Wellington Phoenix recruit Nick Ward is looking forward to tomorrow night's clash with former club Melbourne Victory.

The 25-year old midfielder left the Victory two weeks ago to join the New Zealand outfit and in only his third game for his new club, returns to Melbourne to take on his old teammates.

Ward admits he is excited about coming home and taking on his mates who he was playing with just a number of weeks ago, especially after he helped the Phoenix to a win by scoring a cracking goal on his home debut.

"I'm excited about it actually. It's a good challenge for me and I'm really looking forward to playing against my ex-teammates and giving them a good hiding," Ward said.

"It's good to take that (confidence from scoring) into the game against Melbourne and hopefully I can reproduce something like that (against them)."

The Phoenix take on the Victory tomorrow night at AAMI Park in the first of the A-League midweek matches for this season.