WELLINGTON. Wellington Phoenix estinguishes Macarthur 4-1 with goals of B. Old (45′), C. Lewis (65′), B. Waine (68′) and B. Kraev (76′). Talking about the opposition, Macarthur scored with ​L. Rose (59′). Wellington Phoenix took advantage of its better ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Westpac Stadium stadium in Wellington on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Casey Reibelt with the assistance of David Walsh and Isaac Trevis. The 4th official was Anna-Marie Keighley. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.4 degrees Celsius or 65.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.​

Match Statistics​

Wellington Phoenix

4 - 1

Macarthur

  • 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
  • 16 Total 11
  • 8 On Target 4
  • 8 Off Target 7
  • 2 Shots blocked 2
  • 95 Attack 108
  • 41 Dangerous attack 43
  • 80 Ball safe 65
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 2
  • 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 13 Total 20
  • 2 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Wellington Phoenix had a superior ball possession 59% while Macarthur was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Macarthur was more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Wellington Phoenix managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Wellington Phoenix shot 16 times, 8 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Macarthur shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Wellington Phoenix received 2 yellow cards (C. Elliot and B. Waine). Regarding the opposition, Macarthur received 3 yellow cards (T. Uskok, C. Noone and D. De Silva).

Match Timeline

39'
Tomislav Uskok- Yellow
45'
B. Old(goal)C. Elliot
45'
59'
Lachlan Rose- sub ->A. Carter
59'
Lachlan Rose(goal)D. Arzani
David Ball- sub ->B. Old
61'
61'
62'
65'
Clayton Lewis(goal)
68'
72'
Jerry Skotadis- sub ->K. Baccus
72'
Bozhidar Kraev(goal)D. Ball
76'
80'
J. Drew- sub ->D. Arzani
81'
Tim Payne - sub ->J. Laws
89'
90'
90'
Daniel De Silva- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Melbourne City
55
26
Central Coast Mariners
44
26
Adelaide United
42
26
Western Sydney Wanderers
41
26
Sydney
38
26
Wellington Phoenix
35
26
Western United
32
26
Brisbane Roar
30
26
Perth Glory
29
26
Newcastle Jets
29
26
Melbourne Victory
28
26
Macarthur
26
26

After playing this encounter, Wellington Phoenix will have 6 points like Brisbane Roar and Newcastle Jets to sit in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Macarthur will stay with 5 points to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the A-League, Wellington Phoenix will play away with Macarthur on the 30th of April with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Wellington Phoenix (2 draws).

Macarthur will host Wellington Phoenix on the 30th of April with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Wellington Phoenix (2 draws).

Wellington Phoenix – Formation

Wellington Phoenix
G
Oliver Sail 20.New Zealand
7.2
D
Scott Wootton 4.England
6.5
D
Joshua Laws 21.Australia
7.3
89'
D
Callan Elliot 17.New Zealand
7.1
62'
D
S. Sutton 19.New Zealand
7.4
M
Steven Ugarkovic 5.Australia
7.0
M
Clayton Lewis 23.New Zealand
7.1
65'
M
Bozhidar Kraev 11.Bulgaria
7.3
90' 76'
M
B. Old 8.New Zealand
6.8
61' 45'
F
Kosta Barbarouses 7.New Zealand
7.1
F
Oskar Zawada 9.Poland
7.1
61'
Substitutes
G
A. Paulsen 40.New Zealand
D
Tim Payne 6.New Zealand
89'
M
Nicholas Pennington 13.Australia
M
Yan Sasse 31.Brazil
90'
F
L. Mauragis 12.Australia
F
David Ball 10.England
7.0
61'
F
Ben Waine 18.New Zealand
7.1
61' 81' 68'

Wellington Phoenix started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Ufuk Talay decided to play with the following team: Oliver Sail (7.2), Callan Elliot (7.1), Scott Wootton (6.5), Joshua Laws (7.3), Sam Sutton (7.4), Benjamin Old (6.8), Steven Ugarković (7.0), Clayton Lewis (7.1), Bozhidar Kraev (7.3), Oskar Zawada (7.1) and Kosta Barbarouses (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Lucas Mauragis, Nicholas Pennington, Alexander Paulsen, David Ball (7.0), Ben Waine (7.1), Tim Payne and Yan Medeiros Sasse.

Substitutions

Wellington Phoenix made 4 changes: B. Old for D. Ball (61′), O. Zawada for B. Waine (61′), J. Laws for T. Payne (89′) and B. Kraev for Yan Sasse (90′).

Best player: Sam Sutton​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Wellington Phoenix was Sam Sutton even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 35 passes (94% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.

Macarthur – Formation

Macarthur
G
F. Kurto 12.Poland
6.1
D
Jake McGing 2.Australia
6.1
D
Ivan Vujica 13.Australia
6.1
D
Matthew Millar 44.Australia
6.3
D
Tomislav Uskok 6.Australia
6.1
39'
M
Craig Noone 17.England
6.3
45'
M
Kearyn Baccus 11.Australia
6.6
72'
M
Daniel De Silva 7.Australia
6.6
90'
M
Charles M'Mombwa 24.Tanzania
6.4
72'
M
Daniel Arzani 99.Australia
6.9
80'
F
Anthony Carter 94.Australia
6.4
59'
Substitutes
G
Nick Suman 1.Australia
M
Jerry Skotadis 27.Australia
6.2
72'
M
O. Jones 41.Australia
F
Moudi Najjar 14.Australia
F
Lachlan Rose 31.Australia
7.1
59' 59'
F
J. Drew 37.Australia
6.2
80'
F
A. Touré 35.Australia
6.5
72'

Macarthur started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Dwight Yorke played with: Filip Kurto (6.1), Matthew Millar (6.3), Tomislav Uskok (6.1), Jake McGing (6.1), Ivan Vujica (6.1), Kearyn Baccus (6.6), Craig Noone (6.3), Daniel De Silva (6.6), Charles M’Mombwa (6.4), Daniel Arzani (6.9) and Anthony Carter (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Moudi Najjar, Lachlan Rose (7.1), Jed Drew (6.2), Jerry Skotadis (6.2), Nick Suman, Al Hassan Toure (6.5) and Oliver Jones.

Substitutions

Macarthur made 4 changes: A. Carter for L. Rose (59′), K. Baccus for J. Skotadis (72′), C. M’Mombwa for A. Toure (72′) and D. Arzani for J. Drew (80′).

Best player: Lachlan Rose​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Macarthur was Lachlan Rose.

His rating is (7.1) with 1 goal, 4 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 2.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 59′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the A-League.​