Wellington vs Newcastle Jets 2022-23 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

Wellington Phoenix FC

40': Callan Elliot
45'+6': Oskar Zawada (P)

FT
2 - 1

Newcastle Jets

51': Manabu Saito

Introduction

Wellington Phoenix FC are hosting Newcastle Jets at Sky Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Commentary

35': Trent Buhagiar (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
38': David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
40': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Newcastle Jets 0. Callan Elliot (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bozhidar Kraev following a set piece situation.
41': Jack Duncan (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card.
45'+6': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Newcastle Jets 0. Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
45'+7': First Half ends, Wellington Phoenix 2, Newcastle Jets 0.
51': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Newcastle Jets 1. Manabu Saito (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Trent Buhagiar.
54': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Kosta Barbarouses replaces David Ball.
63': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Joshua Laws replaces Yan Sasse.
78': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Beka Dartsmelia replaces Brandon O'Neill.
80': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Daniel Stynes replaces Manabu Saito.
84': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Thomas Aquilina replaces Dane Ingham.
86': Carl Jenkinson (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+6': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Oskar van Hattum replaces Oskar Zawada.
90'+6': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Nikko Boxall replaces Callan Elliot.

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: Sky Stadium
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Attendance: 6,388

Australian A-League Men Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+16	Wellington Phoenix FC	27	53	4
+20	Central Coast Mariners	26	52	6
+10	Melbourne Victory	27	42	5
+11	Sydney FC	27	41	10

Full Table

Statistics

NEW		WEL
19	Fouls	9
3	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	4
7	Corner Kicks	3
2	Saves	5
56.7	Possession	43.3
18	SHOTS	11
6	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
511	Accurate Passes	382
590	Passes	461
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
6	Accurate Crosses	2
23	Crosses	7
0.3	Cross %	0.3
33	Long Balls	53
19	Accurate Long Balls	29
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
2	Blocked Shots	4
8	Effective Tackles	7
14	Tackles	10
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
10	Interceptions	11
7	Effective Clearances	21
7	Clearances	21

Line-Ups

Wellington Phoenix FC (4-4-2)

No.	Name
20	Oliver Sail (GK)
6	Tim Payne
4	Scott Wootton
12	Lucas Mauragis
17	Callan Elliot
5	Steven Ugarkovic
14	Alex Rufer
11	Bozhidar Kraev
31	Yan
9	Oskar Zawada
10	David Ball

Substitutes:

Alexander Paulsen, Nicholas Pennington, Kosta Barbarouses, Benjamin Old, Oskar van Hattum, Nikko Boxall, Joshua Laws.

Newcastle Jets (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Jack Duncan (GK)
5	Matthew Jurman
25	Carl Jenkinson
3	Jason Hoffman
2	Dane Ingham
6	Brandon O'Neill
32	Angus Thurgate
4	Manabu Saito
11	Jaushua Sotirio
7	Trent Buhagiar
17	Kosta Grozos

Substitutes:

Mark Natta, Mohamed Al-Taay, Daniel Stynes, Thomas Aquilina, Beka Dartsmelia, Philip Cancar, Michael Weier.

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