Wellington Phoenix liquidates Brisbane Roar 5-2 with an outstanding performance. HIGHLIGHTS

. Wellington Phoenix wipes out Brisbane Roar 5-2 with goals of

November 5, 2023

. Wellington Phoenix annihilates Brisbane Roar 5-2 with goals of Tim Payne (24′), Oskar Zawada (32′), Bozhidar Kraev (58′), Oskar Zawada (63′) and Oskar Zawada (90′). Regarding the opposition, Brisbane Roar scored with Florin Bérenguer (1′), Nikola Mileusnic (53′).

The match was played at the Wellington Regional Stadium stadium in on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Jack Morgan with the help of Mark Rule and Sarah Jones. The 4th official was Anna-Marie Keighley. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was hot at 26.28 degrees Celsius or 79.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.

Match Statistics

Wellington Phoenix

5 - 2

Brisbane Roar

47 Ball Possession 53

Shots

9 Total 17
7 On Target 5
1 Off Target 9
1 Shots blocked 3

87 Attack 136
40 Dangerous attack 86
118 Ball safe 73

0 Penalties 0
2 Corners 4

Fouls

11 Total 5
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Wellington Phoenix was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Brisbane Roar that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Brisbane Roar was putting more pressure with 86 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Wellington Phoenix succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.

Wellington Phoenix shot 9 times, 7 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, Brisbane Roar shot 17 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Wellington Phoenix received 2 yellow cards (Bozhidar Kraev and Oskar Zawada). Regarding the opposition, Brisbane Roar didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

Florin Bérenguer(goal)Joe Caletti

Tim Payne (goal)Kosta Barbarouses

24'

Oskar Zawada (goal)

32'

Bozhidar Kraev- Yellow

33'

46'

Aaron Reardon- sub ->Kai Trewin

53'

Nikola Mileusnic(goal)

B. Old- sub ->Mohamed Al-Taay

56'

Bozhidar Kraev(goal)Tim Payne

58'

Oskar Zawada (goal)Lukas Kelly-Heald

63'

Carlo Armiento- sub ->Henry Hore

73'

R. Brownlie- sub ->Thomas Waddingham

79'

Taras Gomulka- sub ->Joe Caletti

79'

Jonas Markovski- sub ->Florin Bérenguer

S. Sutton- sub ->Bozhidar Kraev

79'

Oskar Zawada - Yellow

80'

I. Hughes- sub ->Kosta Barbarouses

86'

Oskar Zawada (goal)Nicholas Pennington

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Central Coast Mariners

Western Sydney Wanderers

After this match, Wellington Phoenix has 7 points to occupy the 3rd place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Brisbane Roar stays with 4 points (7th).

Next matches

Wellington Phoenix – Formation

Wellington Phoenix

A. Paulsen 40.New Zealand

7.0

F. Surman 3.New Zealand

6.4

Scott Wootton 4.England

7.0

Tim Payne 6.New Zealand

7.3

24'

L. Kelly-Heald 18.New Zealand

7.9

Kosta Barbarouses 7.New Zealand

7.3

86'

Bozhidar Kraev 11.Bulgaria

7.3

79'

33'

58'

Mohamed Al-Taay 12.Australia

7.0

56'

Alex Rufer 14.New Zealand

7.5

Nicholas Pennington 15.Australia

8.1

Oskar Zawada 9.Poland

9.4

80'

32', 63', 90'

Substitutes

A. Kelly-Heald 30.New Zealand

I. Hughes 26.New Zealand

6.6

86'

B. Old 8.New Zealand

6.3

56'

S. Sutton 19.New Zealand

6.3

79'

Jackson Manuel 52.New Zealand

David Ball 10.England

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

The manager Giancarlo Italiano decided to play with the following team: Alex Paulsen (7.0), Tim Payne (7.3), Finn Surman (6.4), Scott Wootton (7.0), Lukas Kelly-Heald (7.9), Mohamed Al-Taay (7.0), Alex Rufer (7.5), Nicholas Pennington (8.1), Bozhidar Kraev (7.3), Kosta Barbarouses (7.3) and Oskar Zawada (9.4).

The home team had on the bench: Benjamin Old (6.3), David Ball, Sam Sutton (6.3), Isaac Hughes (6.6), Alby Kelly-Heald, Fergus Gillion and Jackson Manuel.

Substitutions

Wellington Phoenix made 3 changes: Mohamed Al-Taay for Benjamin Old (56′), Kosta Barbarouses for Isaac Hughes (86′) and Bozhidar Kraev for Sam Sutton (79′).

Best player: Oskar Zawada

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

His rating is (9.4) with 3 goals, 25 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 16. He hit the woodwork once times.

Brisbane Roar – Formation

Brisbane Roar

M. Freke 1.Australia

6.0

S. Neville 2.Australia

6.7

Tom Aldred 5.Scotland

5.6

K. Trewin 27.Australia

7.1

46'

L. Zabala 35.Australia

6.4

Joe Caletti 6.Australia

7.1

79'

Florin Bérenguer 7.France

7.5

79'

Nikola Mileusnic 10.Australia

7.5

53'

Henry Hore 13.Australia

6.8

63'

J. O'Shea 26.Republic of Ireland

8.4

T. Waddingham 16.Australia

6.3

73'

Substitutes

Matt Acton 29.Australia

Aaron Reardon 23.Australia

6.6

46'

J. Nikolovski 32.Australia

Taras Gomulka 12.Australia

6.4

79'

Jonas Markovski 8.Australia

6.6

79'

R. Brownlie 14.Australia

6.3

73'

Carlo Armiento 17.Australia

6.3

63'

Brisbane Roar started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ross Aloisi played with: Macklin Freke (6.0), Louis Zabala (6.4), Scott Neville (6.7), Tom Aldred (5.6), Kai Trewin (7.1), Joe Caletti (7.1), Jay O’Shea (8.4), Nikola Mileusnic (7.5), Florin Bérenguer (7.5), Henry Hore (6.8) and Thomas Waddingham (6.3).

These were the players on the bench: Jonas Markovski (6.6), Taras Gomulka (6.4), Rylan Brownlie (6.3), Carlo Armiento (6.3), Aaron Reardon (6.6), Matt Acton and James Nikolovski.

Substitutions

Brisbane Roar made 5 changes: Kai Trewin for Aaron Reardon (46′), Joe Caletti for Taras Gomulka (79′), Henry Hore for Carlo Armiento (63′), Thomas Waddingham for Rylan Brownlie (73′) and Florin Bérenguer for Jonas Markovski (79′).