Wellington Phoenix
0
Match Complete
Western Sydney Wanderers FC
2
| 93' |  | J. Koutroumbis | ||
| D. Ball |  | 86' | ||
| A. Rufer | | 77' | ||
| G. Hooper | | 68' | ||
| 66' | | T. Hemed | ||
| 64' | | A. TraorA(C) | ||
| 17' | | T. Aquilina |
| 14 | Shots | 10 | ||
| 3 | On Target | 5 | ||
| 11 | Fouls | 18 | ||
| 7 | Corners | 6 | ||
| 2 | Offsides | 3 | ||
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 | ||
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
Wellington Phoenix will be seeking to continue their solid recent form when the Western Sydney Wanderers visit WIN Stadium in Wollongong in search of their first win of the season. Join The Roar for live scores from 7:45pm AEDT.
Ufuk Talay has his south-coast-based Phoenix sitting pretty inside the top six after a deserved 2-1 win against the Mariners last weekend. Western Sydney went from very bad to a fair bit better in their 2-2 draw with the Jets last Sunday and frankly, it is hard to know exactly what Carl Robinson’s team will dish up this time. Whatever they do produce, it will almost certainly have an air of desperation about it and the confident Phoenix could well provide them with the toughest opponent they have faced to this point in the A-League season.
The Wanderers are far from gelling and yet to show the form many pundits predicted during the pre-season. Terry Antonis, Ramy Najjarine and Dimi Petratos need to build combinations and defensively there is a lot of work still be done on the training pitch. Wellington will be hoping the excellent form of Gary Hooper continues, with two goals from two games, the Englishman has been one of the most dangerous attacking weapons in the competition over the opening weeks and unless the Wanderers are sharper at the back, he could be a decisive factor in this match.
Game information
Venue: WIN Stadium
Kick-off: 7:45 pm (AEDT), Friday 3rd December 2021
Live stream: Paramount+
Betting: Wellington Phoenix $2.16, Western Sydney Wanderers FC $3.00 – odds via PlayUp
Teams
Wellington Phoenix
Matthew Bozinovski, James McGarry, Tim Payne, Ben Old, David Ball, Reno Piscopo, Jaushua Sotirio, Luka Prso, Nicholas Pennington, Alex Rufer (vc), Louis Fenton, Callan Elliot, Ben Waine, Sam Sutton, Oliver Sail, Joshua Laws, Clayton Lewis, Kurtis Mogg, George Ott, Alex Paulsen, Gary Hooper
Western Sydney Wanderers FC
Daniel Margush, Ziggy Gordon, Adama Traoré, Rhys Williams (c), Tass Mourdoukoutas, Ramy Najjarine, Steven Ugarkovic, Bernie Ibini, Tomer Hemed, Keijiro Ogawa, Tate Russell, James Troisi, Keanu Baccus, Daniel Wilmering, Tomás Mejías, Jordan Swibel, John Koutroumbis, Dimitri Petratos, Phillip Cancar, Jarrod Carluccio, Terry Antonis, Mark Natta, Nectar Triantis, Alessandro Lopane, Alex Badolato, Thomas Aquilina, Vedran Janjetovic, Jack Rodwell
Grem
Roar Rookie
A draw would probably have been a fair result, but VAR was poor with better camera work last year. I think the refs are doing well. I guess present technology can only pick up a clear and obvious foul, which is probably a good thing.
Blood Dragon
Roar Rookie
Ball was over the Line but should have been called no goal as Hemed clearly pushed Callan Eilliot
Ac
Guest
Only 1900 there all up anyway. But your comment is a good one
Ferno
Guest
Am I the only one saw an attack fault at the first goal? Hemed pushed 17's back, no?
93'
Stevo
Roar Rookie
I’m trying to find something to like about the Wanderer’s play but can’t.
Tigertown
Guest
I think a draw would be a fairer result.
86'
77'
Dibbs
Roar Rookie
Line-ball, probably the right call this week. After two line-ball goals in the first week of the league, maybe we need goal-line technology. I feel like we used to have it but may be wrong?
Jordan Sports Fan
Roar Rookie
3 replays total for that goal on P+. The 9 min highlights packaged I watched at HT on Optus showed 4 replays per goal that was scored. P+ coverage very basic lets see the goals a few more times ay
68'
pete4
Roar Rookie
Hemed celebrates against his old club :silly:
Stevo
Roar Rookie
The most undeserving of goal.
c
Roar Rookie
ffs and I don't even like nz
66'
pete4
Roar Rookie
Goal I think :football:
Jordan Sports Fan
Roar Rookie
Goal
64'
pete4
Roar Rookie
Interestingly WSW essentially playing with 3 DM's - Antonis, Rodwell and Ugarkovic