Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, December 27, 2019
Wellington Phoenix WWWDD 3
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Western United LLWWD 1
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Match Report

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Wellington Phoenix cruise past Western United to keep unbeaten run going

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
3
45.2
Possession
54.8
14
SHOTS
18
6
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
315
Accurate Passes
402
385
Passes
456
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
2
9
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.1
35
Long Balls
32
10
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.3
Long Balls %
0.8
3
Blocked Shots
5
13
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
13
18
Effective Clearances
10
18
Clearances
10

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1

Lineups

WTU · 3-4-3

  1. 1Filip KurtoG
  2. 4Andrew DuranteCD
  3. 2Aaron CalverCD-L
  4. 3Brendan HamillCD-R
  5. 27Jerry SkotadisCM-L
  6. 14Max BurgessCM-R
  7. 11Connor PainLM
  8. 5Dylan PieriasRM
  9. 18Besart BerishaF
  10. 10Scott McDonaldCF-L
  11. 23Alessandro DiamantiCF-R

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. 21Callum McCowattRM
  10. 9David BallCF-L
  11. 10Ulises DávilaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 10' Aaron Calver (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 14' Substitution, Western United FC. Jonathan Aspropotamitis replaces Brendan Hamill because of an injury.
  3. 34' Jerry Skotadis (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 37' Connor Pain (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 41' Goal! Western United FC 0, Wellington Phoenix 1. David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ulises Dávila following a fast break.
  6. 44' Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 55' Goal! Western United FC 0, Wellington Phoenix 2. Callum McCowatt (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner.
  8. 62' Substitution, Western United FC. Dario Jertec replaces Aaron Calver because of an injury.
  9. 68' Dario Jertec (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 78' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Gary Hooper replaces Reno Piscopo.
  11. 80' Goal! Western United FC 0, Wellington Phoenix 3. Ulises Dávila (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gary Hooper with a through ball.
  12. 82' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi replaces Tim Payne.
  13. 87' Substitution, Western United FC. Valentino Yuel replaces Besart Berisha.
  14. 88' Steven Taylor (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  15. 89' Goal! Western United FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 3. Alessandro Diamanti (Western United FC) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  16. 90'+6' VAR Decision: No Goal Western United FC 1-3 Wellington Phoenix.

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