A-League Women: Last round results as finals locked in

The A-League Women finals line-up has been confirmed aft a melodramatic last round, that saw Melbourne Victory with a last-gasp surge into the top six.

City steal win implicit Jets to extremity regular play

Danielle Turner scored her archetypal extremity successful the dying seconds of wounded clip to assistance Melbourne City flooded an almighty scare and bushed Newcastle 2-1.

Knowing they had finished archetypal for a third consecutive play earlier the game, Melbourne wanted to extremity their regular run connected a precocious with finals and a Women’s AFC Champions League semi-final upon them.

But it was Newcastle who threatened to spoil their plans when their top scorer Melina Ayres drew archetypal humor connected Sunday.

City had deed the crossbar three times while trying to find the equaliser, until guardant Aideen Keane poked a driving transverse from Karly Roestbakken into the top close country successful the 72nd minute.

Melbourne didn’t want to settee for a draw, and successful the 97th infinitesimal Roestbakken lofted different shot into the container and recovered Turner, who headed it into the net.

Victory extended City’s unbeaten streak crossed each competitions to 8 games, while besides maintaining their undefeated grounds against the Jets connected the road.

Melbourne were missing respective stars, with Matilda Holly McNamara concussed, striker Chinaza Uchendu suspended, and different players connected Young Matildas’ duty.

Newcastle already knew adjacent a win wouldn’t beryllium capable to marque the top six, and the effect ends their ninth-placed run connected a debased note.

Mariners’ title defence implicit aft Sky Blues gully

Central Coast’s title defence is implicit aft they played retired a scoreless gully with Sydney FC.

With everything to play for astatine a rain-soaked Polytec Stadium, a bare bones Mariners line-up failed to find the nett against a Sky Blues broadside hopeless to debar a last-placed finish.

Last year’s champions could not settee for thing little than a win connected Saturday afternoon, aft Melbourne Victory defeated Perth Glory to emergence into the top six connected Friday.

Brisbane’s 2-1 decision of third-placed Canberra United was the last nail successful Central Coast’s coffin, with the Roar finishing fourth.

A gully was capable to assistance Sydney to 10th, up of Western Sydney connected extremity difference, meaning the erstwhile contention heavyweights astatine slightest debar their archetypal wooden spoon.

At McKellar Park, Roar goalkeeper Chloe Lincoln saved Emma Hawkins’ punishment footwear successful the dying minutes to contradict Canberra an equaliser aft United defender Ruby Cuthbert brought down Hawkins three minutes into added time.

Aimee Medwin drew archetypal humor for the distant broadside successful the 21st infinitesimal thanks to a superb agelong shot from Kijah Stephenson.

Canberra deed backmost done a headed extremity from skipper Michelle Heyman successful the 62nd, but Alicia Woods’ country footwear went straight successful six minutes aboriginal to reconstruct Brisbane’s lead.

Finishing third down premiers Melbourne City and runners-up Wellington, Canberra will big sixth-placed Melbourne Victory successful an elimination final.

The Roar will look fifth-placed Adelaide United successful the different knockout match.

The losers will spot their seasons travel to an extremity while the victors will advancement and take connected City and the Phoenix.

Victory marque the finals, ‘Nix decorativeness top two

Melbourne Victory kept their imagination of a finals berth live with a 1-0 win implicit Perth Glory.

Last year’s expansive finalists Victory moved to sixth (28 points) aft Claudia Bunge scored the sole goal.

Earlier connected Friday, Wellington Phoenix sealed a top-two decorativeness earlier their maiden finals quality aft Brooke Nunn scored a extremity and an assistance successful their 2-0 win implicit Adelaide United.

The ‘Nix decorativeness six points disconnected premiers Melbourne City (37 points), while the Reds sit 5th connected 31 points.

Victory were fortunate to nab the pb done a Bunge header successful the 22nd infinitesimal aft the Glory were denied the opening goal.

Glory teenager Ella Abdul Massih recovered the backmost of the nett successful the 12th infinitesimal aft a superb transverse from Grace Johnston, but Massih was ruled offside.

The location team – finishing the play successful eighth – proved much hopeless successful the 2nd fractional but couldn’t salvage a constituent aft firing disconnected conscionable 8 shots.

At Coopers Stadium, Nunn archetypal recovered an unmarked Marisa van der Meer successful the container to assistance the Phoenix gully archetypal humor successful the 30th minute.

Nunn then deed the scoreboard herself 4 minutes aboriginal with a stunning header aft different lapse successful the Reds’ defence near the erstwhile championship-winning Central Coast midfielder unsocial successful the box.

In their archetypal play under Bev Priestman, the Phoenix gain a week disconnected earlier hosting the archetypal crippled of a two-legged semi-final.

Elimination Finals Fixtures (AEST)

Canberra United v Melbourne Victory, Saturday 25 April 2pm

Brisbane Roar v Adelaide United, Saturday 25 April 5pm

With AAP