. Wellington Phoenix tops Brisbane Roar 1-0 after B. Kraev scored just 1 goal (2′).
Wellington Phoenix remained in 10 after Alex Rufer received a red card in the 81′. Even so, Wellington Phoenix still found a way to win this encounter competing only in players.
The match was played at the Wellington Regional Stadium stadium in on Sunday and it started at 9:30 am local time. The referee was Tim Danaskos assisted by Ashley Beecham and Hugh White. The 4th official was Lachlan Keevers. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.29 degrees Celsius or 86.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 21%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 13 Total 19
- 7 On Target 8
- 3 Off Target 4
- 3 Shots blocked 7
- 66 Attack 97
- 35 Dangerous attack 84
- 69 Ball safe 58
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 9
- 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 9
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
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 46% of the time vs. Brisbane Roar that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Brisbane Roar was putting more pressure with 84 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. Notwithstanding, Wellington Phoenix managed to find the solution to win this match.
Wellington Phoenix shot 13 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Brisbane Roar shot 19 times, 8 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Wellington Phoenix received 1 yellow card (David Ball). Talking about the opposition, Brisbane Roar received 2 yellow cards (Tom Aldred and Henry Hore).
(Wellington Phoenix) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (81′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Wellington Phoenix has 46 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Brisbane Roar will stays with 26 points to hold in the 8th place.
Next matches
Wellington Phoenix – Formation
Wellington Phoenix adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Giancarlo Italiano decided to play with the following team: A. Paulsen
, Mohamed Al-Taay , F. Surman , Scott Wootton , S. Sutton , Youstin Salas , Alex Rufer , Nicholas Pennington , Bozhidar Kraev , Kosta Barbarouses and David Ball .The home team had on the bench: F. Conchie, B. Old
, L. Kelly-Heald , L. Supyk, O. van Hattum , Jack Duncan and M. Sheridan .Substitutions
Wellington Phoenix made 4 changes: Nicholas Pennington for M. Sheridan (57′), Mohamed Al-Taay for B. Old (57′), David Ball for O. van Hattum (66′) and Kosta Barbarouses for L. Kelly-Heald (83′).
Player of the match: A. Paulsen
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Wellington Phoenix was the goalkeeper: A. Paulsen. His rating is 9.08. He performed 8 saves.
Brisbane Roar – Formation
Also Brisbane Roar adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Ben Cahn played with: M. Freke
, Antonee Burke-Gilroy , Tom Aldred , K. Trewin , Corey Brown , Henry Hore , J. O’Shea , Nikola Mileusnic , Keegan Jelacic , Florin Bérenguer and T. Waddingham .The following players were sitting on the bench: Jonas Markovski
, J. Lofthouse , Taras Gomulka, J. Hingert, Matt Acton, L. Zabala and A. Majok.Substitutions
Brisbane Roar made 3 changes: Antonee Burke-Gilroy for A. Majok (90′), Henry Hore for Jonas Markovski (83′) and Nikola Mileusnic for J. Lofthouse (73′).
Player of the match: M. Freke
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Brisbane Roar was the goalkeeper: M. Freke. His rating is 7.85. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League Men.