Sydney FC vs Wellington 2022-23 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

FT
0 - 1

10': Oskar Zawada
71': Bozhidar Kraev
86': Nicholas Pennington

Introduction

Sydney FC are hosting Wellington Phoenix FC at Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
10': Goal! Sydney FC 0, Wellington Phoenix 1. Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Clayton Lewis with a through ball.
10': Substitution, Sydney FC. Adrian Segecic replaces Patrick Yazbek because of an injury.
34': Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Second Half begins Sydney FC 0, Wellington Phoenix 1.
53': Paulo Retre (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
63': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Nicholas Pennington replaces Kosta Barbarouses.
63': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Steven Ugarkovic replaces Alex Rufer.
71': Second yellow card to Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix) for a bad foul.
73': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Joshua Laws replaces Oskar Zawada.
77': Substitution, Sydney FC. Patrick Wood replaces Adrian Segecic.
77': Substitution, Sydney FC. Connor O'Toole replaces Diego Caballo.
86': Max Burgess (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card.
86': Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
87': Substitution, Sydney FC. Jaiden Kucharski replaces Paulo Retre.
88': Oliver Sail (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
90'+4': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Yan Sasse replaces Clayton Lewis.
90'+7': Penalty saved! Adam Le Fondre (Sydney FC) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
90'+9': Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Adam Le Fondre (Sydney FC) right footed shot is close, but misses to the right. Adam Le Fondre should be disappointed.
90'+10': Second Half ends, Sydney FC 0, Wellington Phoenix 1.

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: Allianz Stadium
Location: Sydney, Australia
Attendance: 13,921

Australian A-League Men Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+22	Auckland FC	26	53	3
+16	Melbourne City FC	26	48	6
+18	Western United	26	47	7
+18	Western Sydney Wanderers	26	46	6

Full Table

Statistics

WEL		SYD
14	Fouls	11
1	Yellow Cards	2
2	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	3
2	Corner Kicks	3
5	Saves	2
39.6	Possession	60.4
6	SHOTS	13
3	ON GOAL	5
0.5	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	2
281	Accurate Passes	462
372	Passes	549
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
1	Accurate Crosses	6
4	Crosses	23
0.3	Cross %	0.3
45	Long Balls	49
7	Accurate Long Balls	23
0.2	Long Balls %	0.5
2	Blocked Shots	2
6	Effective Tackles	10
11	Tackles	16
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
7	Interceptions	5
31	Effective Clearances	9
31	Clearances	9

Line-Ups

Sydney FC (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Andrew Redmayne (GK)
6	Jack Rodwell
2	James Donachie
18	Diego Caballo
23	Rhyan Grant
17	Anthony Cáceres
8	Paulo Retre
16	Patrick Yazbek
9	Adam Le Fondre
11	Róbert Mak
22	Max Burgess

Substitutes:

Patrick Wood, Tom Heward-Belle, Jake Girdwood-Reich, Adrian Segecic, Jaiden Kucharski, Aaron Gurd, Connor O'Toole.

Wellington Phoenix FC (4-4-2)

No.	Name
20	Oliver Sail (GK)
6	Tim Payne
4	Scott Wootton
12	Lucas Mauragis
17	Callan Elliot
23	Clayton Lewis
14	Alex Rufer
11	Bozhidar Kraev
7	Kosta Barbarouses
9	Oskar Zawada
10	David Ball

Substitutes:

Steven Ugarkovic, Joshua Laws, Yan, Ben Old, Nicholas Pennington, Alex Paulsen, Oskar van Hattum.

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