Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, February 27, 2021
Wellington Phoenix WLLDL 2
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Newcastle Jets WDWDW 0
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Match Report

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Wellington Phoenix earn surprise win at Newcastle Jets

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
20
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
14
Corner Kicks
7
0
Saves
0
49
Possession
50
6
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

WEL leads series 3-2

Lineups

NEW

  1. 23Jack DuncanG
  2. 4Nigel BoogaardCD
  3. 44Nikolai Topor-StanleyCD-L
  4. 2Johnny KoutroumbisCD-R
  5. 32Angus ThurgateCM-L
  6. 6Steven UgarkovicCM-R
  7. 21Luka PrsoAM
  8. 24Connor O'TooleLM
  9. 16Matthew MillarRM
  10. 17Valentino YuelCF-L
  11. 9Roy O'DonovanCF-R

WEL

  1. 20Oliver SailG
  2. 2Liam McGingCD-L
  3. 6Tim PayneCD-R
  4. 21Joshua LawsLB
  5. 16Louis FentonRB
  6. 23Lewis ClaytonCM-L
  7. 14Alex RuferCM-R
  8. 7Reno PiscopoLM
  9. 10Ulises DávilaRM
  10. 9David BallCF-L
  11. 18Ben WaineCF-R

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Newcastle Jets 0, Wellington Phoenix 1. David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ulises Dávila.
  2. 36' Joshua Laws (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. James McGarry replaces Joshua Laws.
  4. 52' Matthew Millar (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 53' Goal! Newcastle Jets 0, Wellington Phoenix 2. Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  6. 58' Connor O'Toole (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 60' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Apostolos Stamatelopoulos replaces Roy O'Donovan.
  8. 61' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Lucas Mauragis replaces Matthew Millar.
  9. 61' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Tomer Hemed replaces Ben Waine because of an injury.
  10. 67' Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 69' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Ali Abbas replaces Luka Prso.
  12. 70' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Tete Yengi replaces Valentino Yuel.
  13. 74' Tomer Hemed (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 76' Johnny Koutroumbis (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 81' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Matthew Ridenton replaces Clayton Lewis.
  16. 82' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Archie Goodwin replaces Connor O'Toole.
  17. 87' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi replaces Alex Rufer.
  18. 89' VAR Decision: No Penalty Wellington Phoenix.
  19. 90'+3' Oliver Sail (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.

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