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A-League round 27, Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City

QBE Stadium, Auckland; tonight 7.35pm Phoenix (from, two to be omitted): Lewis Italiano, Scott Galloway, Goran Paracki, Dylan Fox, Nathan Burns, Matija Ljujic, Andrija Kaludjerovic, Michael McGlinchey, Marco Rossi, Monty Patterson, Sarpreet Singh, Tom Doyle, Oli Sail, Roy Krishna, Andrew Durante, Matt Ridenton, Logan Rogerson, Liberato Cacace, City (from, two to be omitted): Dean Bouzanis, Manny Muscat, Scott Jamieson, Harrison Delbridge, Bart Schenkeveld, Osama Malik, Nick Fitzgerald, Oliver Bozanic, Dario Vidosic, Bruce Kamau, Stefan Mauk, Daniel Arzani, Eugene Galekovic, Michael Jakobsen, Bruno Fornaroli, Luke Brattan, Marcin Budzinski, Nathaniel Atkinson

City $1.80, draw $3.75, Phoenix $3.75

This has been the club’s worst season. ‘‘One to forget,’’ as interim coach Chris Greenacre put it on Friday, preparing for the end of his third stint as a caretaker, in one form or another.

It was only a year ago that he was in the same place, assisting Des Buckingham, as they wrapped up a 19-game stint where they had the team producing results that would have earned them a playoff spot, had that been the length of the season.

Buckingham then made his case to stay on - Greenacre didn’t, and still doesn’t, have the qualifications to be an A-League head coach - but the club went with Darije Kalezic instead - a risky appointment if there ever was one.

After Kalezic left, there have been improved performances since Greenacre took charge five games ago, but they haven’t translated into wins, just a draw and four losses.

Still, when the final whistle goes around 9.30pm, captain Andrew Durante, Greenacre and the rest of the team will be able to