Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, February 3, 2017
Western Sydney Wanderers FC DLDWL 3
–
Wellington Phoenix LWWLD 1
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WSW123
WEL011
Yarrow Stadium · 5,185 att.

Match Report

Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images

Brendon Santalab brace sees Wanderers overcome Phoenix

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
4
39.6
Possession
60.4
17
SHOTS
10
7
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
265
Accurate Passes
421
344
Passes
516
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
12
Crosses
32
0.2
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
62
20
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
1
14
Effective Tackles
9
21
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
49
Effective Clearances
17
49
Clearances
17

Head to Head

WSW leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

WEL · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Glen MossG
  2. 13Marco RossiCD-L
  3. 22Andrew DuranteCD-R
  4. 19Tom DoyleLB
  5. 2Jacob TrattRB
  6. 17Vince LiaCM-L
  7. 8Alex RodriguezCM-R
  8. 21Roy KrishnaLM
  9. 9Kosta BarbarousesRM
  10. 99Shane SmeltzF
  11. 4Roly BonevaciaRCF

Substitutes

  1. 10Michael McGlincheySUB
  2. 20Lewis ItalianoSUB
  3. 23Matthew RidentonSUB
  4. 5Ryan LowSUB
  5. 7Guilherme FinklerSUB

WSW · 4-3-3

  1. 20Vedran JanjetovicG
  2. 22Jonathan AspropotamitisCD-L
  3. 18Robert CornthwaiteCD-R
  4. 3Jack ClisbyLB
  5. 5Brendan HamillRB
  6. 24Terry AntonisCM
  7. 8Dimas DelgadoLM
  8. 15Kearyn BaccusRM
  9. 11Brendon SantalabF
  10. 10Nicolás MartínezLF
  11. 14Jumpei KusukamiRF

Substitutes

  1. 29Ryan GriffithsSUB
  2. 16Jaushua SotirioSUB
  3. 2Shannon ColeSUB
  4. 1Jerrad TysonSUB
  5. 13Bruno PiñataresSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Andrew Durante (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 20' Shane Smeltz (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 21' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 0, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1. Brendon Santalab (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolás Martínez.
  4. 24' Dimas (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 36' Marco Rossi (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+2' Roly Bonevacia (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 52' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Guilherme Finkler replaces Roly Bonevacia.
  8. 53' Kearyn Baccus (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 58' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 0, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2. Nicolás Martínez (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Brendon Santalab.
  10. 65' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 0, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3. Brendon Santalab (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Terry Antonis.
  11. 66' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Michael McGlinchey replaces Alex Rodriguez.
  12. 67' Guilherme Finkler (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 71' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3. Shane Smeltz (Wellington Phoenix) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  14. 74' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Bruno Piñatares replaces Dimas.
  15. 76' Second yellow card to Shane Smeltz (Wellington Phoenix) for a bad foul.
  16. 80' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Jaushua Sotirio replaces Terry Antonis.
  17. 87' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Matthew Ridenton replaces Vince Lia.
  18. 89' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Ryan Griffiths replaces Brendon Santalab.

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