Western Sydney Wanderers vs Wellington Phoenix FC, 2024-25 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men

Western Sydney Wanderers

1': Zachary Sapsford
10': Bozhidar Kraev
66': Marcus Antonsson
90'+4': Dylan Scicluna

FT
4 - 1

Wellington Phoenix FC

59': Hideki Ishige

About

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

1': Zachary Sapsford (Western Sydney Wanderers) Goal at 1'
10': Bozhidar Kraev (Western Sydney Wanderers) Goal at 10'
45': Matthew Sheridan (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 45'
45': Nathan Walker (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 45'
59': Hideki Ishige (Wellington Phoenix FC) Goal at 59'
64': Marcus Antonsson (Western Sydney Wanderers) Substitution at 64'
64': Aydan Hammond (Western Sydney Wanderers) Substitution at 64'
66': Marcus Antonsson (Western Sydney Wanderers) Goal at 66'
75': Mohamed Al-Taay (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 75'
75': Luke Brooke-Smith (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 75'
75': Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 75'
78': James Temelkovski (Western Sydney Wanderers) Substitution at 78'
78': Juan Mata (Western Sydney Wanderers) Substitution at 78'
85': Oscar Priestman (Western Sydney Wanderers) Substitution at 85'
90'+4': Dylan Scicluna (Western Sydney Wanderers) Goal at 94'

Statistics

WEL		WSW
7	Fouls	19
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
4	Corner Kicks	0
4	Saves	3
45.8	Possession	54.2
13	SHOTS	22
4	ON GOAL	8
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
3	Blocked Shots	6
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: CommBank Stadium
Location: Sydney, Australia
Attendance: 6,341

A-League Men Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Auckland FC	21	+21	45
2	Western United	21	+16	38
3	Melbourne City FC	21	+10	37
4	Melbourne Victory	22	+8	36

Full Table

Line-Ups

Western Sydney Wanderers (4-4-2)

No.	Name
20	Lawrence Thomas (GK)
4	Alex Bonetig
13	Dean Pelekanos
19	Jack Clisby
2	Gabriel Cleur
5	Dylan Scicluna
25	Josh Brillante
14	Nicolas Milanovic
23	Bozhidar Kraev
7	Zachary Sapsford
26	Brandon Borrello

Western Sydney Wanderers Substitutes:

Juan Mata, Marcus Antonsson, Jordan Holmes, Oscar Priestman, James Temelkovski, Aydan Hammond, Jesse Cameron.

Wellington Phoenix FC (5-3-2)

No.	Name
1	Josh Oluwayemi (GK)
4	Scott Wootton
15	Isaac Hughes
3	Corban Piper
19	Sam Sutton
6	Tim Payne
14	Alex Rufer
8	Paulo Retre
25	Kazuki Nagasawa
9	Hideki Ishige
7	Kosta Barbarouses

Wellington Phoenix FC Substitutes:

Luke Supyk, Lukas Kelly-Heald, Luke Brooke-Smith, Nathan Walker, Matthew Sheridan, Mohamed Al-Taay, Alby Kelly-Heald.

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