Australian A-League Men

Wellington Phoenix FC vs Western United, 2020-21 Australian A League, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men
Wellington Phoenix FC
  • 38': Clayton Lewis
  • 57': Reno Piscopo
  • 63': Tomer Hemed
FT
3 - 0
Western United

    Fans flock back as Wellington Phoenix cruise against Western United

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    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 1': Foul by Besart Berisha (Western United FC).
    • 4': Attempt saved. Dylan Pierias (Western United FC) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alessandro Diamanti.
    • 6': Cameron Devlin (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 6': Foul by Besart Berisha (Western United FC).
    • 6': Attempt missed. David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Reno Piscopo with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 8': Attempt saved. Lachlan Wales (Western United FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alessandro Diamanti.
    • 9': Attempt saved. Alessandro Diamanti (Western United FC) left footed shot from more than 40 yards on the left wing is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Besart Berisha.
    • 10': Attempt saved. Tomer Hemed (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cameron Devlin.
    • 10': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Dylan Pierias.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Reno Piscopo with a cross.
    • 13': Foul by Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 13': Sebastian Pasquali (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Foul by Brendan Hamill (Western United FC).
    • 15': Tomer Hemed (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 21': Attempt saved. Tomer Hemed (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cameron Devlin.
    • 22': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Ryan Scott.
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Cameron Devlin (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 26': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Brendan Hamill.
    • 27': Foul by Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 27': Tomislav Uskok (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 31': Alessandro Diamanti (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Foul by Cameron Devlin (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 31': Cameron Devlin (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 32': Corner, Western United FC. Conceded by Louis Fenton.
    • 33': Attempt blocked. Sebastian Pasquali (Western United FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 33': Attempt missed. Dylan Pierias (Western United FC) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Sebastian Pasquali following a corner.
    • 36': Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 36': Foul by Tomislav Uskok (Western United FC).
    • 36': Attempt missed. Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
    • 38': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Western United FC 0. Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Taylor.
    • 40': Attempt saved. Tomer Hemed (Wellington Phoenix) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Louis Fenton with a cross.
    • 43': Hand ball by Lachlan Wales (Western United FC).
    • 45': Hand ball by Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Wellington Phoenix 1, Western United FC 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Wellington Phoenix 1, Western United FC 0.
    • 46': David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 46': Foul by Besart Berisha (Western United FC).
    • 47': Foul by Steven Taylor (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 47': Lachlan Wales (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 51': Foul by Tomislav Uskok (Western United FC).
    • 51': Tomer Hemed (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Brendan Hamill.
    • 53': Attempt missed. Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Reno Piscopo with a cross following a corner.
    • 53': Attempt blocked. Dylan Pierias (Western United FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Besart Berisha.
    • 53': Corner, Western United FC. Conceded by Steven Taylor.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Tomislav Uskok (Western United FC) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tomoki Imai with a cross following a corner.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Dylan Pierias (Western United FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Besart Berisha following a corner.
    • 56': Attempt saved. Besart Berisha (Western United FC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 56': Foul by Dylan Pierias (Western United FC).
    • 56': Sam Sutton (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Attempt saved. David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tomer Hemed.
    • 57': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Western United FC 0. Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Sam Sutton.
    • 60': Attempt saved. Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Ball.
    • 61': Attempt saved. Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Sam Sutton.
    • 61': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Ryan Scott.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Louis Fenton (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
    • 63': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 3, Western United FC 0. Tomer Hemed (Wellington Phoenix) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Louis Fenton with a cross.
    • 65': Offside, Western United FC. Alessandro Diamanti tries a through ball, but Lachlan Wales is caught offside.
    • 66': Substitution, Western United FC. Steven Lustica replaces Sebastian Pasquali.
    • 67': Corner, Western United FC. Conceded by Steven Taylor.
    • 68': Connor Pain (Western United FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 68': Foul by Tomer Hemed (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 68': Attempt missed. Andrew Durante (Western United FC) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Alessandro Diamanti with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 70': Attempt missed. David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Ben Waine.
    • 71': Attempt saved. Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Clayton Lewis.
    • 71': Attempt saved. Alessandro Diamanti (Western United FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dylan Pierias.
    • 71': Cameron Devlin (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Foul by Lachlan Wales (Western United FC).
    • 72': Attempt missed. David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Reno Piscopo.
    • 73': Substitution, Western United FC. Adisu Bayew replaces Besart Berisha.
    • 74': Attempt missed. Adisu Bayew (Western United FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Connor Pain.
    • 75': Connor Pain (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 75': Foul by Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 76': Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 76': Foul by Steven Lustica (Western United FC).
    • 80': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Jaushua Sotirio replaces Tomer Hemed.
    • 81': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Reno Piscopo tries a through ball, but Jaushua Sotirio is caught offside.
    • 83': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Benjamin Old replaces Reno Piscopo.
    • 83': David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 83': Foul by Tomislav Uskok (Western United FC).
    • 84': Cameron Devlin (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 84': Foul by Tomoki Imai (Western United FC).
    • 87': Substitution, Western United FC. Iker Guarrotxena replaces Alessandro Diamanti.
    • 87': Substitution, Western United FC. Kaine Sheppard replaces Lachlan Wales.
    • 88': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Alex Rufer replaces Cameron Devlin.
    • 88': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Ben Waine tries a through ball, but Jaushua Sotirio is caught offside.
    • 89': Foul by Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 89': Iker Guarrotxena (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 89': Attempt blocked. Dylan Pierias (Western United FC) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 90'+2': Iker Guarrotxena (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+3': Adisu Bayew (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 90'+3': Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+4': Hand ball by Tomoki Imai (Western United FC).
    • 90'+4': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Tomoki Imai.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Wellington Phoenix 3, Western United FC 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Wellington Phoenix 3, Western United FC 0.

    Statistics

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    13 Fouls 10
    0 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    3 Corner Kicks 6
    7 Saves 5
    47.3 Possession 52.7
    13 SHOTS 19
    5 ON GOAL 10
    0.4 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    442 Accurate Passes 485
    505 Passes 546
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    3 Accurate Crosses 11
    8 Crosses 28
    0.4 Cross % 0.4
    37 Long Balls 36
    18 Accurate Long Balls 14
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    3 Blocked Shots 1
    9 Effective Tackles 7
    15 Tackles 11
    0.6 Tackle % 0.6
    9 Interceptions 12
    27 Effective Clearances 9
    27 Clearances 9

    Game Information

    Competition: Australian A-League Men

    Venue: Sky Stadium
    Location: Wellington, New Zealand
    Attendance: 24,105

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    # TEAM GP GD PTS
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    2 Auckland FC 22 +14 39
    3 Melbourne Victory 22 +10 35
    4 Adelaide United 22 +7 35
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    Line-Ups

    WEL Wellington Phoenix FC (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    20 Oliver Sail (GK)
    6 Tim Payne
    27 Steven Taylor
    19 Sam Sutton
    16 Louis Fenton
    23 Clayton Lewis
    8 Cameron Devlin Yellow Card
    7 Reno Piscopo
    9 David Ball
    17 Tomer Hemed
    18 Ben Waine Yellow Card
    Wellington Phoenix FC Substitutes:
    Stefan Marinovic, Joshua Laws, James McGarry, Ben Old, Charles Ngoy, Alex Rufer, Jaushua Sotirio.

    WTU Western United (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    30 Ryan Scott (GK)
    3 Brendan Hamill
    4 Andrew Durante
    11 Connor Pain
    6 Tomoki Imai
    22 Tomislav Uskok
    21 Sebastian Pasquali
    8 Lachlan Wales
    5 Dylan Pierias
    7 Besart Berisha
    23 Alessandro Diamanti
    Western United Substitutes:
    Kaine Sheppard, Luke Duzel, Steven Lustica, Filip Kurto, Iker Guarrotxena, Adisu Bayew, Ivan Vujica.

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