Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, February 9, 2024
Western United LDLDL 0
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Wellington Phoenix DWDDW 2
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WTU000
WEL112
Sky Stadium · 6,434 att.

Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
2
47.5
Possession
52.5
9
SHOTS
10
2
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
465
Accurate Passes
515
542
Passes
605
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
5
11
Crosses
12
0.1
Cross %
0.4
30
Long Balls
56
11
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
12
20
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
13
Interceptions
9
13
Effective Clearances
16
13
Clearances
16

Head to Head

WEL leads series 3-2

Lineups

WEL · 4-3-2-1

  1. 40Alex PaulsenG
  2. 4Scott WoottonCD-L
  3. 3Finn SurmanCD-R
  4. 18Lukas Kelly-HealdLB
  5. 6Tim PayneRB
  6. 14Alex RuferCM
  7. 15Nicholas PenningtonCM-L
  8. 12Mohamed Al-TaayCM-R
  9. 7Kosta BarbarousesF
  10. 49Bozhidar KraevCF-L
  11. 10David BallCF-R

WTU · 4-4-2

  1. 1Tom Heward-BelleG
  2. 4James DonachieCD-L
  3. 22Kane VidmarCD-R
  4. 36Zach LisolajskiLB
  5. 19Joshua RisdonRB
  6. 32Angus ThurgateCM-L
  7. 21Sebastian PasqualiCM-R
  8. 8Lachlan WalesLM
  9. 11Daniel PenhaRM
  10. 38Noah BoticCF-L
  11. 9Michael RuhsCF-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Western United 0. Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bozhidar Kraev.
  2. 26' Sebastian Pasquali (Western United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 47' Own Goal by James Donachie, Western United. Wellington Phoenix 2, Western United 0.
  4. 58' Substitution, Western United. Nikita Rukavytsya replaces Noah Botic.
  5. 59' Substitution, Western United. Charbel Shamoon replaces Zach Lisolajski.
  6. 60' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Ben Old replaces Alex Rufer.
  7. 69' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Fin Conchie replaces Mohamed Al-Taay.
  8. 70' James Donachie (Western United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 71' Substitution, Western United. Ramy Najjarine replaces Michael Ruhs.
  10. 71' Substitution, Western United. Rhys Bozinovski replaces Sebastian Pasquali.
  11. 82' Substitution, Western United. Matthew Grimaldi replaces Angus Thurgate.
  12. 82' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Isaac Hughes replaces Nicholas Pennington because of an injury.
  13. 90'+3' Alex Paulsen (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.

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