Australian A-League Men

FT Thursday, December 31, 2015
Wellington Phoenix DWLDL 1
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Central Coast Mariners FC LLLLL 3
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WEL011
CCM213
polytec Stadium · 10,073 att.

Match Report

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Central Coast Mariners end 2015 with win over Wellington Phoenix

Bottom-of-the-table Central Coast Mariners finished 2015 on a high as they beat Wellington Phoenix FC 3-1 on New Year's Eve.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
26
5
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
3
67.9
Possession
32.1
9
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
434
Accurate Passes
157
530
Passes
243
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
7
Accurate Crosses
7
20
Crosses
18
0.4
Cross %
0.4
51
Long Balls
72
26
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
21
11
Tackles
21
0.6
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
12
25
Clearances
15

Head to Head

WEL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

CCM · 4-3-3

  1. 40Tom Heward-BelleG
  2. 5Harry AscroftCD-L
  3. 4Jacob PoscolieroCD-R
  4. 3Joshua RoseLB
  5. 2Storm RouxRB
  6. 22Jake McGingCM
  7. 21Michael NeillLM
  8. 8Nick MontgomeryRM
  9. 9Roy O'DonovanF
  10. 6Mitch AustinLF
  11. 7Fábio FerreiraRF

WEL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Glen MossG
  2. 22Andrew DuranteCD-L
  3. 2Manny MuscatCD-R
  4. 5Troy DanaskosLB
  5. 3Justin GulleyRB
  6. 17Vince LiaCM
  7. 8Alex RodriguezLM
  8. 4Roly BonevaciaRM
  9. 21Roy KrishnaF
  10. 10Michael McGlincheyLF
  11. 11Kwabena Appiah-KubiRF

Timeline

  1. 8' Jake McGing (Central Coast Mariners) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 26' Alex Rodriguez (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 27' Manny Muscat (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 27' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Fabio Ferreira (Central Coast Mariners) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  5. 30' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 2, Wellington Phoenix 0. Mitchell Austin (Central Coast Mariners) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roy O'Donovan.
  6. 32' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Blake Powell replaces Roy Krishna because of an injury.
  7. 45' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Matthew Ridenton replaces Justin Gulley.
  8. 48' Vince Lia (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 60' Andrew Durante (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 60' Roy O'Donovan (Central Coast Mariners) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 67' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 2, Wellington Phoenix 1. Blake Powell (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matthew Ridenton with a cross.
  12. 67' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Josh Bingham replaces Fabio Ferreira.
  13. 68' Josh Bingham (Central Coast Mariners) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 70' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 3, Wellington Phoenix 1. Michael Neill (Central Coast Mariners) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  15. 78' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Liam Rose replaces Mitchell Austin.
  16. 89' Roly Bonevacia (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+1' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Dan Heffernan replaces Roy O'Donovan.
  18. 90'+5' Michael Neill (Central Coast Mariners) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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