Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, October 12, 2019
Western United 1
–
Wellington Phoenix LLWLL 0
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WEL000
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Match Report

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Western United mark A-League bow with win thanks to Besart Berisha strike

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
8
1
Saves
5
45.9
Possession
54.1
16
SHOTS
14
6
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
402
Accurate Passes
486
491
Passes
560
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
8
7
Crosses
30
0.4
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
48
24
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
5
16
Effective Tackles
6
23
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
9
Interceptions
4
30
Effective Clearances
7
30
Clearances
7

Head to Head

WTU leads series 1-0

Lineups

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. 14Alex RuferCM-R
  8. 21Callum McCowattLM
  9. 10Ulises DávilaRM
  10. 11Jaushua SotirioCF-L
  11. 9David BallCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 31Ben WaineSUB
  2. 7Reno PiscopoSUB
  3. 20Oliver SailSUB
  4. 8Cameron DevlinSUB
  5. 6Tim PayneSUB
  6. 23Walter ScottSUB
  7. 4Te Atawhai Hudson-WihongiSUB

WTU · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Filip KurtoG
  2. 4Andrew DuranteCD
  3. 22Ersan GülümCD-L
  4. 6Connor ChapmanCD-R
  5. 12Dario JertecCM-L
  6. 8Panagiotis KoneCM-R
  7. 11Connor PainLM
  8. 19Joshua RisdonRM
  9. 18Besart BerishaF
  10. 10Scott McDonaldCF-L
  11. 23Alessandro DiamantiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Joshua CavalloSUB
  2. 20James DelianovSUB
  3. 26Kwabena Appiah-KubiSUB
  4. 15Jonathan AspropotamitisSUB
  5. 5Dylan PieriasSUB
  6. 13Ivan VujicaSUB
  7. 14Max BurgessSUB

Timeline

  1. 34' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 0, Western United FC 1. Besart Berisha (Western United FC) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh Risdon.
  2. 61' Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 64' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Reno Piscopo replaces David Ball.
  4. 69' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Tim Payne replaces Louis Fenton.
  5. 79' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Ben Waine replaces Matti Steinmann.
  6. 79' Substitution, Western United FC. Jonathan Aspropotamitis replaces Ersan Gülüm.
  7. 82' Substitution, Western United FC. Kwabena Appiah-Kubi replaces Besart Berisha.
  8. 88' Substitution, Western United FC. Max Burgess replaces Scott McDonald.
  9. 90'+4' Dario Jertec (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card.

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