Western Sydney Wanderers 5–2 Auckland

A-League 2026/27 Matchweek 2 · 24 Oct 2026

Western Sydney Wanderers vs Auckland in the A-League 2026/27.

At CommBank Stadium, Sydney.

Referee: S. Evans.

Western Sydney Wanderers beat Auckland 5–2. L. Vicelich opened the scoring for Auckland after 24 minutes. N. Milanovic made it 3–1 after 50 minutes, and that was the winner.

What the result changed

Auckland went into the match 2nd and came out of it 5th, on 3 points.

Places from the table below, worked out from the results played before and after this match.

Goalscorers

• Western Sydney Wanderers: B. Borrello 43', L. Gillion 46', N. Milanovic 50', M. Di Pizio 86', A. Waraga 89'
• Auckland: L. Vicelich 24', B. Borrello 68' (og)

Western Sydney Wanderers starting lineup (4-3-3)

• 20 Lawrence Thomas (G)
• 36 Panashe Madanha (D)
• 33 Germán Ferreyra (D)
• 22 Anthony Pantazopoulos (D)
• 17 Jarrod Carluccio (D)
• 32 Angus Thurgate (M)
• 8 Dylan Scicluna (M)
• 10 Miguel Di Pizio (M)
• 14 Nicolas Milanović (F)
• 26 Brandon Borrello (F)
• 21 Liam Gillion (F)

Auckland starting lineup (4-4-2)

• 1 Michael Woud (G)
• 2 Hiroki Sakai (D)
• 25 Luka Vicelich (D)
• 4 Nando Pijnaker (D)
• 15 Francis De Vries (D)
• 77 Lachlan Brook (M)
• 8 Felipe Gallegos (M)
• 22 Jake Brimmer (M)
• 27 Logan Rogerson (M)
• 9 Sam Cosgrove (F)
• 10 Lachlan Bayliss (F)

Match events

• 24′ Auckland: Normal Goal, L. Vicelich, F. De Vries
• 43′ Western Sydney Wanderers: Normal Goal, B. Borrello, D. Scicluna
• 46′ Western Sydney Wanderers: Normal Goal, L. Gillion
• 50′ Western Sydney Wanderers: Normal Goal, N. Milanovic
• 59′ Western Sydney Wanderers: Substitution, A. Waraga, L. Gillion
• 68′ Auckland: Own Goal, B. Borrello
• 70′ Western Sydney Wanderers: Substitution, A. Hammond, N. Milanovic
• 71′ Auckland: Substitution, D. Normann, J. Brimmer
• 71′ Auckland: Substitution, V. Fitzharris, L. Bayliss
• 82′ Auckland: Substitution, C. Elliot, H. Sakai
• 84′ Western Sydney Wanderers: Substitution, H. Ibusuki, B. Borrello
• 86′ Auckland: Substitution, J. Bidois, L. Rogerson
• 86′ Western Sydney Wanderers: Normal Goal, M. Di Pizio, D. Scicluna
• 89′ Western Sydney Wanderers: Normal Goal, A. Waraga, A. Hammond

Match statistics

The table as it stood on 24 Oct 2026

Worked out from the results played by then, ordered by points, then goal difference, then goals scored. Where clubs are level on all three, the order between them is ours and not the competition's. Clubs with no game played by then are not listed.

Western Sydney Wanderers before this match

• at Sydney 0–0 (Sydney) · Matchweek 1, 16 Oct 2026

Auckland before this match

• vs Melbourne City 3–1 (Melbourne City) · Matchweek 1, 17 Oct 2026