Australian A-League Men

Wellington Phoenix FC vs Brisbane Roar, 2023-24 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men
Wellington Phoenix FC
  • 24': Tim Payne
  • 32': Oskar Zawada
  • 58': Bozhidar Kraev
  • 63': Oskar Zawada
  • 90'+2': Oskar Zawada
FT
5 - 2
Brisbane Roar
  • 1': Florin Berenguer
  • 53': Nikola Mileusnic

About

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

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 0, Brisbane Roar 1. Florin Bérenguer (Brisbane Roar) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joe Caletti.
  • 3': Attempt saved. Kosta Barbarouses (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicholas Pennington.
  • 8': Attempt saved. Jay O'Shea (Brisbane Roar) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Henry Hore.
  • 21': Attempt saved. Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Oskar Zawada with a headed pass.
  • 21': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Macklin Freke.
  • 21': Attempt blocked. Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Scott Wootton with a headed pass.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Joe Caletti (Brisbane Roar) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jay O'Shea.
  • 24': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Brisbane Roar 1. Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kosta Barbarouses.
  • 27': Attempt saved. Henry Hore (Brisbane Roar) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Florin Bérenguer.
  • 28': Florin Bérenguer (Brisbane Roar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Foul by Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 32': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Brisbane Roar 1. Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 33': Foul by Mohamed Al-Taay (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 33': Kai Trewin (Brisbane Roar) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 33': Mohamed Al-Taay (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 35': Foul by Tom Aldred (Brisbane Roar).
  • 35': Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 38': Foul by Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 38': Scott Neville (Brisbane Roar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Florin Bérenguer (Brisbane Roar) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 38': Foul by Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 41': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Bozhidar Kraev tries a through ball, but Oskar Zawada is caught offside.
  • 42': Delay in match because of an injury Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 42': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45': Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix) hits the left post with a right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right. Assisted by Mohamed Al-Taay with a through ball.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Joe Caletti (Brisbane Roar) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kai Trewin.
  • 45'+1': Corner, Brisbane Roar. Conceded by Lukas Kelly-Heald.
  • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Kai Trewin (Brisbane Roar) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jay O'Shea with a cross following a corner.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 45'+2': Tom Aldred (Brisbane Roar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Wellington Phoenix 2, Brisbane Roar 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Wellington Phoenix 2, Brisbane Roar 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Brisbane Roar. Aaron Reardon replaces Kai Trewin.
  • 46': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Tom Aldred.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Thomas Waddingham (Brisbane Roar) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nikola Mileusnic.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Nikola Mileusnic (Brisbane Roar) right footed shot from long range on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Florin Bérenguer.
  • 51': Foul by Louis Zabala (Brisbane Roar).
  • 51': Kosta Barbarouses (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Thomas Waddingham (Brisbane Roar) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Caletti.
  • 53': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Brisbane Roar 2. Nikola Mileusnic (Brisbane Roar) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner.
  • 55': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Tim Payne tries a through ball, but Bozhidar Kraev is caught offside.
  • 56': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Ben Old replaces Mohamed Al-Taay.
  • 57': Florin Bérenguer (Brisbane Roar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Foul by Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 58': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 3, Brisbane Roar 2. Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tim Payne.
  • 61': Attempt missed. Nikola Mileusnic (Brisbane Roar) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Louis Zabala with a cross.
  • 63': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 4, Brisbane Roar 2. Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lukas Kelly-Heald with a cross.
  • 63': Substitution, Brisbane Roar. Carlo Armiento replaces Henry Hore.
  • 65': Foul by Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 65': Tom Aldred (Brisbane Roar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Attempt blocked. Nikola Mileusnic (Brisbane Roar) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Louis Zabala.
  • 70': Foul by Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 70': Nikola Mileusnic (Brisbane Roar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Attempt blocked. Carlo Armiento (Brisbane Roar) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikola Mileusnic.
  • 73': Substitution, Brisbane Roar. Rylan Brownlie replaces Thomas Waddingham.
  • 74': Corner, Brisbane Roar. Conceded by Lukas Kelly-Heald.
  • 74': Foul by Carlo Armiento (Brisbane Roar).
  • 74': Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Foul by Louis Zabala (Brisbane Roar).
  • 74': Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Attempt missed. Carlo Armiento (Brisbane Roar) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Aaron Reardon.
  • 79': Substitution, Brisbane Roar. Jonas Markovski replaces Florin Bérenguer.
  • 79': Substitution, Brisbane Roar. Taras Gomulka replaces Joe Caletti.
  • 79': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Sam Sutton replaces Bozhidar Kraev.
  • 79': Foul by Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 79': Tom Aldred (Brisbane Roar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
  • 81': Carlo Armiento (Brisbane Roar) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 81': Foul by Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 83': Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Foul by Louis Zabala (Brisbane Roar).
  • 83': Attempt missed. Carlo Armiento (Brisbane Roar) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Louis Zabala.
  • 85': Delay in match because of an injury Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 86': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Isaac Hughes replaces Kosta Barbarouses.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Scott Neville (Brisbane Roar) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jay O'Shea.
  • 87': Carlo Armiento (Brisbane Roar) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 87': Foul by Isaac Hughes (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 88': Corner, Brisbane Roar. Conceded by Oskar Zawada.
  • 88': Attempt saved. Carlo Armiento (Brisbane Roar) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jay O'Shea.
  • 88': Corner, Brisbane Roar. Conceded by Alex Paulsen.
  • 90'+2': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 5, Brisbane Roar 2. Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Nicholas Pennington.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Wellington Phoenix 5, Brisbane Roar 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Wellington Phoenix 5, Brisbane Roar 2.

Statistics

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5 Fouls 11
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 2
4 Corner Kicks 2
2 Saves 3
53.2 Possession 46.8
17 SHOTS 9
5 ON GOAL 7
0.3 On Target % 0.8
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
505 Accurate Passes 427
570 Passes 508
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 2
21 Crosses 15
0.1 Cross % 0.1
31 Long Balls 79
15 Accurate Long Balls 52
0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
3 Blocked Shots 1
14 Effective Tackles 9
21 Tackles 20
0.7 Tackle % 0.5
13 Interceptions 10
10 Effective Clearances 16
10 Clearances 16

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: Sky Stadium
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Attendance: 7,003

A-League Men Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Auckland FC 15 +12 33
2 Adelaide United 14 +7 28
3 Melbourne Victory 15 +7 25
4 Western United 15 +6 25
Full Standings

Line-Ups

WEL Wellington Phoenix FC (4-3-2-1)

No. Name
40 Alex Paulsen (GK)
4 Scott Wootton
3 Finn Surman
18 Lukas Kelly-Heald
6 Tim Payne
14 Alex Rufer
15 Nicholas Pennington
12 Mohamed Al-Taay Yellow Card
9 Oskar Zawada
7 Kosta Barbarouses
11 Bozhidar Kraev
Wellington Phoenix FC Substitutes:
David Ball, Alby Kelly-Heald, Ben Old, Fergus Gillion, Jackson Manuel, Sam Sutton, Isaac Hughes.

BRR Brisbane Roar (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Macklin Freke (GK)
5 Tom Aldred
2 Scott Neville
27 Kai Trewin
35 Louis Zabala
7 Florin Berenguer
26 Jay O'Shea
6 Joe Caletti
16 Thomas Waddingham
13 Henry Hore
10 Nikola Mileusnic
Brisbane Roar Substitutes:
Matt Acton, Jonas Markovski, Rylan Brownlie, Taras Gomulka, Carlo Armiento, James Nikolovski, Aaron Reardon.

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