. Wellington Phoenix conquered Adelaide United 3-2 thanks to B. Old who scored in the 34th and 78th minute.
The match was played at the Wellington Regional Stadium stadium in on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. In front of 7,207 spectators. The referee was Jack Morgan with the assistance of Isaac Trevis and Sarah Jones. The 4th official was Campbell-Kirk Waugh. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.17 degrees Celsius or 86.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 18%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 15 Total 23
- 5 On Target 6
- 3 Off Target 10
- 7 Shots blocked 7
- 81 Attack 70
- 64 Dangerous attack 66
- 84 Ball safe 71
- 0 Penalties 1
- 7 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 6 Total 6
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Wellington Phoenix was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Adelaide United that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Adelaide United had a more offensive attitude with 66 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Wellington Phoenix was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Wellington Phoenix shot 15 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Adelaide United shot 23 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Wellington Phoenix didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Adelaide United received 4 yellow cards (Nestory Irankunda, Ben Warland, Nestory Irankunda and Isaías).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Wellington Phoenix has 40 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Adelaide United will stays with 19 points like Newcastle Jets to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
Wellington Phoenix – Formation
Wellington Phoenix started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Giancarlo Italiano decided to play with the following team: Alex Paulsen
, Finn Surman , Scott Wootton , Lukas Kelly-Heald , Tim Payne , Mohamed Al-Taay , Alex Rufer , Youstin Salas , Benjamin Old , Bozhidar Kraev and David Ball .The home team had on the bench: Fin Conchie
, Kosta Barbarouses , Oskar Zawada, Sam Sutton , Oskar van Hattum , Jack Duncan, Alby Kelly-Heald, Isaac Hughes and Matthew Sheridan.Substitutions
Wellington Phoenix made 5 changes: Youstin Salas for Oskar van Hattum (69′), Lukas Kelly-Heald for Sam Sutton (69′), David Ball for Isaac Hughes (76′), Mohamed Al-Taay for Fin Conchie (68′) and Bozhidar Kraev for Kosta Barbarouses (69′).
Player of the match: Benjamin Old
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Wellington Phoenix was Benjamin Old.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 30 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 15. He performed 3 crosses.Adelaide United – Formation
Adelaide United started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
Thomas Veart played with: James Delianov
, Giuseppe Bovalina , Panagiotis Kikiasnis , Ben Warland , Ryan Kitto , Harry Van der Saag , Ethan Alagich , Isaías , Austin Ayoubi , Stefan Mauk and Luka Jovanovic .They had on the bench: Hiroshi Ibusuki
, Yaya Dukuly , Javi López, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Jonny Yull , Ethan Cox, Nestory Irankunda and Yaya Dukuly.Substitutions
Adelaide United made 4 changes: Austin Ayoubi for Yaya Dukuly (61′), Luka Jovanovic for Hiroshi Ibusuki (61′), Harry Van der Saag for Nestory Irankunda (70′) and Ethan Alagich for Jonny Yull (70′).
Player of the match: Ryan Kitto
The player that probably impressed the most for Adelaide United was Ryan Kitto.
His rating is
with 36 passes (72% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League Men.