chloe McKENZIE, 66. Alana JANCEVSKI, 81. Grace MAHER.
Ins: 81. Grace MAHER (returns from injury).
Outs: 1. Courtney NEWBON (injury).
Unavailable: 1. Courtney NEWBON (injury), 17. Poppy O’KEEFFE (injury).
Last time out
Two goals 11 minutes apart were the difference as Melbourne Victory lost to Brisbane Roar at Gioca Stadium on Saturday evening.
The away side created plenty of chances on the road and looked the more likely to break the deadlock until, against the run of play, Murphy Agnew was afforded too much time and picked out the corner.
Anna Sutter was a lick of paint from promptly levelling, but Brisbane seized upon the opportunity to swing momentum and, in first-half injury time, former Victory forward Maja Markovski headed in a decisive second goal.
Adelaide United were beaten by the same scoreline when they hosted Wellington Phoenix at ServiceFM Stadium last Friday.
Last season’s grand finalists opened the scoring after a quarter of an hour, with Tameka Yallop on the spot to finish Makala Woods’ tee-up, but United had plenty of chances to level and twice hit the woodwork after the break, the second instance of which saw Melissa Taranto strike the post when it was harder to miss.
This would prove costly as substitute Indiah-Paige Riley reacted to Manaia Elliott’s ball into the box and sealed the points for Wellington late on.
