Western Sydney Wanderers vs Wellington Phoenix FC, 2023-24 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men

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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 Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
5': Foul by Jack Clisby (Western Sydney Wanderers).
5': Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the right wing.
6': Attempt saved. Nicolas Milanovic (Western Sydney Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jorrit Hendrix.
6': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers. Conceded by Alex Paulsen.
7': Offside, Western Sydney Wanderers. Tate Russell tries a through ball, but Jorrit Hendrix is caught offside.
9': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers. Conceded by Finn Surman.
10': Foul by Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix).
10': Jack Clisby (Western Sydney Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Finn Surman tries a through ball, but Oskar Zawada is caught offside.
12': Delay in match because of an injury Lawrence Thomas (Western Sydney Wanderers).
13': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
16': Foul by Jack Clisby (Western Sydney Wanderers).
16': Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Attempt missed. Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
18': Foul by Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix).
18': Jorrit Hendrix (Western Sydney Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
19': Attempt blocked. Brandon Borrello (Western Sydney Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
20': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Marcelo.
21': Foul by Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington Phoenix).
21': Nicolas Milanovic (Western Sydney Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Foul by David Ball (Wellington Phoenix).
22': Nicolas Milanovic (Western Sydney Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
22': Attempt blocked. Brandon Borrello (Western Sydney Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Antonsson.
23': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers. Conceded by Alex Rufer.
24': Alex Bonetig (Western Sydney Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Foul by Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix).
25': Delay in match (Western Sydney Wanderers).
26': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
28': Dylan Pierias (Western Sydney Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
28': Foul by Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix).
29': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers. Conceded by Finn Surman.
29': David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29': Foul by Jorrit Hendrix (Western Sydney Wanderers).
33': Attempt saved. Marcus Antonsson (Western Sydney Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Clisby with a cross.
33': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers. Conceded by Alex Paulsen.
34': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers. Conceded by Finn Surman.
34': Attempt blocked. Marcus Antonsson (Western Sydney Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
38': Attempt blocked. Nicolas Milanovic (Western Sydney Wanderers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jorrit Hendrix.
39': Attempt blocked. Nicolas Milanovic (Western Sydney Wanderers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tate Russell.
41': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers. Conceded by Scott Wootton.
42': Attempt missed. Marcus Antonsson (Western Sydney Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Nicolas Milanovic with a cross following a corner.
45': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers. Conceded by Lukas Kelly-Heald.
45'+1': Foul by Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix).
45'+1': Marcelo (Western Sydney Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers. Conceded by Scott Wootton.
45'+2': Attempt blocked. Alex Bonetig (Western Sydney Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolas Milanovic with a cross.
45'+2': Attempt blocked. Dylan Pierias (Western Sydney Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tate Russell.
45'+3': Attempt saved. Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Kosta Barbarouses with a cross.
45'+3': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Lawrence Thomas.
45'+3': Attempt missed. Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tim Payne with a cross following a corner.
45'+4': First Half ends, Western Sydney Wanderers 0, Wellington Phoenix 0.
45': Second Half begins Western Sydney Wanderers 0, Wellington Phoenix 0.
50': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers. Conceded by Scott Wootton.
50': Attempt saved. Jack Clisby (Western Sydney Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Joshua Brillante.
52': Attempt blocked. Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kosta Barbarouses.
58': Attempt saved. Jorrit Hendrix (Western Sydney Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Brandon Borrello.
59': Attempt missed. Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Bozhidar Kraev.
59': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers. Lachlan Brook replaces Dylan Pierias.
61': Attempt blocked. Lachlan Brook (Western Sydney Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joshua Brillante.
61': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers. Conceded by Bozhidar Kraev.
61': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers. Zachary Sapsford replaces Brandon Borrello.
62': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Mohamed Al-Taay replaces David Ball.
65': Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Foul by Jack Clisby (Western Sydney Wanderers).
66': Delay in match because of an injury Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix).
66': Delay in match because of an injury Jack Clisby (Western Sydney Wanderers).
68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
70': Foul by Joshua Brillante (Western Sydney Wanderers).
70': Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Joshua Brillante (Western Sydney Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
72': Attempt blocked. Lachlan Brook (Western Sydney Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joshua Brillante.
72': Foul by Zachary Sapsford (Western Sydney Wanderers).
72': Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Ben Old replaces Bozhidar Kraev.
74': Delay in match because of an injury Alex Paulsen (Wellington Phoenix).
75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
77': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers. Conceded by Lukas Kelly-Heald.
78': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers. Conceded by Lukas Kelly-Heald.
81': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Ben Old tries a through ball, but Kosta Barbarouses is caught offside.
82': Foul by Nicolas Milanovic (Western Sydney Wanderers).
82': Mohamed Al-Taay (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83': Nicolas Milanovic (Western Sydney Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
83': Foul by Finn Surman (Wellington Phoenix).
83': Marcus Antonsson (Western Sydney Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
84': Attempt missed. Jorrit Hendrix (Western Sydney Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolas Milanovic.
86': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers. Thomas Beadling replaces Jorrit Hendrix.
86': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers. Alexander Badolato replaces Nicolas Milanovic.
87': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers. Conceded by Mohamed Al-Taay.
87': Finn Surman (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87': Foul by Zachary Sapsford (Western Sydney Wanderers).
90': Hand ball by Ben Old (Wellington Phoenix).
90'+1': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers. Conceded by Scott Wootton.
90'+1': Attempt missed. Alex Bonetig (Western Sydney Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Joshua Brillante with a cross following a corner.
90'+4': Kosta Barbarouses (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
90'+5': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Fin Conchie replaces Kosta Barbarouses.
90'+6': Foul by Lachlan Brook (Western Sydney Wanderers).
90'+6': Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+6': Delay in match because of an injury Tate Russell (Western Sydney Wanderers).
90'+6': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+7': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers. Conceded by Lukas Kelly-Heald.
90'+8': Offside, Western Sydney Wanderers. Alexander Badolato tries a through ball, but Lachlan Brook is caught offside.
90'+8': Foul by Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix).
90'+8': Marcelo (Western Sydney Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+8': Delay in match because of an injury Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix).
90'+9': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+10': Second Half ends, Western Sydney Wanderers 0, Wellington Phoenix 0.
0': Match ends, Western Sydney Wanderers 0, Wellington Phoenix 0.

Statistics

WEL		WSW
10	Fouls	9
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	2
2	Corner Kicks	16
4	Saves	1
41.6	Possession	58.4
5	SHOTS	16
1	ON GOAL	4
0.2	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
352	Accurate Passes	498
416	Passes	567
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
3	Accurate Crosses	7
9	Crosses	33
0.3	Cross %	0.2
57	Long Balls	47
24	Accurate Long Balls	34
0.4	Long Balls %	0.7
1	Blocked Shots	9
13	Effective Tackles	11
19	Tackles	18
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
13	Interceptions	5
29	Effective Clearances	8
29	Clearances	8

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: CommBank Stadium
Location: Sydney, Australia
Attendance: 10,468

A-League Men Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Auckland FC	2	+3	6
2	Wellington Phoenix FC	2	+2	4
3	Melbourne Victory	2	+2	4
4	Macarthur FC	2	+4	3

Full Table

Line-Ups

Western Sydney Wanderers (4-4-2)

No.	Name
20	Lawrence Thomas (GK)
33	Alex Bonetig
6	Marcelo
19	Jack Clisby
13	Tate Russell
21	Jorrit Hendrix
25	Josh Brillante
14	Nicolas Milanovic
7	Dylan Pierias
9	Marcus Antonsson
26	Brandon Borrello

Western Sydney Wanderers Substitutes:

Alexander Badolato, Zachary Sapsford, Oscar Priestman, Lachlan Brook, Tom Beadling, Jack Gibson, Dylan Scicluna.

Wellington Phoenix FC (4-3-3)

No.	Name
40	Alex Paulsen (GK)
4	Scott Wootton
3	Finn Surman
18	Lukas Kelly-Heald
6	Tim Payne
14	Alex Rufer
11	Bozhidar Kraev
15	Nicholas Pennington
9	Oskar Zawada
7	Kosta Barbarouses
10	David Ball

Wellington Phoenix FC Substitutes:

Ben Old, Josh Rudland, Mohamed Al-Taay, Jack Duncan, Charlie Beale, Fin Conchie, Isaac Hughes.

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