Australian A-League Men

FT Sunday, March 19, 2017
Wellington Phoenix LLLWD 1
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Western Sydney Wanderers FC LLLDW 3
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WEL011
WSW213
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Match Report

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Brendon Santalab stars as Western Sydney beat Wellington Phoenix

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
7
6
Saves
2
61.7
Possession
38.3
10
SHOTS
24
3
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
482
Accurate Passes
260
560
Passes
341
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
10
22
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.7
58
Long Balls
43
33
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
7
15
Effective Tackles
16
16
Tackles
23
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
5
Effective Clearances
32
5
Clearances
32

Head to Head

WSW leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

WSW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Vedran JanjetovicG
  2. 22Jonathan AspropotamitisCD-L
  3. 18Robert CornthwaiteCD-R
  4. 3Jack ClisbyLB
  5. 12Scott NevilleRB
  6. 6Mitch NicholsAM
  7. 24Terry AntonisLM
  8. 15Kearyn BaccusRM
  9. 11Brendon SantalabF
  10. 10Nicolás MartínezAM-L
  11. 14Jumpei KusukamiAM-R

WEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Glen MossG
  2. 13Marco RossiCD-L
  3. 22Andrew DuranteCD-R
  4. 12Adam ParkhouseLB
  5. 23Matthew RidentonRB
  6. 7Guilherme FinklerAM
  7. 17Vince LiaLM
  8. 8Alex RodriguezRM
  9. 99Shane SmeltzF
  10. 9Kosta BarbarousesAM-L
  11. 21Roy KrishnaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Nicolás Martínez (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 30' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Tom Doyle replaces Adam Parkhouse.
  3. 39' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2, Wellington Phoenix 0. Brendon Santalab (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mitch Nichols.
  4. 45' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Roly Bonevacia replaces Alex Rodriguez.
  5. 48' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3, Wellington Phoenix 0. Brendon Santalab (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolás Martínez.
  6. 63' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Lachlan Scott replaces Brendon Santalab.
  7. 76' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3, Wellington Phoenix 1. Guilherme Finkler (Wellington Phoenix) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  8. 76' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Hamish Watson replaces Shane Smeltz.
  9. 77' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Jaushua Sotirio replaces Mitch Nichols.
  10. 78' Vince Lia (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 86' Jonathan Aspropotamitis (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 89' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Bruno Piñatares replaces Terry Antonis.

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