Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, January 1, 2021
Sydney FC WLLWD 2
–
Wellington Phoenix DLDLL 1
1st2ndT
SYD112
WEL101
WIN Stadium · 3,637 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

Team Stats

9
Fouls
15
5
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
2
5
Saves
4
47.6
Possession
52.4
17
SHOTS
22
5
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
395
Accurate Passes
446
468
Passes
512
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
9
15
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
48
29
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
8
11
Effective Tackles
7
16
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
9
15
Effective Clearances
15
15
Clearances
15

Head to Head

SYD leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

WEL · 4-2-2-2

  1. 1Stefan MarinovicG
  2. 21Joshua LawsCD-L
  3. 3Luke DeVereCD-R
  4. 5James McGarryLB
  5. 6Tim PayneRB
  6. 8Cameron DevlinCM-L
  7. 14Alex RuferCM-R
  8. 9David BallCF-L
  9. 11Jaushua SotirioCF-R
  10. 23Lewis ClaytonAM-L
  11. 15Mirza MuratovicAM-R

SYD · 4-4-2

  1. 1Andrew RedmayneG
  2. 3Ben WarlandCD-L
  3. 4Alex WilkinsonCD-R
  4. 16Joel KingLB
  5. 23Rhyan GrantRB
  6. 26Luke BrattanCM-L
  7. 28Calem NieuwenhofCM-R
  8. 10Milos NinkovicLM
  9. 17Anthony CáceresRM
  10. 12Trent BuhagiarCF-L
  11. 11Kosta BarbarousesCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Ben Warland (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 25' Calem Nieuwenhof (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 29' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 0, Sydney FC 1. Calem Nieuwenhof (Sydney FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Joel King following a corner.
  4. 35' Anthony Caceres (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 44' Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+1' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Sydney FC 1. Mirza Muratovic (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tim Payne with a cross.
  7. 55' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Sydney FC 2. Luke Brattan (Sydney FC) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  8. 59' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Ulises Dávila replaces Clayton Lewis.
  9. 59' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Tomer Hemed replaces Mirza Muratovic.
  10. 61' Trent Buhagiar (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 63' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Louis Fenton replaces James McGarry.
  12. 63' Substitution, Sydney FC. Luke Ivanovic replaces Kosta Barbarouses.
  13. 64' Substitution, Sydney FC. Alexander Baumjohann replaces Anthony Caceres.
  14. 66' Luke Brattan (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 67' Joshua Laws (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 73' Substitution, Sydney FC. Chris Zuvela replaces Calem Nieuwenhof.
  17. 82' Substitution, Sydney FC. Patrick Wood replaces Trent Buhagiar.
  18. 82' Substitution, Sydney FC. Michael Zullo replaces Joel King.
  19. 82' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Matthew Ridenton replaces Cameron Devlin.

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