Sydney FC
2
Match Complete
Wellington Phoenix
1
| A. Caceres |  | 92' | ||
| 89' | | R. Piscopo | ||
| P. Retre | | 84' | ||
| 81' |  | L. Cacace | ||
| R. Grant |  | 77' | ||
| 69' | | U. DA!vila | ||
| B. O'Neill | | 51' | ||
| 37' | | M. Steinmann | ||
| B. O'Neill | | 17' |
| 23 | Shots | 23 | ||
| 7 | On Target | 8 | ||
| 9 | Fouls | 12 | ||
| 4 | Corners | 7 | ||
| 0 | Offsides | 1 | ||
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 | ||
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
Match result:
Sydney have gotten over the line in a 2-1 victory defeating the Wellington Phoenix thanks to a 77th-minute winner from Rhyan Grant.
Final score
Sydney FC 2
Wellington Phoenix 1
Match preview:
Sydney FC look for their second win of the season when they take on Wellington Phoenix. Join The Roar from 6pm AEDT for live scores and commentary.
After a chaotic, VAR-dominated game against Adelaide United in their opening fixture, Sydney FC will be looking for something more straight-forward against Wellington.
Sydney did manage to win the game 3-2 – but scrapped past with a late winner by Ryan McGowan.
They will be happy with the performance of Adam Le Fondre, who scored twice and looks like he might score for fun – especially with a full-strength squad behind him.
Andrew Redmayne, Patrick Flottmann and Rhyan Grant all return from international duty and are expected to start.
It’s also the first home game for Kosta Barbarouses and Alexander Baumjohann, who will be looking to impress.
Barbarouses has long been one of the A-League’s best players – and this Sydney side is arguably the strongest team in the league this season.
Wellington had a rough start – their one-nil loss to new-side Western United hurt especially hard given the Mark Rudan debacle – but they had some positive moments.
They also have a new-look squad and have lost some of their best players (to Western United), so no one, myself included, is expecting much from them against the Sky Blues.
Manager Ufuk Talay knows all about Sydney though and that could play in Wellington’s hands.
Talay served as Sydney FC’s assistant manager last season and returns to his former club for the first time.
Prediction
It should be fairly straightforwrad for Sydney FC, but if Talay can produce a tactical masterclass, we could see an upset. I wouldn’t put the house on it though.
Sydney FC 3 – 0 Wellington Phoenix
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Date: Sun Oct 20
Kick-off: 6pm (AEDT)
Venue: Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
Broadcast: FOX Sports 505
Stream: MyFootball Live App, Kayo Sports
Sydney FC
1.Andrew REDMAYNE (gk), 2.Patrick FLOTTMANN, 4.Alex WILKINSON (c), 5.Alex BAUMJOHANN, 6.Ryan McGOWAN, 8.Paulo RETRE, 9.Adam LE FONDRE, 10.Milos NINKOVIC, 11.Kosta BARBAROUSES, 13.Brandon O’NEILL, 16.Joel KING, 17.Anthony CACERES, 18.Luke IVANOVIC, 19.Chris ZUVELA, 20.Tom HEWARD-BELLE (gk), 21.Harry VAN DER SAAG, 23.Rhyan GRANT, 24.Marco TILIO, 26.Luke BRATTAN, 27.Jordi SWIBEL **2-4 to be omitted**
Wellington Phoenix
1.Stefan MARINOVIC (gk), 2.Liam McGING, 3.Luke DEVERE, 4.Te Atawhai HUDSON-WIHONGI, 5.Matti STEINMANN, 6.Tim PAYNE, 7.Reno PISCOPO, 8.Cameron DEVLIN, 9.David BALL, 10.Ulises DAVILA, 11.Jaushua SOTIRIO, 13.Liberato CACACE, 14.Alex RUFER, 16.Louis FENTON, 17.Callan ELLIOT, 20.Oliver SAIL (gk), 21.Callum MCCOWATT, 23.Walter SCOTT, 27.Steven TAYLOR (c), 31.Ben WAINE **2-4 to be omitted**
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Thank you to everyone who joined me on The Roar for this A-League live blog. We look forward to seeing you all again very soon!
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FULL TIME: Sydney FC 2 - 1 Wellington Phoenix
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That was a crazy game. Wellington deserved more but Sydney somehow get the job done.
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90+5' - A handball is called against a Wellington player and Redmayne takes his time behind the free kick. The referee blows the whistle after the free kick is taken and Sydney are two from two! SYDNEY FC 2 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1
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90+4' - Wellington have a corner. This will be the last play of the game. SYDNEY FC 2 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1
92'
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90+3' - Piscopo's shot is driven low and hard, but it goes wide. SYDNEY FC 2 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1
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90+2' - Caceres is yellow carded for a foul on Piscopo and Wellington have a free kick from a dangerous area. They can shoot from this range but it needs to be good. They may opt to put one in the box instead. SYDNEY FC 2 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1
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90+1' - The ball drops for Barbarouses in the box but he fires the ball wide. SYDNEY FC 2 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1
89'
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90+1' - Four minutes of time added on. SYDNEY FC 2 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1
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90' - Retre comes off for King in Sydney FC's final change. They almost have maximum points after two games, but it has not come easy. SYDNEY FC 2 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1
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88' - Barbarouses has a shot saved by Marinovic as well. This is end-to-end football which is odd considering Sydney are a man ahead. Piscopo is shown a yellow card for a challenge. SYDNEY FC 2 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1
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88' - Ivanovic almost puts the game to bed for Sydney but his header is easily saved by Marinovic. SYDNEY FC 2 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1
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87' - Piscopo smashes the ball towards goal but it was right at the keeper. SYDNEY FC 2 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1
84'
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86' - Sydney make another change, as Brattan comes off and is replaced by Ivanovic. SYDNEY FC 2 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1
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85' - Wellington make a change as Sotirio comes off for Waine. SYDNEY FC 2 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1
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84' - Wellington have a free kick in a dangerous area after a foul by Retre - who sees a yellow card for the tackle. Wellington need to put a good ball into the box. SYDNEY FC 2 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1
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83' - Sydney FC break via Ninkovic who makes a 80-metre run. It's three-on-one but he goes himself and his shot is just wide. Ninkovic should have passed the ball earlier - he was forced to take the shot himself in the end. SYDNEY FC 2 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1