Australian A-League Men

Wellington Phoenix FC vs Central Coast Mariners, 2021-22 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men
Wellington Phoenix FC
  • 48': Gary Hooper
  • 63': Jaushua Sotirio
FT
2 - 1
Central Coast Mariners
  • 52': Marco Ureña

Wellington Phoenix down Central Coast Mariners for first A-League Men win

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Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Attempt blocked. David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jaushua Sotirio.
  • 4': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Jacob Farrell.
  • 4': Attempt missed. Joshua Laws (Wellington Phoenix) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Reno Piscopo with a cross following a corner.
  • 4': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Joshua Nisbet.
  • 5': Attempt saved. Gary Hooper (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 11': Hand ball by Damian Tsekenis (Central Coast Mariners).
  • 12': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Jacob Farrell.
  • 14': Foul by David Ball (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 14': Maximilien Balard (Central Coast Mariners) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Attempt saved. Marco Ureña (Central Coast Mariners) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Cy Goddard.
  • 17': Attempt missed. Oliver Bozanic (Central Coast Mariners) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Joshua Nisbet.
  • 19': Foul by Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 19': Joshua Nisbet (Central Coast Mariners) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 20': Attempt saved. Oliver Bozanic (Central Coast Mariners) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Damian Tsekenis.
  • 20': Foul by Gary Hooper (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 20': Kye Rowles (Central Coast Mariners) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Attempt saved. Oliver Bozanic (Central Coast Mariners) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Damian Tsekenis.
  • 22': Foul by David Ball (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 22': Jacob Farrell (Central Coast Mariners) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Corner, Central Coast Mariners. Conceded by James McGarry.
  • 27': Attempt missed. Gary Hooper (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 28': Attempt blocked. David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Clayton Lewis.
  • 33': Attempt saved. James McGarry (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gary Hooper.
  • 33': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. James McGarry tries a through ball, but Jaushua Sotirio is caught offside.
  • 34': Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 34': Foul by Joshua Nisbet (Central Coast Mariners).
  • 35': Attempt blocked. Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by James McGarry.
  • 35': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Kye Rowles.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Reno Piscopo with a cross following a corner.
  • 40': David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Foul by Oliver Bozanic (Central Coast Mariners).
  • 45'+1': Cy Goddard (Central Coast Mariners) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Wellington Phoenix 0, Central Coast Mariners 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Wellington Phoenix 0, Central Coast Mariners 0.
  • 46': Callan Elliot (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 46': Foul by Damian Tsekenis (Central Coast Mariners).
  • 46': Hand ball by Ruon Tongyik (Central Coast Mariners).
  • 47': Attempt saved. Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 47': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Mark Birighitti.
  • 48': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Central Coast Mariners 0. Gary Hooper (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Maximilien Balard (Central Coast Mariners) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 52': Callan Elliot (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Foul by Damian Tsekenis (Central Coast Mariners).
  • 52': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Central Coast Mariners 1. Marco Ureña (Central Coast Mariners) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 55': Attempt saved. Gary Hooper (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by James McGarry with a cross.
  • 57': Attempt blocked. Storm Roux (Central Coast Mariners) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Joshua Nisbet (Central Coast Mariners) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 58': Foul by David Ball (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 58': Oliver Bozanic (Central Coast Mariners) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Moresche replaces Damian Tsekenis.
  • 58': Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Lewis Miller replaces Storm Roux.
  • 60': Attempt saved. Marco Ureña (Central Coast Mariners) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Moresche.
  • 62': Attempt missed. Marco Ureña (Central Coast Mariners) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 63': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Central Coast Mariners 1. Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Ball.
  • 64': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Ben Waine replaces Gary Hooper.
  • 64': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Nicholas Pennington replaces Alex Rufer.
  • 69': Attempt missed. Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Clayton Lewis.
  • 70': Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Matthew Hatch replaces Cy Goddard.
  • 70': Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Harrison Steele replaces Maximilien Balard.
  • 74': Foul by Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 74': Jacob Farrell (Central Coast Mariners) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Hand ball by David Ball (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 75': Corner, Central Coast Mariners. Conceded by Callan Elliot.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Oliver Bozanic (Central Coast Mariners) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jacob Farrell following a corner.
  • 76': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Louis Fenton replaces Callan Elliot.
  • 76': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Benjamin Old replaces Jaushua Sotirio.
  • 77': Foul by Lewis Miller (Central Coast Mariners).
  • 77': Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 77': Foul by Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 77': Jacob Farrell (Central Coast Mariners) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Attempt blocked. Matthew Hatch (Central Coast Mariners) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joshua Nisbet.
  • 80': Corner, Central Coast Mariners. Conceded by Benjamin Old.
  • 80': Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Foul by Kye Rowles (Central Coast Mariners).
  • 81': Attempt missed. James McGarry (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Reno Piscopo.
  • 81': Foul by Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 81': Joshua Nisbet (Central Coast Mariners) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 82': Attempt saved. Oliver Bozanic (Central Coast Mariners) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Oliver Bozanic (Central Coast Mariners) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is high and wide to the left.
  • 83': Attempt blocked. Marco Ureña (Central Coast Mariners) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joshua Nisbet.
  • 84': Attempt blocked. Matthew Hatch (Central Coast Mariners) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 84': Corner, Central Coast Mariners. Conceded by Tim Payne.
  • 85': Penalty Wellington Phoenix. Benjamin Old draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 85': Penalty conceded by Kye Rowles (Central Coast Mariners) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 86': Penalty saved! Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 87': Foul by Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 87': Harrison Steele (Central Coast Mariners) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Daniel Hall replaces Ruon Tongyik.
  • 88': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Matthew Bozinovski replaces Reno Piscopo.
  • 90': Foul by Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 90': Moresche (Central Coast Mariners) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90': Corner, Central Coast Mariners. Conceded by Benjamin Old.
  • 90'+1': David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Jacob Farrell (Central Coast Mariners).
  • 90'+2': Corner, Central Coast Mariners. Conceded by Matthew Bozinovski.
  • 90'+3': Benjamin Old (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Jacob Farrell (Central Coast Mariners).
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Wellington Phoenix 2, Central Coast Mariners 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Wellington Phoenix 2, Central Coast Mariners 1.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 12
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
6 Corner Kicks 5
5 Saves 5
58.8 Possession 41.2
16 SHOTS 15
6 ON GOAL 7
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
518 Accurate Passes 348
607 Passes 432
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 3
20 Crosses 9
0.1 Cross % 0.3
39 Long Balls 65
15 Accurate Long Balls 31
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 3
8 Effective Tackles 6
11 Tackles 11
0.7 Tackle % 0.5
12 Interceptions 4
9 Effective Clearances 21
9 Clearances 21

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: WIN Stadium
Location: Wollongong, Australia
Attendance: 1,512

A-League Men Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Auckland FC 1 +2 3
2 Wellington Phoenix FC 1 +1 3
3 Macarthur FC 1 +1 3
4 Newcastle Jets 1 0 1
Full Table

Line-Ups

WEL Wellington Phoenix FC (4-4-2)

No. Name
20 Oliver Sail (GK)
21 Joshua Laws
6 Tim Payne
5 James McGarry
17 Callan Elliot
23 Lewis Clayton
14 Alex Rufer
10 Reno Piscopo
9 David Ball
11 Jaushua Sotirio
88 Gary Hooper
Wellington Phoenix FC Substitutes:
Ben Old, Louis Fenton, Alex Paulsen, Nicholas Pennington, Luka Prso, Matthew Bozinovski, Ben Waine.

CCM Central Coast Mariners (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Mark Birighitti (GK)
14 Kye Rowles
21 Ruon Tongyik
18 Jacob Farrell
15 Storm Roux
8 Oliver Bozanic
16 Maximilien Balard
7 Cy Goddard
4 Joshua Nisbet
17 Damian Tsekenis
12 Marco Ureña
Central Coast Mariners Substitutes:
Matthew Hatch, Yaren Sozer, Harrison Steele, Daniel Hall, Noah Smith, Lewis Miller, Moresche.

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