Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, March 30, 2018
Wellington Phoenix WLLLD 1
–
Adelaide United FC DLLDW 3
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WEL011
ADL123
Coopers Stadium · 11,738 att.

Match Report

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Adelaide United strike twice in two minutes, defeat Wellington Phoenix FC

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
19
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
5
7
Saves
3
45.4
Possession
54.6
11
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
10
0.4
On Target %
0.6
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
326
Accurate Passes
398
391
Passes
464
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
25
0.2
Cross %
0.2
52
Long Balls
48
25
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
14
21
Tackles
22
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
11
21
Clearances
11

Head to Head

ADL leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

ADL · 4-3-3

  1. 20Paul IzzoG
  2. 22Ersan GülümCD-L
  3. 23Jordan ElseyCD-R
  4. 19Ben GaruccioLB
  5. 2Michael MarroneRB
  6. 8Isaías CM
  7. 37Daniel AdlungLM
  8. 16Nathan KonstandopoulosRM
  9. 14George BlackwoodF
  10. 11Johan AbsalonsenLF
  11. 7Ryan KittoRF

Substitutes

  1. 21Tarek ElrichSUB
  2. 5Taylor ReganSUB
  3. 1Daniel MargushSUB
  4. 9BabáSUB
  5. 6Vince LiaSUB

WEL · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 20Oliver SailG
  2. 6Dylan FoxCD-L
  3. 22Andrew DuranteCD-R
  4. 4Goran ParackiDM
  5. 19Tom DoyleLB
  6. 3Scott GallowayRB
  7. 7Nathan BurnsAM
  8. 8Matija LjujicLM
  9. 23Matthew RidentonRM
  10. 9Andrija KaludjerovicCF-L
  11. 21Roy KrishnaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Michael McGlincheySUB
  2. 26Liberato CacaceSUB
  3. 18Sarpreet SinghSUB
  4. 24Logan RogersonSUB
  5. 1Lewis ItalianoSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Scott Galloway (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 42' Goal! Adelaide United 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Johan Absalonsen (Adelaide United) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Michael Marrone with a cross.
  3. 45'+1' Roy Krishna (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 61' Goal! Adelaide United 2, Wellington Phoenix 0. Ben Garuccio (Adelaide United) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Daniel Adlung.
  5. 61' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Logan Rogerson replaces Andrija Kaluderovic.
  6. 63' Goal! Adelaide United 3, Wellington Phoenix 0. Nathan Konstandopoulos (Adelaide United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  7. 70' Substitution, Adelaide United. Tarek Elrich replaces Johan Absalonsen.
  8. 74' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Michael McGlinchey replaces Matthew Ridenton.
  9. 74' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Sarpreet Singh replaces Roy Krishna.
  10. 77' Substitution, Adelaide United. Papa Baba Diawara replaces George Blackwood.
  11. 79' Substitution, Adelaide United. Vince Lia replaces Nathan Konstandopoulos.
  12. 84' Goal! Adelaide United 3, Wellington Phoenix 1. Logan Rogerson (Wellington Phoenix) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.

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