Australian A-League Men

Western United vs Wellington Phoenix FC, 2021-22 Australian A-League Men, Elimination Finals

· Australian A-League Men
  • 10': Aleksandar Prijovic
FT
1 - 0

Western United beat Wellington Phoenix, reach ALM semis

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Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Benjamin Garuccio (Western United FC).
  • 1': Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Neil Kilkenny (Western United FC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 6': Attempt saved. Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gary Hooper with a headed pass.
  • 6': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Jamie Young.
  • 7': Dylan Wenzel-Halls (Western United FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 7': Foul by Finn Surman (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 9': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Léo Lacroix.
  • 9': Attempt missed. Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high following a corner.
  • 10': Goal! Western United FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Aleksandar Prijovic (Western United FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner.
  • 12': Attempt missed. Gary Hooper (Wellington Phoenix) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tim Payne with a cross.
  • 17': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Benjamin Garuccio.
  • 19': Attempt blocked. Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by David Ball.
  • 19': Attempt missed. Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 20': Attempt saved. Dylan Wenzel-Halls (Western United FC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksandar Prijovic with a cross.
  • 20': Foul by Benjamin Garuccio (Western United FC).
  • 20': Gael Sandoval (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Lachlan Wales (Western United FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Benjamin Garuccio with a cross.
  • 24': Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Prijovic (Western United FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lachlan Wales with a headed pass.
  • 26': Attempt blocked. Dylan Wenzel-Halls (Western United FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lachlan Wales.
  • 28': Corner, Western United FC. Conceded by Scott Wootton.
  • 31': Attempt saved. Connor Pain (Western United FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Neil Kilkenny.
  • 34': Hand ball by Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 36': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Oliver Sail tries a through ball, but Gael Sandoval is caught offside.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Prijovic (Western United FC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Jerry Skotadis.
  • 37': Foul by Tomoki Imai (Western United FC).
  • 37': Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Tomoki Imai (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 39': Attempt saved. Jerry Skotadis (Western United FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Connor Pain.
  • 39': Corner, Western United FC. Conceded by Oliver Sail.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from long range on the left is blocked. Assisted by Clayton Lewis.
  • 43': Offside, Western United FC. Neil Kilkenny tries a through ball, but Dylan Wenzel-Halls is caught offside.
  • 43': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Finn Surman tries a through ball, but David Ball is caught offside.
  • 44': Foul by Jerry Skotadis (Western United FC).
  • 44': Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Attempt saved. Dylan Wenzel-Halls (Western United FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Connor Pain.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Gary Hooper (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 45'+2': Jerry Skotadis (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Western United FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Western United FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 0.
  • 46': Foul by Jerry Skotadis (Western United FC).
  • 46': Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 47': Attempt missed. Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation.
  • 48': Foul by Léo Lacroix (Western United FC).
  • 48': Gary Hooper (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Foul by Tomoki Imai (Western United FC).
  • 49': Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 51': Dylan Wenzel-Halls (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 51': Foul by Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 51': Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Connor Pain (Western United FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandar Prijovic.
  • 53': Corner, Western United FC. Conceded by Finn Surman.
  • 54': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Jaushua Sotirio replaces Gary Hooper.
  • 54': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Benjamin Old replaces Gael Sandoval.
  • 57': Attempt blocked. Connor Pain (Western United FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Prijovic (Western United FC) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Léo Lacroix with a through ball.
  • 58': Foul by Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 58': Rene Krhin (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 62': Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Scott Wootton.
  • 63': Corner, Western United FC. Conceded by Nicholas Pennington.
  • 64': Attempt blocked. Dylan Wenzel-Halls (Western United FC) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lachlan Wales with a cross.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Dylan Wenzel-Halls (Western United FC) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 66': Corner, Western United FC. Conceded by Oliver Sail.
  • 68': Attempt saved. Connor Pain (Western United FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Benjamin Old (Wellington Phoenix) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by David Ball with a cross.
  • 69': Substitution, Western United FC. Joshua Risdon replaces Jerry Skotadis.
  • 69': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. James McGarry replaces Sam Sutton.
  • 69': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Ben Waine replaces David Ball.
  • 69': Foul by Benjamin Old (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 69': Neil Kilkenny (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Attempt saved. Connor Pain (Western United FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rene Krhin with a headed pass.
  • 70': Corner, Western United FC. Conceded by Oliver Sail.
  • 71': Attempt saved. James McGarry (Wellington Phoenix) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tim Payne with a cross.
  • 74': Substitution, Western United FC. Rhys Bozinovski replaces Rene Krhin because of an injury.
  • 74': Attempt missed. Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Clayton Lewis.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Reno Piscopo.
  • 76': Foul by Benjamin Garuccio (Western United FC).
  • 76': Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 77': Attempt saved. Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 77': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Jamie Young.
  • 78': Attempt blocked. Jaushua Sotirio (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Waine.
  • 79': Corner, Western United FC. Conceded by Finn Surman.
  • 80': Corner, Western United FC. Conceded by Tim Payne.
  • 80': Attempt blocked. Léo Lacroix (Western United FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Connor Pain (Western United FC) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 81': Attempt blocked. Lachlan Wales (Western United FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 81': Corner, Western United FC. Conceded by Nicholas Pennington.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Neil Kilkenny (Western United FC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
  • 84': Foul by Rhys Bozinovski (Western United FC).
  • 84': Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 84': Substitution, Western United FC. Nicolas Milanovic replaces Dylan Wenzel-Halls.
  • 86': Foul by Joshua Risdon (Western United FC).
  • 86': James McGarry (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Finn Surman (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Clayton Lewis with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 87': Foul by Nicolas Milanovic (Western United FC).
  • 87': James McGarry (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 87': Nicolas Milanovic (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 88': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Benjamin Garuccio.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Finn Surman (Wellington Phoenix).
  • 90'+2': Nicolas Milanovic (Western United FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Nicolas Milanovic (Western United FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Neil Kilkenny.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Rhys Bozinovski (Western United FC).
  • 90'+3': Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Rhys Bozinovski (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+3': Connor Pain (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+4': Attempt saved. Benjamin Old (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicholas Pennington.
  • 90'+4': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Connor Pain.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Nicolas Milanovic (Western United FC).
  • 90'+5': Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Western United FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Western United FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 0.

Statistics

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7 Fouls 13
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 1
6 Corner Kicks 9
7 Saves 5
62.1 Possession 37.9
16 SHOTS 22
5 ON GOAL 8
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
555 Accurate Passes 286
632 Passes 365
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
6 Accurate Crosses 6
25 Crosses 35
0.2 Cross % 0.2
58 Long Balls 54
31 Accurate Long Balls 28
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
3 Blocked Shots 7
9 Effective Tackles 5
11 Tackles 15
0.8 Tackle % 0.3
12 Interceptions 8
36 Effective Clearances 21
36 Clearances 21

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: AAMI Park
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Attendance: 3,376

Line-Ups

WTU Western United (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Jamie Young (GK)
4 Léo Lacroix
16 Rene Krhin
17 Ben Garuccio
6 Tomoki Imai Yellow Card
9 Dylan Wenzel-Halls
27 Jerry Skotadis
88 Neil Kilkenny
99 Aleksandar Prijovic
11 Connor Pain Yellow Card
8 Lachlan Wales

WEL Wellington Phoenix FC (4-4-2)

No. Name
20 Oliver Sail (GK)
4 Scott Wootton
33 Finn Surman
19 Sam Sutton
6 Tim Payne
23 Clayton Lewis Yellow Card
13 Nicholas Pennington
10 Reno Piscopo
7 Wálter Sandoval
9 David Ball
88 Gary Hooper

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