Wellington Phoenix and Central Coast Mariners draw 2-2 on Sunday. HIGHLIGHTS

WELLINGTON. Wellington Phoenix finds its way back against Central Coast Mariners with a goal on the S. Silvera 60' and a goal on the J. Cummings 65'.

David Brown

October 17, 2022

WELLINGTON. Wellington Phoenix finds the way to recover against Central Coast Mariners with a goal on the S. Silvera 60′ and a goal on the J. Cummings 65′.

The match was played at the Westpac Stadium stadium in Wellington on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Jonathon Barreiro who had the assistance of Mark Rule and Isaac Trevis. The 4th official was Campbell-Kirk Waugh. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.8 degrees Celsius or 62.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.

Match Statistics

Wellington Phoenix

2 - 2

Central Coast Mariners

51 Ball Possession 49

Shots

19 Total 9
6 On Target 5
13 Off Target 4
3 Shots blocked 0

100 Attack 106
30 Dangerous attack 42
87 Ball safe 63

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 1
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

10 Total 14
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

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 50% of the time vs. Central Coast Mariners that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Central Coast Mariners was more aggressive with 42 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Central Coast Mariners to win the encounter.

Wellington Phoenix shot 19 times, 6 on target, 13 off target. Regarding the opposition, Central Coast Mariners shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Wellington Phoenix received 1 yellow card (O. Zawada). On the other side, Central Coast Mariners received 3 yellow cards (J. Kelechi, P. Ayongo and H. Steele).

Match Timeline

18'

Oskar Zawada - Yellow

34'

38'

54'

57'

60'

B. Old- sub ->B. Kraev

62'

S. Sutton- sub ->L. Mauragis

62'

65'

69'

75'

Harrison Steele- sub ->M. Balard

77'

Harrison Steele- Yellow

Nicholas Pennington- sub ->C. Lewis

81'

O. van Hattum- sub ->O. Zawada

85'

88'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Melbourne City

Central Coast Mariners

Adelaide United

Western Sydney Wanderers

After this match, Wellington Phoenix has 2 points to occupy the 7th place in the standings. On the opposite side, Central Coast Mariners has 1 points (8th).

Next matches

In the next match in the A-League, Wellington Phoenix will play away with Macarthur on the 30th of April with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Wellington Phoenix (2 draws).

Central Coast Mariners will play away agasint Adelaide United on the 29th of April with a 23-21 head to head statistic in favor of Adelaide United (5 draws).

Wellington Phoenix – Formation

Wellington Phoenix

Oliver Sail 20.New Zealand

6.4

Tim Payne 6.New Zealand

6.4

Scott Wootton 4.England

6.7

Joshua Laws 21.Australia

7.0

L. Mauragis 12.Australia

6.3

62'

Steven Ugarkovic 5.Australia

7.8

Clayton Lewis 23.New Zealand

7.0

81'

Bozhidar Kraev 11.Bulgaria

6.2

62'

Kosta Barbarouses 7.New Zealand

6.1

Oskar Zawada 9.Poland

6.5

85'

34'

Ben Waine 18.New Zealand

7.6

57'

Substitutes

A. Paulsen 40.New Zealand

Callan Elliot 17.New Zealand

F. Surman 3.New Zealand

Nicholas Pennington 13.Australia

81'

S. Sutton 19.New Zealand

6.8

62'

B. Old 8.New Zealand

6.7

62'

O. van Hattum 24.New Zealand

85'

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

The manager Ufuk Talay decided to play with the following team: Oliver Sail (6.4), Tim Payne (6.4), Scott Wootton (6.7), Joshua Laws (7.0), Lucas Mauragis (6.3), Steven Ugarković (7.8), Clayton Lewis (7.0), Kosta Barbarouses (6.1), Bozhidar Kraev (6.2), Oskar Zawada (6.5) and Ben Waine (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Nicholas Pennington, Callan Elliot, Sam Sutton (6.8), Oskar van Hattum, Benjamin Old (6.7), Alex Paulsen and Finn Surman.

Substitutions

Wellington Phoenix made 4 changes: B. Kraev for B. Old (62′), L. Mauragis for S. Sutton (62′), C. Lewis for N. Pennington (81′) and O. Zawada for O. van Hattum (85′).

Best player: Steven Ugarković

The player that probably impressed the most for Wellington Phoenix was Steven Ugarković.

His rating is (7.8) with 61 passes (95% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Central Coast Mariners – Formation

Central Coast Mariners

Maximilian Mehring 20.Australia

6.2

B. Kaltak 3.Vanuatu

7.3

Storm Roux 15.New Zealand

6.7

Kelechi John 17.Nigeria

6.6

Jacob Farrell 18.Australia

6.7

J. Nisbet 4.Australia

6.2

M. Balard 6.Australia

7.0

75'

Beni Nkololo 11.France

6.7

Sam Silvera 7.Australia

7.6

60'

Jason Cummings 9.Australia

7.1

75'

65'

Paul Ayongo 90.Ghana

6.8

90'

18'

Substitutes

Yaren Sözer 24.Australia

Cameron Windust 22.Australia

Thomas Aquilina 2.Australia

6.2

69'

Harrison Steele 13.Australia

6.7

75'

77'

Michael Ruhs 21.Australia

6.2

75'

Dor Jok 29.Australia

90'

Marco Túlio 98.Brazil

Central Coast Mariners started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Nick Montgomery played with: Danny Vukovic (6.2), Storm Roux (6.7), Kelechi Christian (6.6), Brian Kaltack (7.3), Jacob Farrell (6.7), Samuel Silvera (7.6), Joshua Nisbet (6.2), Maximilien Balard (7.0), Beni Nkololo (6.7), Paul Ayongo (6.8) and Jason Cummings (7.1).

They had on the bench: Yaren Sözer, Michael Ruhs (6.2), Atem Dor Jok, Cameron Windust, Harrison Steele (6.7), Thomas Kevin Aquilina (6.2) and Marco Túlio.

Substitutions

Central Coast Mariners made 4 changes: J. Kelechi for T. Aquilina (69′), J. Cummings for M. Ruhs (75′), M. Balard for H. Steele (75′) and P. Ayongo for D. Jok (90′).