Melbourne Victory recovers a 0-1 deficit to overcome Wellington Phoenix 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

WELLINGTON. Melbourne Victory managed to reverse the score against Wellington Phoenix to win 2-1.

April 2, 2023

WELLINGTON. Melbourne Victory managed to reverse the scoreline against Wellington Phoenix to win 2-1. It was Wellington Phoenix to strike first with a goal of Oskar Zawada at the 26′. Then it was a goal in the 59′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Damien Da Silva gave the win to Melbourne Victory in the 76′ minute. Wellington Phoenix lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

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 Alireza Faghani with the assistance of Mark Rule and Isaac Trevis. The 4th official was Campbell-Kirk Waugh. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.1 degrees Celsius or 62.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.

Match Statistics

Wellington Phoenix

1 - 2

Melbourne Victory

60 Ball Possession 40

Shots

12 Total 15
4 On Target 6
6 Off Target 5
2 Shots blocked 4

133 Attack 84
43 Dangerous attack 38
120 Ball safe 91

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 7

Fouls

4 Total 13
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Wellington Phoenix was in firm control of the ball 60% while Melbourne Victory was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Wellington Phoenix was more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Melbourne Victory was capable to find the solution to win this match.

Wellington Phoenix shot 12 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Melbourne Victory shot 15 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Wellington Phoenix didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Melbourne Victory received 3 yellow cards (Connor Chapman, Christopher Ikonomidis and Bruno Fornaroli).

Match Timeline

Oskar Zawada (goal)

26'

46'

Stefan Nigro- sub ->Joshua Laws

50'

Connor Chapman- Yellow

51'

59'

Bruno Fornaroli(goal)

David Ball- sub ->Kosta Barbarouses

65'

68'

72'

N. Velupillay- sub ->Ben Folami

75'

B. Old- sub ->Bozhidar Kraev

75'

76'

Damien Da Silva(goal)

77'

Chris Ikonomidis- Yellow

90'

Bruno Fornaroli- Yellow

90'

Nathan Konstandopoulos- sub ->L. Brooks

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Melbourne City

Central Coast Mariners

Adelaide United

Western Sydney Wanderers

After this match, Wellington Phoenix will stay with 31 points to remain in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Melbourne Victory will have 24 points to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the A-League, Wellington Phoenix will play away with Macarthur on the 29th of April with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Wellington Phoenix (2 draws).

Melbourne Victory will host Brisbane Roar on the 29th of April with a 20-19 head to head statistic in favor of Melbourne Victory (11 draws).

Wellington Phoenix – Formation

Wellington Phoenix

Oliver Sail 20.New Zealand

6.5

Tim Payne 6.New Zealand

6.8

Scott Wootton 4.England

7.0

Joshua Laws 21.Australia

7.0

51'

Alex Rufer 14.New Zealand

6.4

Steven Ugarkovic 5.Australia

6.8

65'

S. Sutton 19.New Zealand

6.5

75'

Yan Sasse 31.Brazil

7.3

Bozhidar Kraev 11.Bulgaria

6.5

75'

Kosta Barbarouses 7.New Zealand

6.5

65'

Oskar Zawada 9.Poland

7.5

26'

Substitutes

A. Paulsen 40.New Zealand

L. Mauragis 12.Australia

6.3

75'

Callan Elliot 17.New Zealand

7.0

51'

Clayton Lewis 23.New Zealand

6.8

65'

B. Old 8.New Zealand

6.1

75'

O. van Hattum 24.New Zealand

David Ball 10.England

6.2

65'

Wellington Phoenix started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Ufuk Talay decided to play with the following team: Oliver Sail (6.5), Tim Payne (6.8), Scott Wootton (7.0), Joshua Laws (7.0), Yan Sasse (7.3), Steven Ugarković (6.8), Alex Rufer (6.4), Sam Sutton (6.5), Bozhidar Kraev (6.5), Kosta Barbarouses (6.5) and Oskar Zawada (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Oskar van Hattum, Clayton Lewis (6.8), Benjamin Old (6.1), Lucas Mauragis (6.3), Callan Elliot (7.0), David Ball (6.2) and Alex Paulsen.

Substitutions

Wellington Phoenix made 6 changes: Joshua Laws for Stefan Nigro (46′), Joshua Laws for Callan Elliot (51′), Kosta Barbarouses for David Ball (65′), Steven Ugarkovic for Clayton Rhys Lewis (65′), S. Sutton for Lucas Mauragis (75′) and Bozhidar Kraev for Benjamin Old (75′).

Best player: Oskar Zawada

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Wellington Phoenix was Oskar Zawada.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 12 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.

Melbourne Victory – Formation

Melbourne Victory

Paul Izzo 20.Australia

7.0

Damien Da Silva 5.France

8.4

76'

Roderick Miranda 21.Portugal

6.8

Enrique Lopez 3.Spain

6.6

Connor Chapman 14.Australia

6.5

68'

50'

Leigh Broxham 6.Australia

6.8

Joshua Brillante 8.Australia

7.0

Chris Ikonomidis 7.Australia

7.1

77'

Ben Folami 11.Australia

6.2

72'

Eli Adams 29.Australia

6.6

46'

Bruno Fornaroli 10.Australia

7.2

90'

59'

Substitutes

Matt Acton 1.Australia

Stefan Nigro 16.Australia

6.7

Nathan Konstandopoulos 23.Australia

90'

Rai Marchán 4.Spain

7.0

68'

N. Velupillay 24.Australia

5.8

72'

Lleyton Brooks 26.Australia

6.8

46'

Bruce Kamau 18.Australia

Melbourne Victory started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Tony Popović played with: Paul Izzo (7.0), Connor Chapman (6.5), Damien Da Silva (8.4), Roderick Miranda (6.8), Cadete (6.6), Ben Folami (6.2), Joshua Brillante (7.0), Leigh Broxham (6.8), Christopher Ikonomidis (7.1), Eli Adams (6.6) and Bruno Fornaroli (7.2).

These were the players on the bench: Nishan Velupillay (5.8), Lleyton Brooks (6.8), Nathan Konstandopoulos, Stefan Nigro (6.7), Bruce Kamau, Matt Acton and Rai Marchán (7.0).

Substitutions

Melbourne Victory made 4 changes: Eli Adams for Lleyton Brooks (46′), Connor Chapman for Rai (68′), Ben Folami for Nishan Velupillay (72′) and L. Brooks for Nathan Konstandopoulos (90′).