Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, April 17, 2026
Western Sydney Wanderers FC LDLLL 1
–
Wellington Phoenix DWWWL 2
1st2ndT
WSW101
WEL112
Orangetheory Stadium · 11,066 att. · ESPN+

Team Stats

9
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
10
4
Saves
6
55.5
Possession
44.5
10
SHOTS
18
7
ON GOAL
6
0.7
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
0
Blocked Shots
5
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 · 4-4-2

  1. 1Josh OluwayemiG
  2. 15Isaac HughesCD-L
  3. 28Bill TuilomaCD-R
  4. 18Lukas Kelly-HealdLB
  5. 6Tim PayneRB
  6. 8Paulo RetreCM-L
  7. 14Alex RuferCM-R
  8. 25Kazuki NagasawaLM
  9. 20Ramy NajjarineRM
  10. 3Corban PiperCF-L
  11. 7Ifeanyi EzeCF-R

WSW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Jordan HolmesG
  2. 22Anthony PantazopoulosCD-L
  3. 24Nathan BarrieCD-R
  4. 3Alex GersbachLB
  5. 5Dylan SciclunaRB
  6. 23Bozhidar KraevAM
  7. 32Angus ThurgateLM
  8. 8Steven UgarkovicRM
  9. 26Brandon BorrelloF
  10. 7Ryan FraserAM-L
  11. 38Jai RoseAM-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Ifeanyi Eze (Wellington Phoenix FC) Goal at 16'
  2. 38' Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 38'
  3. 41' Brandon Borrello (Western Sydney Wanderers) Goal at 41'
  4. 56' Kazuki Nagasawa (Wellington Phoenix FC) Goal at 56'
  5. 59' Atiya Waraga (Western Sydney Wanderers) Substitution at 59'
  6. 62' Matthew Sheridan (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 62'
  7. 62' Sander Kartum (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 62'
  8. 78' Hiroshi Ibusuki (Western Sydney Wanderers) Substitution at 78'
  9. 83' Luke Brooke-Smith (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 83'
  10. 90' Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 90'

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