Sydney tops Wellington Phoenix 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

SYDNEY. Sydney conquers Wellington Phoenix 3-1.

December 30, 2023

SYDNEY. Sydney defeats Wellington Phoenix 3-1. Sydney was much superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Allianz Stadium stadium in Sydney on Friday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Alireza Faghani with the assistance of Ashley Beecham and Lance Greenshields. The 4th official was Nathan Shakespear. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was hot at 27.37 degrees Celsius or 81.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.

Match Statistics

Sydney

3 - 1

Wellington Phoenix

! 62 Ball Possession 38

Shots

34 Total 13
12 On Target 4
11 Off Target 5
11 Shots blocked 4

160 Attack 55
101 Dangerous attack 21
55 Ball safe 71

0 Penalties 0
13 Corners 1
1 Off Sides 5

Fouls

16 Total 3
7 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Sydney had a superior ball possession 62% while Wellington Phoenix was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sydney had a more offensive attitude with 101 dangerous attacks and 34 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sydney won the match.

Sydney shot 34 times, 12 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Wellington Phoenix shot 13 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Sydney received 7 yellow cards (Patrick Wood, Fábio Gomes, Max Burgess, Robert Mak, Jack Rodwell, Jake Girdwood-Reich and Jaiden Kucharski). On the opposite side, Wellington Phoenix received 1 yellow card (Sam Sutton).

Match Timeline

R. Grant(goal)Jaiden Kucharski

11'

J. Kucharski- Yellow

25'

J. Rodwell- Yellow

33'

J. Girdwood-Reich- Yellow

43'

Max Burgess- sub ->Anthony Caceres

60'

P. Wood- sub ->Jaiden Kucharski

60'

Róbert Mak- Yellow

63'

73'

Mohamed Al-Taay- sub ->Nicholas Pennington

73'

O. van Hattum- sub ->David Ball

Fábio Gomes- sub ->Jake Girdwood-Reich

77'

81'

Kosta Barbarouses(goal)Oskar van Hattum

Max Burgess- Yellow

83'

Róbert Mak(goal)Fábio Gomes

86'

88'

S. Sutton- Yellow

89'

L. Supyk- sub ->Sam Sutton

P. Wood- Yellow

90'

Fábio Gomes(goal)Joe Lolley

90'

Fábio Gomes- Yellow

90'

J. Courtney-Perkins- sub ->Jack Rodwell

90'

M. Glasson- sub ->Joe Lolley

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Central Coast Mariners

Western Sydney Wanderers

After this encounter, Sydney has 12 points to sit in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Wellington Phoenix will stays with 20 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

Sydney – Formation

Sydney

A. Redmayne 1.Australia

7.1

J. Rodwell 6.England

7.3

90'

33'

Gabriel Lacerda 15.Brazil

7.3

Joel King 16.Australia

7.5

R. Grant 23.Australia

8.2

11'

J. Girdwood-Reich 8.Australia

7.7

77'

43'

Joe Lolley 10.England

10.1

90'

Róbert Mak 11.Slovakia

8.1

63'

86'

A. Cáceres 17.Australia

7.3

60'

Luke Brattan 26.Australia

8.1

J. Kucharski 25.Australia

7.7

60'

25'

Substitutes

A. Pavlesic 20.Australia

J. Courtney-Perkins 4.Australia

90'

Max Burgess 22.Australia

6.4

60'

83'

Fábio Gomes 9.Brazil

8.5

77'

90'

P. Wood 13.Australia

6.7

60'

90'

M. Glasson 19.Australia

90'

N. Amanatidis 28.Australia

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

The manager Ufuk Talay decided to play with the following team: Andrew Redmayne (7.1), Rhyan Grant (8.2), Gabriel Lacerda (7.3), Jack Rodwell (7.3), Joel King (7.5), Jake Girdwood-Reich (7.7), Luke Brattan (8.1), Joe Lolley (10.1), Anthony Caceres (7.3), Robert Mak (8.1) and Jaiden Kucharski (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Jordan Courtney-Perkins, Fábio Gomes (8.5), Patrick Wood (6.7), Mitchell Glasson, Adam Pavlesic, Max Burgess (6.4) and Nathan Amanatidis.

Sydney could not rely on the presence of Max Burgess (injured) and Fábio Gomes (injured).

Substitutions

Sydney made 5 changes: Jaiden Kucharski for Patrick Wood (60′), Anthony Caceres for Max Burgess (60′), Jake Girdwood-Reich for Fábio Gomes (77′), Jack Rodwell for Jordan Courtney-Perkins (90′) and Joe Lolley for Mitchell Glasson (90′).

Player of the match: Fábio Gomes

The player that probably impressed the most for Sydney was Fábio Gomes.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 6 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 3.

His performance was amazing also because he began the contest from the bench before entering in the 77′.

Wellington Phoenix – Formation

Wellington Phoenix

A. Paulsen 40.New Zealand

8.1

F. Surman 3.New Zealand

6.8

Scott Wootton 4.England

6.3

Tim Payne 6.New Zealand

6.6

S. Sutton 19.New Zealand

7.1

89'

88'

Kosta Barbarouses 7.New Zealand

6.8

81'

B. Old 8.New Zealand

7.3

David Ball 10.England

7.8

73'

Bozhidar Kraev 11.Bulgaria

6.8

Alex Rufer 14.New Zealand

7.9

Nicholas Pennington 15.Australia

7.1

73'

Substitutes

Jack Duncan 25.Australia

L. Kelly-Heald 18.New Zealand

I. Hughes 26.New Zealand

F. Conchie 5.New Zealand

Mohamed Al-Taay 12.Australia

6.3

73'

L. Supyk 23.New Zealand

6.6

89'

O. van Hattum 24.New Zealand

7.7

73'

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

Giancarlo Italiano played with: Alex Paulsen (8.1), Tim Payne (6.6), Finn Surman (6.8), Scott Wootton (6.3), Sam Sutton (7.1), Nicholas Pennington (7.1), Alex Rufer (7.9), David Ball (7.8), Benjamin Old (7.3), Kosta Barbarouses (6.8) and Bozhidar Kraev (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Fin Conchie, Mohamed Al-Taay (6.3), Lukas Kelly-Heald, L. Supyk (6.6), Oskar van Hattum (7.7), Jack Duncan and Isaac Hughes.

Substitutions

Wellington Phoenix made 3 changes: Nicholas Pennington for Mohamed Al-Taay (73′), David Ball for Oskar van Hattum (73′) and Sam Sutton for L. Supyk (89′).