Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, May 21, 2021
Western United DLLLL 0
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Wellington Phoenix DWDDD 3
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Match Report

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

WEL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

WEL · 4-4-2

  1. 20Oliver SailG
  2. 6Tim PayneCD-L
  3. 27Steven TaylorCD-R
  4. 19Sam SuttonLB
  5. 16Louis FentonRB
  6. 23Lewis ClaytonCM-L
  7. 8Cameron DevlinCM-R
  8. 7Reno PiscopoLM
  9. 9David BallRM
  10. 17Tomer HemedCF-L
  11. 18Ben WaineCF-R

WTU · 4-4-2

  1. 30Ryan ScottG
  2. 3Brendan HamillCD-L
  3. 4Andrew DuranteCD-R
  4. 11Connor PainLB
  5. 6Tomoki ImaiRB
  6. 22Tomislav UskokCM-L
  7. 21Sebastian PasqualiCM-R
  8. 8Lachlan WalesLM
  9. 5Dylan PieriasRM
  10. 7Besart BerishaCF-L
  11. 23Alessandro DiamantiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 31' Cameron Devlin (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 66' Substitution, Western United FC. Steven Lustica replaces Sebastian Pasquali.
  6. 73' Substitution, Western United FC. Adisu Bayew replaces Besart Berisha.
  7. 80' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Jaushua Sotirio replaces Tomer Hemed.
  8. 83' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Benjamin Old replaces Reno Piscopo.
  9. 87' Substitution, Western United FC. Iker Guarrotxena replaces Alessandro Diamanti.
  10. 87' Substitution, Western United FC. Kaine Sheppard replaces Lachlan Wales.
  11. 88' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Alex Rufer replaces Cameron Devlin.
  12. 90'+2' Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+3' Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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