Australian A-League Men

Wellington Phoenix FC vs Sydney FC, 2022-23 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men
Wellington Phoenix FC
  • 21': Oskar Zawada
FT
1 - 0
Sydney FC

    About

    Wellington Phoenix FC are hosting Sydney FC at Eden Park, Auckland, 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.
    • 3': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Bozhidar Kraev tries a through ball, but David Ball is caught offside.
    • 7': Hand ball by Steven Ugarkovic (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 8': Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Foul by Paulo Retre (Sydney FC).
    • 9': Attempt saved. Diego Caballo (Sydney FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paulo Retre.
    • 9': Hand ball by Anthony Cáceres (Sydney FC).
    • 11': Foul by Diego Caballo (Sydney FC).
    • 11': Steven Ugarkovic (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Callan Elliot (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Oskar Zawada with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
    • 12': Róbert Mak (Sydney FC) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Joe Lolley.
    • 13': Foul by Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 13': Joe Lolley (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 13': Attempt missed. Diego Caballo (Sydney FC) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right from a direct free kick.
    • 21': Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Sydney FC 0. Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Mauragis with a cross.
    • 26': Attempt missed. Steven Ugarkovic (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Oskar Zawada.
    • 28': Anthony Cáceres (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Foul by Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 30': Corner, Sydney FC. Conceded by Callan Elliot.
    • 31': Attempt saved. Joe Lolley (Sydney FC) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luke Brattan.
    • 31': Attempt missed. James Donachie (Sydney FC) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Joe Lolley with a cross.
    • 33': Attempt missed. Joe Lolley (Sydney FC) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Rhyan Grant.
    • 36': Foul by Anthony Cáceres (Sydney FC).
    • 36': Yan Sasse (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Alex Wilkinson.
    • 37': Attempt blocked. David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) header from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Yan Sasse with a cross.
    • 37': Attempt missed. Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Yan Sasse with a cross following a corner.
    • 39': Attempt saved. Yan Sasse (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by David Ball.
    • 39': Corner, Wellington Phoenix. Conceded by Andrew Redmayne.
    • 40': Corner, Sydney FC. Conceded by Callan Elliot.
    • 41': Attempt blocked. Paulo Retre (Sydney FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 41': Yan Sasse (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
    • 44': Hand ball by Joel King (Sydney FC).
    • 45': Foul by Róbert Mak (Sydney FC).
    • 45': Steven Ugarkovic (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+1': Diego Caballo (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Callan Elliot (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Wellington Phoenix 1, Sydney FC 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Wellington Phoenix 1, Sydney FC 0.
    • 47': Attempt missed. Paulo Retre (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
    • 50': Offside, Sydney FC. Luke Brattan tries a through ball, but Róbert Mak is caught offside.
    • 52': Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Foul by Anthony Cáceres (Sydney FC).
    • 53': Offside, Wellington Phoenix. Oliver Sail tries a through ball, but Oskar Zawada is caught offside.
    • 54': Anthony Cáceres (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 54': Foul by Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Luke Brattan (Sydney FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 58': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Kosta Barbarouses replaces Bozhidar Kraev.
    • 60': David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Foul by Anthony Cáceres (Sydney FC).
    • 63': Attempt missed. Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Steven Ugarkovic.
    • 65': Corner, Sydney FC. Conceded by Tim Payne.
    • 67': Hand ball by Joel King (Sydney FC).
    • 68': Attempt missed. Steven Ugarkovic (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
    • 68': Attempt blocked. David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yan Sasse with a headed pass.
    • 70': Substitution, Sydney FC. Jaiden Kucharski replaces Diego Caballo.
    • 72': Attempt missed. Anthony Cáceres (Sydney FC) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Paulo Retre with a cross.
    • 73': Alex Wilkinson (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Foul by Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix).
    • 73': Attempt saved. Anthony Cáceres (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 73': Attempt missed. Paulo Retre (Sydney FC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
    • 75': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Joshua Laws replaces Yan Sasse.
    • 76': Attempt missed. Joe Lolley (Sydney FC) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jaiden Kucharski.
    • 77': Foul by Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC).
    • 77': Lucas Mauragis (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 77': Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Luke Brattan (Sydney FC) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Róbert Mak.
    • 79': Substitution, Sydney FC. Alex Parsons replaces Paulo Retre.
    • 79': Substitution, Sydney FC. Jack Rodwell replaces Joe Lolley.
    • 80': Corner, Sydney FC. Conceded by Lucas Mauragis.
    • 81': Corner, Sydney FC. Conceded by Oskar Zawada.
    • 83': Foul by James Donachie (Sydney FC).
    • 83': Oskar Zawada (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 86': Substitution, Sydney FC. Patrick Wood replaces Róbert Mak.
    • 88': David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 88': Foul by Patrick Wood (Sydney FC).
    • 90': Attempt missed. Jaiden Kucharski (Sydney FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Rhyan Grant.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Jack Rodwell (Sydney FC) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alex Parsons with a cross.
    • 90'+3': Offside, Sydney FC. Patrick Wood tries a through ball, but Rhyan Grant is caught offside.
    • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Jack Rodwell (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alex Parsons with a headed pass.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Wellington Phoenix 1, Sydney FC 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Wellington Phoenix 1, Sydney FC 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Wellington Phoenix 1, Sydney FC 0.

    Statistics

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    12 Fouls 6
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 2
    5 Corner Kicks 2
    1 Saves 3
    60.8 Possession 39.2
    17 SHOTS 9
    3 ON GOAL 2
    0.2 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    543 Accurate Passes 322
    612 Passes 399
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    7 Accurate Crosses 4
    28 Crosses 11
    0.3 Cross % 0.4
    58 Long Balls 66
    37 Accurate Long Balls 27
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
    2 Blocked Shots 2
    13 Effective Tackles 8
    17 Tackles 10
    0.8 Tackle % 0.8
    5 Interceptions 10
    12 Effective Clearances 29
    12 Clearances 29

    Game Information

    Competition: Australian A-League Men

    Venue: Eden Park
    Location: Auckland, New Zealand
    Attendance: 10,420

    A-League Men Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Auckland FC 4 +6 12
    2 Wellington Phoenix FC 5 +4 10
    3 Melbourne Victory 5 +4 10
    4 Adelaide United 4 +3 10
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    WEL Wellington Phoenix FC (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    20 Oliver Sail (GK)
    6 Tim Payne
    4 Scott Wootton
    12 Lucas Mauragis
    17 Callan Elliot
    5 Steven Ugarkovic
    14 Alex Rufer
    11 Bozhidar Kraev
    31 Yan Yellow Card
    9 Oskar Zawada
    10 David Ball
    Wellington Phoenix FC Substitutes:
    Nikko Boxall, Oskar van Hattum, Kosta Barbarouses, Ben Old, Nicholas Pennington, Joshua Laws, Alex Paulsen.

    SYD Sydney FC (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Andrew Redmayne (GK)
    4 Alex Wilkinson
    2 James Donachie
    3 Joel King
    23 Rhyan Grant Yellow Card
    17 Anthony Cáceres
    26 Luke Brattan
    8 Paulo Retre
    11 Róbert Mak
    18 Diego Caballo
    10 Joe Lolley
    Sydney FC Substitutes:
    Aaron Gurd, Patrick Wood, Jaiden Kucharski, Alex Parsons, Adam Pavlesic, Jack Rodwell, Matthew Scarcella.

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