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Wellington Phoenix vs Western Sydney Wanderers: A-League live scores

2nd December, 2012
Teams

Wellington Phoenix

1. Mark Paston
2. Manny Muscat
3. Tony Lochhead
6. Alex Smith
7. Leo Bertos
8. Paul Ifill
9. Benjamin Totori
10. Stein Huysegems
11. Jeremy Brockie
12. Tyler Boyd
16. Louis Fenton
17. Vince Lia
18. Ben Sigmund
20. Glen Moss
22. Andrew Durante (c)
28. Ricardo Clarke

One to be omitted

Western Sydney Wanderers

1. Ante Covic
2. Shannon Cole
3. Adam D’apuzzo
4. Nikolai Topor-Stanley
5. Michael Beauchamp
6. Jerome Polenz
7. Labinot Haliti
8. Mateo Poljak
9. Dino Kresinger
11. Tarek Elrich
12. Tahj Minniecon
13. Joey Gibbs
14. Kwabena Appiah-Kubi
15. Reece Caira
18. Iacopo La Rocca
19. Mark Bridge
20. Jerrad Tyson
21. Shinji Ono
23. Jason Trifiro

Four to be omitted

Kick-Off: 2.30pm AEDT
Venue: Westpac Stadium
Referee: Matt Gillett
Betting: $1.75 Phoenix, $3.40 Draw, $4.50 Wanderers
TV: Fox Sports 1 (LIVE)
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Both Wellington Phoenix and Western Sydney Wanderers will be looking for three points to break into the top six when they clash in New Zealand this afternoon. We’ll have live scores from 2.30pm AEDT.

For a side not renowned for getting results on the road Wellington Phoenix would be highly satisfied with their most recent trip, which contained a dominant 3-0 win at Newcastle and a 1-1 draw at Perth.

It is crucial that they now begin to re-establish Westpac Stadium as the fortress that it has been in recent seasons.

In the three matches they’ve played in Wellington so far this season the Phoenix have managed one win, one draw and one loss, a record Ricki Herbert will be keen to improve.

Western Sydney Wanderers have earned plenty of admiration over the first two months of the competition, but their form of late has been patchy, with home losses to Newcastle and Melbourne sandwiching a highly credible 1-0 win in Perth.

Today presents another stern test for the Wanderers in travelling across the Tasman for another tough road game, and they’ll do so without the services of key midfield duo Youssef Hersi (suspended) and Aaron Mooy (Socceroos).

But the aforementioned win at Perth and a similiarly professional 1-0 win at Brisbane will give coach Tony Popovic hope that his side can compete on the road.

They should give a good account of themselves today but all signs point to a home victory here.

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