Wellington Phoenix FC vs Newcastle Jets, 2021-22 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men

Wellington Phoenix FC

25': Jaushua Sotirio (P)
45'+1': Ben Waine
88': David Ball

FT
3 - 2

Newcastle Jets

42': Daniel Penha
63': Olivier Boumal

About

Wellington Phoenix FC are hosting Newcastle Jets at Industree Group Stadium, New South Wales, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the right wing.
1': Foul by Dylan Murnane (Newcastle Jets).
2': Attempt missed. Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Clayton Lewis.
5': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Clayton Lewis tries a through ball, but Ben Waine is caught offside.
5': Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
5': Foul by Joshua Laws (Wellington Phoenix).
5': Joshua Laws (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
6': Attempt blocked. Olivier Boumal (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
7': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Jason Hoffman.
8': Hand ball by Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix).
10': Foul by Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix).
10': Jason Hoffman (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick on the right wing.
10': Attempt missed. Olivier Boumal (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Daniel Penha.
10': Foul by Dylan Murnane (Newcastle Jets).
10': Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Foul by Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix).
12': Olivier Boumal (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
13': Attempt missed. Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Angus Thurgate.
16': Attempt missed. Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by David Ball.
18': Foul by David Ball (Wellington Phoenix).
18': Mario Arqués (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
19': Attempt blocked. Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
20': Foul by Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets).
20': Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Attempt saved. Olivier Boumal (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Angus Thurgate with a headed pass.
21': Attempt saved. Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Olivier Boumal.
22': Attempt missed. Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Mario Arqués with a cross.
24': Penalty Wellington Phoenix. Jaushua Sotirio draws a foul in the penalty area.
24': Penalty conceded by Matthew Jurman (Newcastle Jets) after a foul in the penalty area.
24': Matthew Jurman (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
25': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Newcastle Jets 0. Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
27': Hand ball by Mario Arqués (Newcastle Jets).
28': Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
28': Foul by Angus Thurgate (Newcastle Jets).
29': Attempt saved. Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gael Sandoval.
31': Attempt saved. Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
31': Foul by Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix).
31': Mario Arqués (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick on the right wing.
32': Foul by Mario Arqués (Newcastle Jets).
32': Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Attempt blocked. Angus Thurgate (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jason Hoffman.
33': Corner, Newcastle Jets. Conceded by Scott Wootton.
34': Attempt blocked. Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Angus Thurgate with a headed pass.
34': Attempt blocked. Olivier Boumal (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Elsey.
35': Attempt missed. Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ben Waine with a cross.
35': Offside, Newcastle Jets. Daniel Penha tries a through ball, but Savvas Siatravanis is caught offside.
39': Attempt missed. Jason Hoffman (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
40': Foul by Savvas Siatravanis (Newcastle Jets).
40': Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40': Savvas Siatravanis (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card.
42': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Newcastle Jets 1. Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Beka Mikeltadze.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Jason Hoffman (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Angus Thurgate.
45'+1': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Newcastle Jets 1. Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gael Sandoval following a fast break.
45'+3': Attempt missed. Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high.
45'+4': First Half ends, Wellington Phoenix 2, Newcastle Jets 1.
45': Second Half begins Wellington Phoenix 2, Newcastle Jets 1.
48': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Jordan Elsey.
49': Attempt blocked. Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
49': Corner, Newcastle Jets. Conceded by Alex Rufer.
50': Attempt blocked. Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
50': Attempt blocked. Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
50': Attempt saved. Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Ball.
51': Foul by Olivier Boumal (Newcastle Jets).
51': Sam Sutton (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the left wing.
54': Attempt missed. Savvas Siatravanis (Newcastle Jets) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dylan Murnane with a cross.
54': Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
54': Foul by Jordan Elsey (Newcastle Jets).
56': Attempt missed. Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Daniel Penha.
56': Foul by Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix).
56': Jason Hoffman (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick on the right wing.
57': Attempt missed. Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Angus Thurgate.
57': Attempt blocked. Savvas Siatravanis (Newcastle Jets) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Beka Mikeltadze.
58': Attempt saved. Angus Thurgate (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
60': Foul by Jason Hoffman (Newcastle Jets).
60': Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the left wing.
61': Attempt saved. Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Beka Mikeltadze.
61': Corner, Newcastle Jets. Conceded by Oliver Sail.
62': Corner, Newcastle Jets. Conceded by Tim Payne.
63': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Newcastle Jets 2. Olivier Boumal (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Daniel Penha.
64': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Jordan O'Doherty replaces Mario Arqués.
65': Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
65': Foul by Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix).
66': Attempt blocked. Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
66': Attempt missed. Dylan Murnane (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
67': Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Foul by Matthew Jurman (Newcastle Jets).
68': Attempt blocked. Savvas Siatravanis (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Daniel Penha.
68': Offside, Newcastle Jets. Savvas Siatravanis tries a through ball, but Beka Mikeltadze is caught offside.
70': David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Foul by Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets).
71': Foul by Angus Thurgate (Newcastle Jets).
71': Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
71': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. David Ball tries a through ball, but Jaushua Sotirio is caught offside.
72': Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72': Foul by Angus Thurgate (Newcastle Jets).
72': Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72': Foul by Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets).
74': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Valentino Yuel replaces Olivier Boumal because of an injury.
74': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Samuel Silvera replaces Savvas Siatravanis.
76': Corner, Newcastle Jets. Conceded by Tim Payne.
76': Foul by Jordan O'Doherty (Newcastle Jets).
76': Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76': Jordan O'Doherty (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
78': Attempt blocked. Jordan O'Doherty (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Daniel Penha.
78': Attempt missed. Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Samuel Silvera.
79': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Benjamin Old replaces Ben Waine.
79': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Nicholas Pennington replaces Alex Rufer.
81': Attempt missed. Samuel Silvera (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Valentino Yuel.
82': Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Foul by Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix).
83': Benjamin Old (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the right wing.
83': Foul by Dylan Murnane (Newcastle Jets).
83': Dylan Murnane (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
84': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Gael Sandoval tries a through ball, but Jaushua Sotirio is caught offside.
86': Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Foul by Samuel Silvera (Newcastle Jets).
86': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Eli Babalj replaces Daniel Penha.
86': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Dane Ingham replaces Dylan Murnane.
88': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 3, Newcastle Jets 2. David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sam Sutton with a cross.
89': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Louis Fenton replaces Tim Payne.
90'+1': Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+1': Foul by David Ball (Wellington Phoenix).
90'+2': Attempt saved. Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
90'+3': Sam Sutton (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
90'+3': Attempt missed. Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high.
90'+4': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Finn Surman replaces David Ball.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Wellington Phoenix 3, Newcastle Jets 2.
0': Match ends, Wellington Phoenix 3, Newcastle Jets 2.

Statistics

NEW		WEL
19	Fouls	10
4	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	3
5	Corner Kicks	2
2	Saves	6
65.4	Possession	34.6
31	SHOTS	10
9	ON GOAL	5
0.3	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
607	Accurate Passes	276
673	Passes	357
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
6	Accurate Crosses	2
20	Crosses	7
0.3	Cross %	0.3
47	Long Balls	62
31	Accurate Long Balls	29
0.7	Long Balls %	0.5
12	Blocked Shots	0
9	Effective Tackles	0
14	Tackles	11
0.6	Tackle %	0.0
14	Interceptions	10
9	Effective Clearances	22
9	Clearances	22

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: Industree Group Stadium
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Attendance: 573

A-League Men Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Auckland FC	17	+19	39
2	Adelaide United	16	+7	31
3	Melbourne Victory	18	+5	29
4	Western Sydney Wanderers	18	+8	28

Full Table

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
7	Wálter Sandoval
11	Jaushua Sotirio
9	David Ball
18	Ben Waine

Wellington Phoenix FC Substitutes:

Alex Paulsen, Finn Surman, Ben Old, Callan Elliot, Nicholas Pennington, Louis Fenton, George Ott.

Newcastle Jets (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
20	Michael Weier (GK)
6	Matthew Jurman
4	Jordan Elsey
15	Dylan Murnane
3	Jason Hoffman
11	Daniel Penha
8	Mario Arques
32	Angus Thurgate
9	Beka Mikeltadze
21	Savvas Siatravanis
10	Olivier Boumal

Newcastle Jets Substitutes:

Jack Kenny, Jordan O'Doherty, Valentino Yuel, Dane Ingham, Mohamed Al-Taay, Samuel Silvera, Eli Babalj.

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