NEWCASTLE. Wellington Phoenix beat Newcastle Jets to win 2-1. A goal from O. Zawada was decisive in the 87min. It was Wellington Phoenix to strike first with an early goal of Alex Rufer at the 5′. Then it was a goal in the 80′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Oskar Zawada gave the win to Wellington Phoenix in the 87′ minute with a goal. Newcastle Jets lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the McDonald Jones Stadium stadium in Newcastle on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Casey Reibelt with the help of Andrew Lindsay and Matthew McOrist. The 4th official was Ben Abraham. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.87 degrees Celsius or 71.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 17 Total 16
- 5 On Target 7
- 6 Off Target 5
- 7 Shots blocked 4
- 113 Attack 52
- 78 Dangerous attack 48
- 59 Ball safe 75
- 0 Penalties 1
- 9 Corners 8
Fouls
- 14 Total 8
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Newcastle Jets had a strong ball possession 57% while Wellington Phoenix was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Newcastle Jets had a more offensive attitude with 78 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, Wellington Phoenix managed to find the solution to win this match.
Newcastle Jets shot 17 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Wellington Phoenix shot 16 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Newcastle Jets received 2 yellow cards (Mark Natta and Apostolos Stamatelopoulos). On the opposite side, Wellington Phoenix received 3 yellow cards (Alex Rufer, Nicholas Pennington and Mohamed Al-Taay).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Newcastle Jets stays with 16 points to remain in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Wellington Phoenix will has 28 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
Newcastle Jets – Formation
Newcastle Jets
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80'Newcastle Jets started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Robert Stanton decided to play with the following team: Ryan Scott , Dane Ingham , Nathan Grimaldi , Mark Natta , Lucas Mauragis , Daniel Stynes , Kosta Grozos , Brandon O’Neill , Daniel Wilmering , Callum Timmins and Apostolos Stamatelopoulos .
The home team had on the bench: Jason Hoffman, Trent Buhagiar , Jason Berthomier , Michael Weier, Phillip Čančar, Archie Goodwin and Justin Vidic.
Substitutions
Newcastle Jets made 3 changes: Daniel Stynes for Archie Goodwin (46′), Lucas Mauragis for Trent Buhagiar (67′) and Callum Timmins for Jason Berthomier (89′).
Player of the match: Kosta Grozos
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Newcastle Jets was Kosta Grozos.
His rating is with 61 passes (97% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Wellington Phoenix – Formation
Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).
Giancarlo Italiano played with: Alex Paulsen , Nicholas Pennington , Finn Surman , Scott Wootton , Lukas Kelly-Heald , Sam Sutton , Mohamed Al-Taay , Alex Rufer , Bozhidar Kraev , Kosta Barbarouses and David Ball .
These were the players on the bench: Fin Conchie, Benjamin Old , Oskar Zawada , L. Supyk, Oskar van Hattum , Jack Duncan and Isaac Hughes.
Substitutions
Wellington Phoenix made 3 changes: Mohamed Al-Taay for Benjamin Old (62′), David Ball for Oskar Zawada (73′) and Kosta Barbarouses for Oskar van Hattum (84′).
Player of the match: Scott Wootton
The most impressive player for Wellington Phoenix was Scott Wootton even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 73 passes (96% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 3.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League Men.
- Western United – Western Sydney Wanderers – 0-1
- Newcastle Jets – Wellington Phoenix – 1-2
- Central Coast Mariners – Brisbane Roar – 2-0
