Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, October 20, 2018
Newcastle Jets LWWLL 1
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Wellington Phoenix DLLWW 2
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WEL112
Sky Stadium · 9,174 att.

Match Report

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VAR controversy dominates Wellington Phoenix win over Newcastle Jets

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
10
2
Saves
4
60.4
Possession
39.6
16
SHOTS
11
6
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
283
Accurate Passes
139
370
Passes
234
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
6
Accurate Crosses
4
19
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
62
26
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
16
Effective Tackles
16
21
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
9
29
Effective Clearances
22
29
Clearances
22

Head to Head

WEL leads series 3-2

Lineups

WEL · 3-4-3

  1. 1Filip KurtoG
  2. 22Andrew DuranteCD
  3. 19Tom DoyleCD-L
  4. 27Steven TaylorCD-R
  5. 14Alex RuferCM-L
  6. 4MandiCM-R
  7. 13Liberato CacaceLM
  8. 16Louis FentonRM
  9. 21Roy KrishnaF
  10. 11David WilliamsCF-L
  11. 18Sarpreet SinghCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Oliver SailSUB
  2. 5Ryan LowSUB
  3. 9Nathan BurnsSUB
  4. 23Max BurgessSUB
  5. 8Mitch NicholsSUB

NEW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Glen MossG
  2. 44Nikolai Topor-StanleyCD-L
  3. 4Nigel BoogaardCD-R
  4. 17Daniel GeorgievskiLB
  5. 22Lachlan JacksonRB
  6. 10Ronald VargasAM
  7. 6Steven UgarkovicLM
  8. 23Matthew RidentonRM
  9. 3Jason HoffmanF
  10. 8JairAM-L
  11. 7Dimitrios PetratosAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Ivan VujicaSUB
  2. 14Kaine SheppardSUB
  3. 11Mitch AustinSUB
  4. 16Nick CowburnSUB
  5. 20Lewis ItalianoSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Steven Ugarkovic (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Own Goal by Daniel Georgievski, Newcastle Jets. Wellington Phoenix 1, Newcastle Jets 0.
  3. 54' Louis Fenton (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 57' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Kaine Sheppard replaces Jair.
  5. 62' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  6. 63' Sarpreet Singh (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  7. 64' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Ivan Vujica replaces Lachlan Jackson.
  8. 76' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Mitchell Austin replaces Jason Hoffman.
  9. 79' Roy Krishna (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 82' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Max Burgess replaces Sarpreet Singh.
  11. 82' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Mitch Nichols replaces Mandi.
  12. 87' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  13. 89' Kaine Sheppard (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 89' Penalty saved! Roy Krishna (Wellington Phoenix) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  15. 89' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Newcastle Jets 0. Roy Krishna (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  16. 90'+3' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Nathan Burns replaces David Williams.
  17. 90'+4' Steven Taylor (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+5' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Newcastle Jets 1. Dimitri Petratos (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mitchell Austin.

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