Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, December 22, 2023
Western Sydney Wanderers FC WDLWL 0
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Wellington Phoenix WWLWW 2
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Sky Stadium · 7,294 att.

Team Stats

7
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
7
1
Saves
3
45.6
Possession
54.4
20
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
455
Accurate Passes
544
493
Passes
595
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
2
26
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.1
33
Long Balls
43
24
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
8
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
9
20
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
6
Interceptions
5
24
Effective Clearances
11
24
Clearances
11

Head to Head

WEL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

WEL · 4-2-2-2

  1. 40Alex PaulsenG
  2. 4Scott WoottonCD-L
  3. 3Finn SurmanCD-R
  4. 19Sam SuttonLB
  5. 6Tim PayneRB
  6. 14Alex RuferCM-L
  7. 15Nicholas PenningtonCM-R
  8. 10David BallCF-L
  9. 11Bozhidar KraevCF-R
  10. 7Kosta BarbarousesAM-L
  11. 8Ben OldAM-R

WSW · 4-4-2

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 33Alex BonetigCD-L
  3. 6MarceloCD-R
  4. 19Jack ClisbyLB
  5. 31Aidan SimmonsRB
  6. 36Oscar PriestmanCM-L
  7. 21Jorrit HendrixCM-R
  8. 11Valentino YuelLM
  9. 7Dylan PieriasRM
  10. 9Marcus AntonssonCF-L
  11. 14Nicolas MilanovicCF-R

Timeline

  1. 31' Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 66' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers. Alexander Badolato replaces Valentino Yuel.
  3. 74' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers. Gabriel Cléùr replaces Oscar Priestman.
  4. 74' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Mohamed Al-Taay replaces Nicholas Pennington.
  5. 74' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Luke Supyk replaces David Ball.
  6. 74' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers. Marcus Younis replaces Dylan Pierias.
  7. 75' Nicolas Milanovic (Western Sydney Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 78' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Lukas Kelly-Heald replaces Sam Sutton.
  9. 86' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers. Tate Russell replaces Aidan Simmons.
  10. 86' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers. Lachlan Brook replaces Marcus Antonsson.
  11. 90'+1' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Western Sydney Wanderers 0. Kosta Barbarouses (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Rufer with a through ball.
  12. 90'+4' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Western Sydney Wanderers 0. Ben Old (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kosta Barbarouses with a through ball following a fast break.
  13. 90'+6' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Isaac Hughes replaces Kosta Barbarouses.

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