Australian A-League Men

FT Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Sydney FC WWLWW 1
–
Wellington Phoenix DDWWD 0
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SYD101
WEL000
Sky Stadium · 8,961 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Sydney FC's Siem De Jong injured scoring winner vs. Wellington Phoenix

Siem de Jong's winner may have come at considerable cost as Sydney FC beat Wellington Phoenix 1-0 to maintain their push for the A-league lead.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
5
36.2
Possession
63.8
13
SHOTS
7
6
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
248
Accurate Passes
483
336
Passes
581
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
9
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.1
57
Long Balls
58
20
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
7
22
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
15
Interceptions
9
19
Effective Clearances
13
19
Clearances
13

Head to Head

SYD leads series 4-1

Lineups

WEL · 3-4-3

  1. 1Filip KurtoG
  2. 22Andrew DuranteCD
  3. 15Michal KopczynskiCD-L
  4. 27Steven TaylorCD-R
  5. 4MandiCM-L
  6. 14Alex RuferCM-R
  7. 13Liberato CacaceLM
  8. 16Louis FentonRM
  9. 9Nathan BurnsF
  10. 7Cillian SheridanCF-L
  11. 21Roy KrishnaCF-R

SYD · 4-4-2

  1. 1Andrew RedmayneG
  2. 3Ben WarlandCD-L
  3. 4Alex WilkinsonCD-R
  4. 7Michael ZulloLB
  5. 2Aaron CalverRB
  6. 13Brandon O'NeillCM-L
  7. 6Josh BrillanteCM-R
  8. 10Milos NinkovicLM
  9. 17Anthony CáceresRM
  10. 9Adam Le FondreCF-L
  11. 22Siem de JongCF-R

Timeline

  1. 9' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field stands.
  2. 25' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 0, Sydney FC 1. Siem de Jong (Sydney FC) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aaron Calver following a set piece situation.
  3. 29' Substitution, Sydney FC. Daniel De Silva replaces Siem de Jong because of an injury.
  4. 32' Cillian Sheridan (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 40' Substitution, Sydney FC. Alex Brosque replaces Anthony Caceres because of an injury.
  6. 45'+6' Milos Ninkovic (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 54' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Sarpreet Singh replaces Nathan Burns.
  8. 63' Brandon O'Neill (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 64' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. David Williams replaces Cillian Sheridan.
  10. 83' Alex Brosque (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 86' Penalty saved! Roy Krishna (Wellington Phoenix) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  12. 90'+1' Substitution, Sydney FC. Paulo Retre replaces Adam Le Fondre.

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