Australian A-League Men

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

· Australian A-League Men
Newcastle Jets
  • 51': Olivier Boumal
  • 63': Olivier Boumal
  • 67': Beka Mikeltadze
  • 83': Eli Babalj
FT
4 - 0
Wellington Phoenix FC

    About

    Newcastle Jets are hosting Wellington Phoenix FC at McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 4': Foul by Joshua Laws (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 4': Savvas Siatravanis (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Joshua Laws (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 6': Foul by Olivier Boumal (Newcastle Jets).
    • 6': Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 12': Corner, Newcastle Jets. Conceded by Scott Wootton.
    • 13': Attempt missed. Mohamed Al-Taay (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Beka Mikeltadze following a corner.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Savvas Siatravanis (Newcastle Jets) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Olivier Boumal with a cross.
    • 15': Attempt missed. Louis Fenton (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by James McGarry with a cross.
    • 16': Attempt blocked. James McGarry (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gael Sandoval.
    • 16': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Jason Hoffman.
    • 17': Hand ball by Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets).
    • 19': Attempt blocked. Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gary Hooper.
    • 19': Attempt missed. Olivier Boumal (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Daniel Penha.
    • 21': Attempt blocked. Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Elsey.
    • 22': Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 22': Foul by Louis Fenton (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 24': Attempt missed. Olivier Boumal (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jason Hoffman with a cross.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by James McGarry.
    • 26': Foul by Olivier Boumal (Newcastle Jets).
    • 26': Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Attempt saved. Angus Thurgate (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 31': Foul by Olivier Boumal (Newcastle Jets).
    • 31': Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 31': Foul by Mohamed Al-Taay (Newcastle Jets).
    • 31': Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Attempt saved. Gary Hooper (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 34': Foul by Mohamed Al-Taay (Newcastle Jets).
    • 34': Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Mohamed Al-Taay (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 35': Attempt saved. Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicholas Pennington.
    • 39': Foul by Jason Hoffman (Newcastle Jets).
    • 39': Sam Sutton (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Jordan Elsey.
    • 42': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Joshua Laws tries a through ball, but Jaushua Sotirio is caught offside.
    • 43': Foul by Sam Sutton (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 43': Savvas Siatravanis (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Foul by Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 44': Corner, Newcastle Jets. Conceded by James McGarry.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Jordan Elsey (Newcastle Jets) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Daniel Penha with a cross following a corner.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Newcastle Jets 0, Wellington Phoenix 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Newcastle Jets 0, Wellington Phoenix 0.
    • 46': Attempt missed. Sam Sutton (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by James McGarry.
    • 47': Foul by Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets).
    • 47': Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Angus Thurgate (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Foul by Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 48': Attempt saved. Sam Sutton (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gary Hooper.
    • 49': Attempt missed. Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Savvas Siatravanis.
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Olivier Boumal (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Angus Thurgate.
    • 51': Attempt saved. Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Olivier Boumal.
    • 51': Goal! Newcastle Jets 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Olivier Boumal (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
    • 53': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Jordan Elsey.
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Scott Wootton (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Jaushua Sotirio.
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Gary Hooper (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is too high following a corner.
    • 55': Corner, Newcastle Jets. Conceded by Gael Sandoval.
    • 57': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Callan Elliot replaces Jaushua Sotirio because of an injury.
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Angus Thurgate (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Beka Mikeltadze.
    • 62': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Brandon Wilson replaces Mohamed Al-Taay.
    • 62': Foul by Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets).
    • 62': Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 63': Attempt blocked. Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James McGarry.
    • 63': Goal! Newcastle Jets 2, Wellington Phoenix 0. Olivier Boumal (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Savvas Siatravanis.
    • 66': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Savvas Siatravanis.
    • 67': Goal! Newcastle Jets 3, Wellington Phoenix 0. Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Penha.
    • 68': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. George Ott replaces James McGarry.
    • 69': Attempt saved. Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Gary Hooper.
    • 69': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Michael Weier.
    • 70': Foul by Angus Thurgate (Newcastle Jets).
    • 70': Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 70': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Valentino Yuel replaces Olivier Boumal.
    • 73': Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 73': Foul by Callan Elliot (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 74': Callan Elliot (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 77': Attempt missed. Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a fast break.
    • 77': Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card.
    • 78': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Eli Babalj replaces Beka Mikeltadze.
    • 78': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Lucas Mauragis replaces Savvas Siatravanis.
    • 78': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Jackson Manuel replaces Nicholas Pennington.
    • 79': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Finn Surman replaces Tim Payne because of an injury.
    • 80': Foul by Brandon Wilson (Newcastle Jets).
    • 80': George Ott (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Attempt missed. Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Angus Thurgate.
    • 83': Goal! Newcastle Jets 4, Wellington Phoenix 0. Eli Babalj (Newcastle Jets) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dylan Murnane with a cross.
    • 85': Attempt missed. Lucas Mauragis (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Valentino Yuel.
    • 88': Callan Elliot (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 88': Foul by Angus Thurgate (Newcastle Jets).
    • 90': Attempt saved. Jason Hoffman (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Penha.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Valentino Yuel (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Angus Thurgate (Newcastle Jets).
    • 90'+3': Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Newcastle Jets 4, Wellington Phoenix 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Newcastle Jets 4, Wellington Phoenix 0.

    Statistics

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    6 Fouls 13
    2 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 0
    5 Corner Kicks 3
    3 Saves 5
    49 Possession 51
    14 SHOTS 20
    4 ON GOAL 7
    0.3 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    415 Accurate Passes 423
    483 Passes 503
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    4 Accurate Crosses 9
    18 Crosses 20
    0.2 Cross % 0.5
    50 Long Balls 48
    26 Accurate Long Balls 22
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    5 Blocked Shots 3
    5 Effective Tackles 11
    12 Tackles 20
    0.4 Tackle % 0.6
    15 Interceptions 11
    16 Effective Clearances 19
    16 Clearances 19

    Game Information

    Competition: Australian A-League Men

    Venue: McDonald Jones Stadium
    Location: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
    Attendance: 4,353

    A-League Men Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Sydney FC 1 0 1
    2 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 0 1
    3 Adelaide United 0 0 0
    4 Auckland FC 0 0 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    NEW Newcastle Jets (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    20 Michael Weier (GK)
    6 Matthew Jurman
    4 Jordan Elsey
    15 Dylan Murnane
    3 Jason Hoffman
    11 Daniel Penha
    14 Mohamed Al-Taay Yellow Card
    32 Angus Thurgate
    9 Beka Mikeltadze
    10 Olivier Boumal
    21 Savvas Siatravanis
    Newcastle Jets Substitutes:
    Taylor Regan, Jack Duncan, Lucas Mauragis, Kosta Grozos, Brandon Wilson, Eli Babalj, Valentino Yuel.

    WEL Wellington Phoenix FC (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    40 Alex Paulsen (GK)
    6 Tim Payne
    4 Scott Wootton
    5 James McGarry
    16 Louis Fenton
    21 Joshua Laws Yellow Card
    13 Nicholas Pennington
    19 Sam Sutton
    7 Wálter Sandoval
    11 Jaushua Sotirio
    88 Gary Hooper
    Wellington Phoenix FC Substitutes:
    Jackson Manuel, Kurtis Mogg, Callan Elliot, Finn Surman, Matthew Bozinovski, George Ott, Henry Gray.

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