Australian A-League Men

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

  • 9': Brandon Borrello
  • 31': Calem Nieuwenhof
  • 65': Aidan Simmons
  • 87': Kusini Yengi
FT
4 - 0

Introduction

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

Match Commentary

  • 9': Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Brandon Borrello (Western Sydney Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Milos Ninkovic.
  • 31': Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers 2, Wellington Phoenix 0. Calem Nieuwenhof (Western Sydney Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Brandon Borrello.
  • 52': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Kosta Barbarouses replaces Bozhidar Kraev.
  • 61': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers. Yeni N'Gbakoto replaces Amor Layouni because of an injury.
  • 65': Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers 3, Wellington Phoenix 0. Aidan Simmons (Western Sydney Wanderers) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Romain Amalfitano with a through ball.
  • 69': Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Lucas Mauragis replaces Clayton Lewis.
  • 72': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Alex Rufer replaces Sam Sutton.
  • 72': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Joshua Laws replaces Tim Payne.
  • 77': Callan Elliot (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 79': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Nicholas Pennington replaces Steven Ugarkovic.
  • 79': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers. Kusini Yengi replaces Milos Ninkovic.
  • 79': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers. Nicolas Milanovic replaces Romain Amalfitano.
  • 86': Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 87': Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers 4, Wellington Phoenix 0. Kusini Yengi (Western Sydney Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolas Milanovic with a through ball.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Western Sydney Wanderers 4, Wellington Phoenix 0.

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: CommBank Stadium
Location: Sydney, Australia
Attendance: 10,766

Australian A-League Men Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+12 Wellington Phoenix FC 22 43 3
+16 Central Coast Mariners 21 40 5
+2 Macarthur FC 22 35 5
+10 Melbourne Victory 22 35 3
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Statistics

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11 Fouls 5
3 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 2
5 Corner Kicks 1
8 Saves 3
46.8 Possession 53.2
13 SHOTS 19
3 ON GOAL 12
0.2 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
500 Accurate Passes 590
557 Passes 657
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
5 Accurate Crosses 0
24 Crosses 3
0.2 Cross % 0.0
34 Long Balls 50
18 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
3 Blocked Shots 4
13 Effective Tackles 17
24 Tackles 28
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
6 Interceptions 13
7 Effective Clearances 17
7 Clearances 17

Line-Ups

WSW Western Sydney Wanderers (4-4-2)

No. Name
20 Lawrence Thomas (GK)
6 Marcelo
5 Tomislav Mrcela
3 Adama Traoré
31 Aidan Simmons
4 Morgan Schneiderlin
28 Calem Nieuwenhof
17 Romain Amalfitano
11 Amor Layouni
10 Milos Ninkovic
26 Brandon Borrello

WEL Wellington Phoenix FC (4-4-2)

No. Name
20 Oliver Sail (GK)
6 Tim Payne Yellow Card
4 Scott Wootton
19 Sam Sutton
17 Callan Elliot Yellow Card
5 Steven Ugarkovic
23 Clayton Lewis
11 Bozhidar Kraev
31 Yan
10 David Ball
9 Oskar Zawada

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