Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, December 18, 2021
Wellington Phoenix WDWLL 1
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Sydney FC LDLDL 2
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SYD112
Netstrata Jubilee Stadium · 5,150 att.

Match Report

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

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

SYD leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

SYD · 4-4-2

  1. 1Andrew RedmayneG
  2. 4Alex WilkinsonCD-L
  3. 2James DonachieCD-R
  4. 16Joel KingLB
  5. 21Harry Van Der SaagRB
  6. 8Paulo RetreCM-L
  7. 32Patrick YazbekCM-R
  8. 22Max BurgessLM
  9. 17Anthony CáceresRM
  10. 14Adam Le FondreCF-L
  11. 27Elvis KamsobaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9BobôSUB
  2. 28Calem NieuwenhofSUB
  3. 12Trent BuhagiarSUB
  4. 10Milos NinkovicSUB
  5. 20Tom Heward-BelleSUB
  6. 23Rhyan GrantSUB
  7. 3Ben WarlandSUB

WEL · 4-4-2

  1. 20Oliver SailG
  2. 21Joshua LawsCD-L
  3. 6Tim PayneCD-R
  4. 19Sam SuttonLB
  5. 16Louis FentonRB
  6. 23Lewis ClaytonCM-L
  7. 14Alex RuferCM-R
  8. 11Jaushua SotirioLM
  9. 10Reno PiscopoRM
  10. 9David BallCF-L
  11. 18Ben WaineCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Nicholas PenningtonSUB
  2. 3Matthew BozinovskiSUB
  3. 8Ben OldSUB
  4. 43Oskar van HattumSUB
  5. 12Luka PrsoSUB
  6. 40Alex PaulsenSUB
  7. 17Callan ElliotSUB

Timeline

  1. 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.
  2. 27' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Alexander Paulsen replaces Oliver Sail because of an injury.
  3. 45' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Callan Elliot replaces Louis Fenton.
  4. 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.
  5. 61' Paulo Retre (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 65' Substitution, Sydney FC. Bobô replaces Adam Le Fondre.
  7. 65' Substitution, Sydney FC. Rhyan Grant replaces Harry Van der Saag.
  8. 65' Substitution, Sydney FC. Milos Ninkovic replaces Max Burgess.
  9. 66' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Benjamin Old replaces Jaushua Sotirio.
  10. 66' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Nicholas Pennington replaces Alex Rufer.
  11. 76' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Oskar van Hattum replaces David Ball.
  12. 77' Substitution, Sydney FC. Calem Nieuwenhof replaces Patrick Yazbek.
  13. 81' Substitution, Sydney FC. Trent Buhagiar replaces Elvis Kamsoba.
  14. 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.

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