WELLINGTON. Wellington Phoenix beat Newcastle Jets to win 2-1. It was Wellington Phoenix to strike first with a goal of C. Elliot at the 41′. Then Oskar Zawada scored again for Wellington Phoenix in the 45′ minute with a penalty. Eventually, Manabu Saito reduced the distance for Newcastle Jets (51′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Newcastle Jets lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Sky Stadium stadium in Wellington on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Shaun Evans with the collaboration of Mark Rule and Isaac Trevis. The 4th official was Lachlan Keevers. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.5 degrees Celsius or 63.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Wellington Phoenix

2 - 1

Newcastle Jets

  • 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
  • 11 Total 18
  • 4 On Target 6
  • 3 Off Target 10
  • 4 Shots blocked 2
  • 94 Attack 122
  • 37 Dangerous attack 71
  • 72 Ball safe 86
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 7
  • 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 9 Total 19
  • 1 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Newcastle Jets was in firm control of the ball 57% while Wellington Phoenix was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Newcastle Jets was more pushing with 71 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, Wellington Phoenix found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Wellington Phoenix shot 11 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Newcastle Jets shot 18 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Wellington Phoenix received 1 yellow card (David Ball). Talking about the opposition, Newcastle Jets received 2 yellow cards (Trent Buhagiar and Carl Jenkinson).

Match Timeline

35'
Trent Buhagiar- Yellow
David Ball- Yellow
39'
41'
Jack Duncan- Yellow
41'
Oskar Zawada (penalty)
45'
Oskar Zawada (var)
45'
51'
Kosta Barbarouses- sub ->David Ball
54'
63'
78'
80'
Daniel Stynes- sub ->Manabu Saito
84'
Thomas Aquilina- sub ->D. Ingham
86'
Carl Jenkinson- Yellow
O. van Hattum- sub ->Oskar Zawada
90'
90'

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 match, Wellington Phoenix will have 28 points like Central Coast Mariners to remain in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Newcastle Jets will stay with 24 points to remain in the 7th 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 3-2 head to head in favor of Wellington Phoenix (2 draws).

Newcastle Jets will play away agasint Sydney on the 29th of April with a 28-9 head to head statistic in favor of Sydney (12 draws).

Wellington Phoenix – Formation

Wellington Phoenix
G
Oliver Sail 20.New Zealand
7.1
D
Tim Payne 6.New Zealand
7.0
D
Scott Wootton 4.England
6.5
D
Callan Elliot 17.New Zealand
7.4
90' 41'
D
L. Mauragis 12.Australia
6.5
M
Alex Rufer 14.New Zealand
7.0
M
Steven Ugarkovic 5.Australia
6.4
M
Bozhidar Kraev 11.Bulgaria
7.1
M
Yan Sasse 31.Brazil
7.2
63'
F
David Ball 10.England
6.6
54' 39'
F
Oskar Zawada 9.Poland
7.1
90' 45'
Substitutes
G
A. Paulsen 40.New Zealand
D
Nikko Boxall 15.New Zealand
90'
D
Joshua Laws 21.Australia
6.7
63'
M
B. Old 8.New Zealand
M
Nicholas Pennington 13.Australia
F
Kosta Barbarouses 7.New Zealand
6.6
54'
F
O. van Hattum 24.New Zealand
90'

Wellington Phoenix adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Ufuk Talay decided to play with the following team: Oliver Sail (7.1), Callan Elliot (7.4), Scott Wootton (6.5), Tim Payne (7.0), Lucas Mauragis (6.5), Yan Sasse (7.2), Alex Rufer (7.0), Steven Ugarković (6.4), Bozhidar Kraev (7.1), David Ball (6.6) and Oskar Zawada (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Nikko Boxall, Joshua Laws (6.7), Benjamin Old, Kosta Barbarouses (6.6), Nicholas Pennington, Alex Paulsen and Oskar van Hattum.

Substitutions

Wellington Phoenix made 4 changes: David Ball for Kosta Barbarouses (54′), Yan Sasse for Joshua Laws (63′), C. Elliot for Nikko Boxall (90′) and Oskar Zawada for Oskar van Hattum (90′).

Best player: Callan Elliot​

The most impressive player for Wellington Phoenix was Callan Elliot.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 42 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

Newcastle Jets – Formation

Newcastle Jets
G
Jack Duncan 1.Australia
6.0
41'
D
Jason Hoffman 3.Australia
6.6
D
Matthew Jurman 5.Australia
6.5
D
Carl Jenkinson 25.England
6.3
86'
D
Dane Ingham 2.New Zealand
6.9
84'
M
Brandon O'Neill 6.Australia
6.2
78'
M
Angus Thurgate 32.Australia
6.8
M
Manabu Saito 4.Japan
7.6
80' 51'
M
Jaushua Sotirio 11.Australia
6.1
F
Kosta Grozos 17.Australia
7.9
F
Trent Buhagiar 7.Australia
7.1
35'
Substitutes
G
Michael Weier 20.Australia
D
Thomas Aquilina 39.Australia
84'
D
Mark Natta 33.Australia
D
Phillip Cancar 22.Australia
M
Beka Dartsmelia 8.Georgia
6.8
78'
M
Mohamed Al-Taay 14.Australia
M
Daniel Stynes 18.Australia
6.9
80'

Also Newcastle Jets adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Arthur Thomas Papastamatis played with: Jack Duncan (6.0), Dane Ingham (6.9), Carl Jenkinson (6.3), Matthew Jurman (6.5), Jason Hoffman (6.6), Jaushua Sotirio (6.1), Angus Thurgate (6.8), Brandon O’Neill (6.2), Manabu Saito (7.6), Kosta Grozos (7.9) and Trent Buhagiar (7.1).

They had on the bench: Thomas Kevin Aquilina, Beka Dartsmelia (6.8), Mohamed Al-Taay, Mark Natta, Phillip Čančar, Daniel Stynes (6.9) and Michael Weier.

Substitutions

Newcastle Jets made 3 changes: Brandon O’Neill for Beka Dartsmelia (78′), Manabu Saito for Daniel Stynes (80′) and D. Ingham for Thomas Aquilina (84′).

Best player: Kosta Grozos​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Newcastle Jets was Kosta Grozos.

His rating is (7.9) with 48 passes (77% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

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