Australian A-League Men

FT Thursday, February 20, 2020
Western United LWLDL 0
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Wellington Phoenix WLWLW 2
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Match Report

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Wellington Phoenix go second in A-League with win over Western United

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Team Stats

23
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
5
7
Saves
2
45.1
Possession
54.9
5
SHOTS
21
2
ON GOAL
9
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
366
Accurate Passes
491
437
Passes
553
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
6
29
Crosses
16
0.1
Cross %
0.4
41
Long Balls
46
21
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
9
22
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
13
12
Effective Clearances
25
12
Clearances
25

Head to Head

WEL leads series 2-1

Lineups

WEL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Stefan MarinovicG
  2. 3Luke DeVereCD-L
  3. 27Steven TaylorCD-R
  4. 13Liberato CacaceLB
  5. 6Tim PayneRB
  6. 5Ville Matti SteinmannCM-L
  7. 8Cameron DevlinCM-R
  8. 7Reno PiscopoLM
  9. 10Ulises DávilaRM
  10. 88Gary HooperCF-L
  11. 9David BallCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Callum McCowattSUB
  2. 32Sam SuttonSUB
  3. 4Te Atawhai Hudson-WihongiSUB
  4. 20Oliver SailSUB
  5. 12Brandon WilsonSUB
  6. 11Jaushua SotirioSUB
  7. 14Alex RuferSUB

WTU · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Filip KurtoG
  2. 4Andrew DuranteCD
  3. 28Oskar DillonCD-L
  4. 6Tomoki ImaiCD-R
  5. 12Dario JertecCM-L
  6. 10Steven LusticaCM-R
  7. 11Connor PainLM
  8. 19Joshua RisdonRM
  9. 18Besart BerishaF
  10. 8Panagiotis KoneCF-L
  11. 23Alessandro DiamantiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Jerry SkotadisSUB
  2. 30Ryan ScottSUB
  3. 17Joshua CavalloSUB
  4. 5Dylan PieriasSUB
  5. 7Valentino YuelSUB
  6. 22Tomislav UskokSUB
  7. 14Max BurgessSUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Steven Lustica (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 25' Steven Taylor (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 29' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Western United FC 0. Liberato Cacace (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ulises Dávila.
  4. 30' Substitution, Western United FC. Max Burgess replaces Panagiotis Kone because of an injury.
  5. 42' Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 60' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Callum McCowatt replaces Reno Piscopo.
  7. 67' Substitution, Western United FC. Jerry Skotadis replaces Dario Jertec.
  8. 67' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Alex Rufer replaces Cameron Devlin.
  9. 80' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Jaushua Sotirio replaces Gary Hooper.
  10. 82' Substitution, Western United FC. Dylan Pierias replaces Alessandro Diamanti.
  11. 90' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Western United FC 0. David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stefan Marinovic.

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