Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, March 16, 2019
Western Sydney Wanderers FC LWWDW 1
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Wellington Phoenix LDDLW 3
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Match Report

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Wellington Phoenix put three past Western Sydney Wanderers on emotional night

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
6
0
Saves
1
50.2
Possession
49.8
14
SHOTS
11
2
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
320
Accurate Passes
321
410
Passes
416
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
4
23
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.4
70
Long Balls
64
42
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
6
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
15
19
Tackles
28
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
17
Interceptions
14
16
Effective Clearances
26
16
Clearances
26

Head to Head

WSW leads series 3-2

Lineups

WEL · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Filip KurtoG
  2. 22Andrew DuranteCD
  3. 12Antony GolecCD-L
  4. 15Michal KopczynskiCD-R
  5. 4MandiCM-L
  6. 14Alex RuferCM-R
  7. 23Max BurgessAM
  8. 13Liberato CacaceLM
  9. 16Louis FentonRM
  10. 11David WilliamsCF-L
  11. 21Roy KrishnaCF-R

WSW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Vedran JanjetovicG
  2. 21Tarek ElrichCD-L
  3. 5Brendan HamillCD-R
  4. 24Raúl LlorenteLB
  5. 33Tate RussellRB
  6. 12Mitchell DukeAM
  7. 22Rashid MahaziLM
  8. 3Giancarlo GallifuocoRM
  9. 9Oriol RieraF
  10. 28Roly BonevaciaAM-L
  11. 11Bruce KamauAM-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0. Roy Krishna (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top right corner.
  2. 21' Giancarlo Gallifuoco (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 23' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0. Mandi (Wellington Phoenix) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  4. 31' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Alexander Baumjohann replaces Tate Russell.
  5. 33' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 3, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0. David Williams (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Roy Krishna.
  6. 52' Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 65' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Kwame Yeboah replaces Roly Bonevacia.
  8. 70' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  9. 72' Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Alexander Baumjohann (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot is close, but misses to the left. Alexander Baumjohann should be disappointed.
  10. 80' Andrew Durante (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 83' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Cillian Sheridan replaces David Williams.
  12. 86' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 3, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1. Mitchell Duke (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Oriol Riera with a cross.
  13. 87' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Gianni Stensness replaces Mandi.
  14. 88' Roy Krishna (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+3' Second yellow card to Roy Krishna (Wellington Phoenix) for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+4' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Daniel Wilmering replaces Raúl Llorente because of an injury.
  17. 90'+6' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Ryan Lowry replaces Max Burgess.

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