Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, February 28, 2026
Sydney FC LLDWW 1
–
Wellington Phoenix DLDLL 0
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Team Stats

9
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
2
54.3
Possession
45.7
10
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
3
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

WEL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

WEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Josh OluwayemiG
  2. 28Bill TuilomaCD
  3. 15Isaac HughesCD-L
  4. 4Manjrekar JamesCD-R
  5. 8Paulo RetreCM-L
  6. 14Alex RuferCM-R
  7. 11Carlo ArmientoLM
  8. 27Matthew SheridanRM
  9. 3Corban PiperF
  10. 25Kazuki NagasawaCF-L
  11. 20Ramy NajjarineCF-R

SYD · 4-1-4-1

  1. 12Harrison Devenish-MearesG
  2. 5Alex GrantCD-L
  3. 41Alexandar PopovicCD-R
  4. 24Paul Okon-EngstlerDM
  5. 17Ben GaruccioLB
  6. 23Rhyan GrantRB
  7. 70Ahmet ArslanCM-L
  8. 20Tiago QuintalCM-R
  9. 7Piero QuispeLM
  10. 10Joe LolleyRM
  11. 80Apostolos StamatelopoulosF

Timeline

  1. 4' Ramy Najjarine (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 4'
  2. 41' Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 41'
  3. 45' Víctor Campuzano (Sydney FC) Substitution at 45'
  4. 49' Alexandar Popovic (Sydney FC) Goal at 49'
  5. 59' Al Hassan Toure (Sydney FC) Substitution at 59'
  6. 60' Isaac Hughes (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 60'
  7. 62' Tiago Quintal (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 62'
  8. 64' Luke Brooke-Smith (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 64'
  9. 77' Rhys Youlley (Sydney FC) Substitution at 77'
  10. 81' Nikola Mileusnic (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 81'
  11. 81' Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 81'
  12. 87' Marcel Tisserand (Sydney FC) Substitution at 87'

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