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Wellington Phoenix
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Match Complete
Perth Glory
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| U. DA!vila |  | 95' | ||
| 57' |  | A. Grant | ||
| D. Ball | | 55' | ||
| A. Rufer | | 53' | ||
| 33' | | C. Ikonomidis | ||
| 25' | | G. WA 1/4 thrich | ||
| 11' | | B. Fornaroli |
| 14 | Shots | 13 | ||
| 4 | On Target | 8 | ||
| 11 | Fouls | 13 | ||
| 8 | Corners | 4 | ||
| 1 | Offsides | 1 | ||
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 | ||
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
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Perth Glory put in a professional display to record their first win of the A-League season against Wellington Phoenix, taking the match 2-1.
The Phoenix started the match off strongly but failed to convert their chances and Perth opened the scoring instead in the 11th minute through Bruno Fornaroli.
Diego Castro found the ball with some space, as became a trend throughout the match, and ran at the hapless Nix defence and cut a ball in for the Uruguayan to finish.
Perth went on to dominate the first half following their goal, and with that uplifted confidence, they doubled their lead courtesy of Chris Ikonomidis, this time assisted by Fornaroli.
The second half was better by the Phoenix, but with a two-goal advantage, Perth were happy to hold their lead and didn’t push numbers forward.
Although they often got the ball into dangerous areas, there was never someone to put the finishing touch and kickstart a comeback.
Wellington’s consolation goal came late on as new marquee signing, Gary Hooper won a penalty after he was hatched down by Dino Djulbic in the box while they were contesting a header.
Ulises Davila took the penalty, but it was too little too late.
Perth now have finally recorded their first win, and the premiership winners will be hoping this kickstarts their campaign following a stuttering start to their season.
As for the Nix, although they have shown signs of life in their opening matches, they’re still without a point after three matches.
Sooner or late, Wellington will need to match the result with the performance.
Final score
Wellington Phoenix 1
Perth Glory 2
Yesterday’s clash of Sydney has overshadowed the almost certainly better matchup of the weekend – the Distance Derby, between Wellington Phoenix and Perth Glory at Westpac Stadium. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match, starting from 4pm (AEDT).
Perth Glory have taken an arduous nine-hour journey to go across the ditch for this fixture and it would sting badly if they were to make that long trip back home without anything but three points.
Both teams have struggled so far to find their rhythm in this A-League campaign and neither of them have recorded a win.
This is perhaps more surprising for last season’s dominant force, Popovic’s Glory, and they will be desperate to finally get a win on the board.
What’s going wrong is not entirely clear in these early days — three points was snatched in the death against Brisbane in the first round and then a scrappy draw with Western United last week.
Although they have lost their opening two games, Wellington are not a bad team and have challenged both Western United and Sydney FC so far.
The suspension of Liberato Cacace will certainly hurt Phoenix’s cause, but they will be boosted by the arrival of former Premier League striker Gary Hooper, who is expected to feature for the first time in Wellington colours.
Prediction
Going for a big call here, but I just have this funny feeling that Wellington will upset last season’s Premiership winners, with Nix playmaker Ulises Davila announcing himself to the A-League.
3-1 to the Phoenix.
Where: Westpac Stadium
When: 27 October 2019, 4pm AEDT
Betting odds: Wellington Phoenix $3.25, Draw $3.60, Perth Glory $2.15
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