Wellington Phoenix
0
Match Complete
Perth Glory
1
| 91' |  | J. D. D. P. LA3pez | ||
| 90' | | L. Reddy | ||
| 77' | | T. Mrcela | ||
| C. Devlin | | 73' | ||
| 18' |  | J. Chianese |
| 32 | Shots | 15 | ||
| 11 | On Target | 5 | ||
| 13 | Fouls | 13 | ||
| 10 | Corners | 9 | ||
| 0 | Offsides | 2 | ||
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 | ||
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
The Wellington Phoenix head into the first A-League elimination final as favourites against Perth Glory. Join The Roar for live scores from 5pm (AEST).
Ufuk Talay has done a tremendous job with this Wellington squad, putting them in an excellent position to advance to the second week of the A-League finals. They haven’t been in the greatest form of late, managing three losses, two draws and just the solitary win since the competition restart last month, but having finished the ladder in third they do enter this match as favourites.
Perth’s form hasn’t been much to crow about either. Consecutive goalless losses precede today’s must-win match, one of which was a particularly concerning 4-0 drubbing at the hands of the Victory.
Tony Popovic’s side have really struggled without star man Diego Castro, who hasn’t played since the COVID break, but Wellington will be without a key attacker of their own, with Gary Hooper still sidelined with an injury. Hooper has been going at better than a goal every three games for the Kiwis, so his absence will be welcomed by the Glory defence.
These two sides last met exactly one month ago, and while Perth had the better of possession and more shots on target, a Hooper strike and Ulises Davila penalty were enough to give the Nix a 2-1 win.
Game information
Kick-off: 5pm (AEST)
Venue: Bankwest Stadium
TV: Fox Sports
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel, MyFootball Live app
Teams
Wellington Phoenix
1. Stefan Marinovic (GK), 2. Liam Mcging, 3. Luke Devere, 4. Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi, 5. Matti Steinmann, 7. Reno Piscopo, 8. Cameron Devlin, 9. David Ball, 10. Ulises Davila, 11. Jaushua Sotirio, 12. Brandon Wilson, 13. Liberato Cacace, 14. Alex Rufer, 16. Louis Fenton, 17. Callan Elliot, 21. Callum Mccowatt, 27. Steven Taylor (c), 30. Zac Jones (GK), 31. Ben Waine, 32. Sam Sutton
2-4 to be omitted
Perth Glory
2. Alex Grant, 3. Jacob Tratt, 5. Ivan Franjic, 7. Joel Chianese, 8. James Meredith, 9. Bruno Fornaroli, 13. Osama Malik, 16. Tomislav Mrcela, 20. Jake Brimmer, 21. Tarek Elrich, 22. Vince Lia, 23. Dane Ingham, 25. Carlo Armiento, 27. Juande, 28. Gabriel Popovic, 29. Kristian Popovic, 33. Liam Reddy (GK), 50. Daniel Margush (GK), 88. Neil Kilkenny (c), 61. Yianni Perkatis
2-4 to be omitted
Lionheart
Roar Rookie
'nix a bit hard done by but good luck to Glory
hog
Roar Rookie
Bloody Gutted, but well done boys, proud of the Pheonix. Good luck Perth
Ron Padua
Guest
Yes. His track record is so B O R I N G! Really? Switch.
hayboy
Roar Rookie
Agree 100% but welcome to football. EVERY player milks “injuries”. Don’t blame the players, blame the leagues across the world who let players get away with it.
pete4
Guest
Popovic tactics 101 after take the lead the shut up shop
hayboy
Roar Rookie
Job well done Glory. Bring on Sydney :thumbup:
Coastyboi
Guest
Nix deserved a goal. Rockin’ Reddy is over-rated.
Stevo
Roar Rookie
Yawn Perth.
WithTheDawn
Roar Rookie
And HOW is it full time right on 5 minutes of injury time when Reddy just milked another 30 seconds of fake injury? Nix with so so many chances, but no luck with either their chances or the ref...
92'
91'
WithTheDawn
Roar Rookie
Lol, 5 minutes of injury time? There has been more of that in the last 10 minutes...
Stevo
Roar Rookie
Popovic bores me.
Stevo
Roar Rookie
Steinmann OFF, Rufer ON.
WithTheDawn
Roar Rookie
Nix player just about gets hit in the head, where is the free kick!
77'
WithTheDawn
Roar Rookie
Wow now THAT is a cynical yellow card.
Stevo
Roar Rookie
Get the hell out of here Sotirio!!! Gift.Spurned.
Stevo
Roar Rookie
Devlin OFF, McCowatt ON.
WithTheDawn
Roar Rookie
God how did he miss that...