Wellington vs Melbourne V 2021-22 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

74': Reno Piscopo

FT
1 - 0

Introduction

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

Match Commentary

45': Second Half begins Wellington Phoenix 0, Melbourne Victory 0.
57': David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
62': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Marco Rojas replaces Nishan Velupillay.
71': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Louis Fenton replaces Tim Payne.
73': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Nicholas D'Agostino replaces Francesco Margiotta.
73': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jake Brimmer replaces Ben Folami.
74': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne Victory 0. Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Ball.
76': Louis Fenton (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
78': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Lleyton Brooks replaces Chris Ikonomidis.
82': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Benjamin Old replaces Gael Sandoval.
90': Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Ben Waine replaces Reno Piscopo.
90': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Oskar van Hattum replaces Jaushua Sotirio.
90': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Nicholas Pennington replaces Alex Rufer.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne Victory 0.

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: WIN Stadium
Location: Illawarra, Australia

Australian A-League Men Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+12	Newcastle Jets	21	40	7
+15	Auckland FC	21	39	4
+8	Sydney FC	20	33	7
+5	Adelaide United	21	32	7

Full Table

Statistics

MVC		WEL
11	Fouls	11
0	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
4	Corner Kicks	5
4	Saves	4
43	Possession	57
14	SHOTS	17
4	ON GOAL	5
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
395	Accurate Passes	557
457	Passes	617
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
4	Accurate Crosses	3
18	Crosses	14
0.2	Cross %	0.2
32	Long Balls	66
13	Accurate Long Balls	42
0.4	Long Balls %	0.6
3	Blocked Shots	5
11	Effective Tackles	5
17	Tackles	12
0.6	Tackle %	0.4
6	Interceptions	3
21	Effective Clearances	20
21	Clearances	20

Line-Ups

Wellington Phoenix FC (4-4-2)

No.	Name
20	Oliver Sail (GK)
21	Joshua Laws
4	Scott Wootton
19	Sam Sutton
6	Tim Payne
23	Clayton Lewis
14	Alex Rufer
10	Reno Piscopo
7	Wálter Sandoval
9	David Ball
11	Jaushua Sotirio

Substitutes:

Nicholas Pennington, Finn Surman, Ben Old, Oskar van Hattum, Alex Paulsen, Louis Fenton, Ben Waine.

Melbourne Victory (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
50	Ivan Kelava (GK)
6	Leigh Broxham
17	Brendan Hamill
3	Jason Davidson
2	Jason Geria
7	Christopher Ikonomidis
13	Birkan Kirdar
8	Josh Brillante
9	Francesco Margiotta
11	Ben Folami
24	Nishan Velupillay

Substitutes:

Nicholas D'Agostino, Matt Acton, Lleyton Brooks, Jake Brimmer, Stefan Nigro, Marco Rojas, Aaron Anderson.

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