Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, July 31, 2020
Wellington Phoenix WWLWD 0
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Western Sydney Wanderers FC WLDDD 1
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CommBank Stadium · 2,194 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Substitute Kwame Yeboah halts Phoenix's A-League rise

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
20
2
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
1
54.5
Possession
45.5
6
SHOTS
14
1
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
409
Accurate Passes
334
496
Passes
411
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.2
44
Long Balls
43
16
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
11
16
Tackles
19
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
14
12
Effective Clearances
21
12
Clearances
21

Head to Head

WEL leads series 4-1

Lineups

WSW · 3-4-2-1

  1. 50Tristan PrendergastG
  2. 4Dylan McgowanCD
  3. 6Matthew JurmanCD-L
  4. 34Patrick ZieglerCD-R
  5. 8Jordan O'DohertyCM-L
  6. 17Keanu BaccusCM-R
  7. 5Daniel GeorgievskiLM
  8. 33Tate RussellRM
  9. 7Mitchell DukeF
  10. 9Nicolai MüllerCF-L
  11. 10Simon CoxCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Nicholas SullivanSUB
  2. 13Tass MourdoukoutasSUB
  3. 40Nick SumanSUB
  4. 27Kwame YeboahSUB
  5. 19Pirmin SchweglerSUB
  6. 11Bruce KamauSUB
  7. 35Mohamed AdamSUB

WEL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Stefan MarinovicG
  2. 3Luke DeVereCD-L
  3. 27Steven TaylorCD-R
  4. 13Liberato CacaceLB
  5. 16Louis FentonRB
  6. 5Ville Matti SteinmannCM-L
  7. 8Cameron DevlinCM-R
  8. 21Callum McCowattLM
  9. 10Ulises DávilaRM
  10. 88Gary HooperCF-L
  11. 9David BallCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Reno PiscopoSUB
  2. 2Liam McGingSUB
  3. 30Zac JonesSUB
  4. 12Brandon WilsonSUB
  5. 14Alex RuferSUB
  6. 11Jaushua SotirioSUB
  7. 31Ben WaineSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Jordan O'Doherty (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 21' Louis Fenton (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 27' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Kwame Yeboah replaces Nicolai Müller because of an injury.
  4. 45' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Pirmin Schwegler replaces Jordan O'Doherty.
  5. 55' Luke DeVere (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 62' Cameron Devlin (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 65' Second yellow card to Luke DeVere (Wellington Phoenix) for a bad foul.
  8. 68' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Jaushua Sotirio replaces Ulises Dávila.
  9. 68' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Liam McGing replaces Gary Hooper.
  10. 73' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Kwame Yeboah (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  11. 74' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Reno Piscopo replaces Callum McCowatt.
  12. 74' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Alex Rufer replaces Cameron Devlin.
  13. 81' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Bruce Kamau replaces Tate Russell.
  14. 82' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Tass Mourdoukoutas replaces Patrick Ziegler.
  15. 82' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Mohamed Adam replaces Simon Cox.
  16. 86' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Ben Waine replaces Matti Steinmann.

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