Australian A-League Men

Sydney FC vs Wellington Phoenix FC, 2021-22 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men
Sydney FC
  • 19': Elvis Kamsoba
  • 57': Adam Le Fondre
FT
2 - 1
Wellington Phoenix FC
  • 83': Ben Waine

Sydney FC beat Wellington Phoenix for first A-League Men win of season

A-League

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Patrick Yazbek (Sydney FC).
  • 1': Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 4': Attempt missed. Anthony Caceres (Sydney FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Elvis Kamsoba.
  • 4': Attempt missed. Adam Le Fondre (Sydney FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Anthony Caceres.
  • 5': Corner, Sydney FC. Conceded by Tim Payne.
  • 7': Foul by Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 7': Paulo Retre (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Paulo Retre.
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked.
  • 9': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Paulo Retre.
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Reno Piscopo.
  • 10': Attempt saved. Elvis Kamsoba (Sydney FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Caceres.
  • 11': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Jaushua Sotirio tries a through ball, but Ben Waine is caught offside.
  • 15': Attempt missed. Elvis Kamsoba (Sydney FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Anthony Caceres.
  • 17': Foul by Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 17': Max Burgess (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Attempt missed. Max Burgess (Sydney FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Joel King with a headed pass.
  • 19': Goal! Sydney FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Elvis Kamsoba (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Harry Van der Saag with a headed pass.
  • 24': Attempt missed. Anthony Caceres (Sydney FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Adam Le Fondre.
  • 25': Foul by Elvis Kamsoba (Sydney FC).
  • 25': Louis Fenton (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Alexander Paulsen replaces Oliver Sail because of an injury.
  • 28': Attempt saved. Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Clayton Lewis.
  • 29': Attempt saved. Max Burgess (Sydney FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paulo Retre.
  • 33': Corner, Sydney FC. Conceded by Louis Fenton.
  • 34': Foul by Harry Van der Saag (Sydney FC).
  • 34': Sam Sutton (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Foul by Anthony Caceres (Sydney FC).
  • 35': Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 37': Attempt saved. Elvis Kamsoba (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adam Le Fondre with a through ball.
  • 38': Corner, Sydney FC. Conceded by Alexander Paulsen.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Patrick Yazbek (Sydney FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 38': Corner, Sydney FC. Conceded by Alexander Paulsen.
  • 39': Attempt missed. James Donachie (Sydney FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Max Burgess (Sydney FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Elvis Kamsoba.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Anthony Caceres (Sydney FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Elvis Kamsoba.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Anthony Caceres (Sydney FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Elvis Kamsoba.
  • 42': Corner, Sydney FC. Conceded by Alex Rufer.
  • 44': Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Foul by Patrick Yazbek (Sydney FC).
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Elvis Kamsoba (Sydney FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Harry Van der Saag with a cross.
  • 45'+2': Anthony Caceres (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Sydney FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Sydney FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Callan Elliot replaces Louis Fenton.
  • 46': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Patrick Yazbek.
  • 47': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Clayton Lewis tries a through ball, but Ben Waine is caught offside.
  • 48': Foul by Patrick Yazbek (Sydney FC).
  • 48': Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 53': Foul by Harry Van der Saag (Sydney FC).
  • 53': Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 53': Foul by Elvis Kamsoba (Sydney FC).
  • 53': Sam Sutton (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 56': Attempt blocked. David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 57': Goal! Sydney FC 2, Wellington Phoenix 0. Adam Le Fondre (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Anthony Caceres.
  • 59': Foul by Callan Elliot (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 59': Max Burgess (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 61': Foul by Paulo Retre (Sydney FC).
  • 61': Paulo Retre (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Sutton.
  • 62': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by James Donachie.
  • 63': Attempt blocked. Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by David Ball.
  • 64': Attempt missed. Anthony Caceres (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Elvis Kamsoba.
  • 65': Substitution, Sydney FC. Bobô replaces Adam Le Fondre.
  • 65': Substitution, Sydney FC. Rhyan Grant replaces Harry Van der Saag.
  • 65': Substitution, Sydney FC. Milos Ninkovic replaces Max Burgess.
  • 66': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Milos Ninkovic.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Clayton Lewis with a cross following a corner.
  • 66': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Benjamin Old replaces Jaushua Sotirio.
  • 66': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Nicholas Pennington replaces Alex Rufer.
  • 69': Foul by Bobô (Sydney FC).
  • 69': Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Attempt missed. Joel King (Sydney FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Paulo Retre with a cross.
  • 72': Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 72': Foul by Paulo Retre (Sydney FC).
  • 75': Attempt missed. Paulo Retre (Sydney FC) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Elvis Kamsoba.
  • 76': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Oskar van Hattum replaces David Ball.
  • 77': Attempt missed. Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 77': Substitution, Sydney FC. Calem Nieuwenhof replaces Patrick Yazbek.
  • 78': Attempt saved. Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Reno Piscopo.
  • 78': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Andrew Redmayne.
  • 80': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Nicholas Pennington tries a through ball, but Ben Waine is caught offside.
  • 81': Substitution, Sydney FC. Trent Buhagiar replaces Elvis Kamsoba.
  • 82': Foul by Joel King (Sydney FC).
  • 82': Oskar van Hattum (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Benjamin Old (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
  • 83': Goal! Sydney FC 2, Wellington Phoenix 1. Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Benjamin Old following a set piece situation.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  • 84': VAR Decision: Goal Sydney FC 2-1 Wellington Phoenix (Benjamin Old).
  • 85': Foul by Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 85': Joel King (Sydney FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 86': Benjamin Old (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Foul by Trent Buhagiar (Sydney FC).
  • 88': Foul by Trent Buhagiar (Sydney FC).
  • 88': Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Foul by Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 89': Milos Ninkovic (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Corner, Sydney FC. Conceded by Sam Sutton.
  • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Benjamin Old (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Clayton Lewis.
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Benjamin Old.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 90'+3': Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Corner, Sydney FC. Conceded by Callan Elliot.
  • 90'+5': Milos Ninkovic (Sydney FC) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Anthony Caceres.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Sydney FC 2, Wellington Phoenix 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Sydney FC 2, Wellington Phoenix 1.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Sydney FC 2, Wellington Phoenix 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Sydney FC 2, Wellington Phoenix 1.

Statistics

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7 Fouls 14
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 0
6 Corner Kicks 7
4 Saves 3
50.7 Possession 49.3
13 SHOTS 20
4 ON GOAL 6
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
418 Accurate Passes 399
511 Passes 491
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 6
12 Crosses 17
0.2 Cross % 0.4
52 Long Balls 61
23 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
5 Blocked Shots 2
9 Effective Tackles 8
12 Tackles 12
0.8 Tackle % 0.7
4 Interceptions 7
15 Effective Clearances 15
15 Clearances 15

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Location: Sydney, Australia
Attendance: 5,150

A-League Men Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Adelaide United 0 0 0
2 Auckland FC 0 0 0
3 Brisbane Roar 0 0 0
4 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0
Full Table

Line-Ups

SYD Sydney FC (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Andrew Redmayne (GK)
4 Alex Wilkinson
2 James Donachie
16 Joel King
21 Harry Van Der Saag
8 Paulo Retre Yellow Card
32 Patrick Yazbek
22 Max Burgess
17 Anthony Cáceres
14 Adam Le Fondre
27 Elvis Kamsoba
Sydney FC Substitutes:
Bobô, Calem Nieuwenhof, Trent Buhagiar, Milos Ninkovic, Tom Heward-Belle, Rhyan Grant, Ben Warland.

WEL Wellington Phoenix FC (4-4-2)

No. Name
20 Oliver Sail (GK)
21 Joshua Laws
6 Tim Payne
19 Sam Sutton
16 Louis Fenton
23 Lewis Clayton
14 Alex Rufer
11 Jaushua Sotirio
10 Reno Piscopo
9 David Ball
18 Ben Waine
Wellington Phoenix FC Substitutes:
Nicholas Pennington, Matthew Bozinovski, Ben Old, Oskar van Hattum, Luka Prso, Alex Paulsen, Callan Elliot.

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