Australian A-League Men

FT Thursday, January 4, 2024
Wellington Phoenix WLWWL 2
–
Adelaide United FC LLLWL 2
1st2ndT
WEL112
ADL112
Coopers Stadium · 11,187 att.

Team Stats

5
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
18
5
Saves
2
45.4
Possession
54.6
8
SHOTS
28
4
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
352
Accurate Passes
414
421
Passes
474
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
11
11
Crosses
45
0.1
Cross %
0.2
59
Long Balls
43
24
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
7
6
Effective Tackles
7
15
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
11
39
Effective Clearances
17
39
Clearances
17

Head to Head

ADL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

ADL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1James DelianovG
  2. 4Nicholas AnsellCD-L
  3. 41Alexandar PopovicCD-R
  4. 7Ryan KittoLB
  5. 43Giuseppe BovalinaRB
  6. 17Luka JovanovicAM
  7. 8Isaías LM
  8. 22Ryan TunnicliffeRM
  9. 9Hiroshi IbusukiF
  10. 10Zach CloughAM-L
  11. 66Nestory IrankundaAM-R

WEL · 4-3-1-2

  1. 40Alex PaulsenG
  2. 4Scott WoottonCD-L
  3. 3Finn SurmanCD-R
  4. 18Lukas Kelly-HealdLB
  5. 6Tim PayneRB
  6. 11Bozhidar KraevM
  7. 14Alex RuferCM
  8. 8Ben OldAM
  9. 15Nicholas PenningtonLM
  10. 12Mohamed Al-TaayRM
  11. 7Kosta BarbarousesCF-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Adelaide United 0, Wellington Phoenix 1. Kosta Barbarouses (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lukas Kelly-Heald with a headed pass.
  2. 26' Goal! Adelaide United 1, Wellington Phoenix 1. Hiroshi Ibusuki (Adelaide United) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Zach Clough with a cross following a corner.
  3. 37' Nestory Irankunda (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Ryan Tunnicliffe (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 43' Alexandar Popovic (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Adelaide United. Ben Halloran replaces Luka Jovanovic.
  7. 45' Substitution, Adelaide United. Ben Warland replaces Nicholas Ansell.
  8. 46' Goal! Adelaide United 1, Wellington Phoenix 2. Kosta Barbarouses (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  9. 55' Goal! Adelaide United 2, Wellington Phoenix 2. Hiroshi Ibusuki (Adelaide United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nestory Irankunda.
  10. 56' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Sam Sutton replaces Lukas Kelly-Heald.
  11. 62' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. David Ball replaces Mohamed Al-Taay.
  12. 77' Alex Paulsen (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 82' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Oskar van Hattum replaces Bozhidar Kraev.
  14. 83' Ben Warland (Adelaide United) is shown the red card.
  15. 85' Substitution, Adelaide United. Javi López replaces Zach Clough.
  16. 90'+2' Oskar van Hattum (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+3' Substitution, Adelaide United. Ethan Alagich replaces Nestory Irankunda.
  18. 90'+4' Hiroshi Ibusuki (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 90'+6' Substitution, Adelaide United. Luke Duzel replaces Hiroshi Ibusuki.

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