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Wellington 2-0 Western Sydney - December 24, 2023 / Isuzu UTE A-League 2023/2024

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Isuzu UTE A-League 2023/2024 - Round 9

Sky Stadium - Wellington - New Zealand

December 24, 2023 - 5:00

7 294

Wellington

2 - 0

Western Sydney

Assist by Alex Rufer (left foot) Kosta Barbarouses

90+1'

Assist by Kosta BarbarousesBen Old

90+4'

logo Wellington Phoenix WP

31' - Yellow card Alex Rufer31

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66' - Substitution Valentino Yuelis substituted by Alexander Badolato

74' - Substitution Nicholas Penningtonis substituted by Mohamed Al-Taay photo Luke Supyk

74' - Substitution David Ballis substituted by Luke Supyk74

74' - Substitution Dylan Pieriasis substituted by Marcus Younis photo Gabriel Cleur

74' - Substitution Oscar Priestmanis substituted by Gabriel Cleur

75' - Yellow card Nicolas Milanovic

78' - Substitution Sam Suttonis substituted by Lukas Kelly-Heald78

86' - Substitution Aidan Simmonsis substituted by Tate Russell photo Lachlan Brook

86' - Substitution Marcus Antonssonis substituted by Lachlan Brook

91' - Goal Kosta Barbarouses91

94' - Goal Ben Old94

96' - Substitution Kosta Barbarousesis substituted by Isaac Hughes96

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wellington

2 - 0

Western Sydney

Wellington Western Sydney

Team line-ups

Wellington

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Ball74

David Ball

England

B.date14/12/1989

Age34 years

H1m83

positionStriker

11Kraev

Bozhidar Kraev

Bulgaria

B.date23/06/1997

Age26 years

H1m85

positionOffensive Midfielder

7Barbarouses9190+6

Kosta Barbarouses

New Zealand

B.date19/02/1990

Age33 years

H1m71

positionForward

8Old94

Ben Old

New Zealand

B.date13/08/2002

Age21 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

15Pennington74

Nicholas Pennington

Australia

B.date18/12/1998

Age25 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

14Rufer31

Alex Rufer

New Zealand

B.date12/06/1996

Age27 years

H1m84

positionMidfield

19Sutton78

Sam Sutton

New Zealand

B.date10/12/2001

Age22 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

3Surman

Finn Surman

New Zealand

B.date23/09/2003

Age20 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

4Wootton

Scott Wootton

England

B.date12/09/1991

Age32 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

6Payne

Tim Payne

New Zealand

B.date10/01/1994

Age29 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

40Paulsen

Alexander Paulsen

New Zealand

B.date04/07/2002

Age21 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
40	G	Alexander Paulsen		21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Finn Surman		20	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Scott Wootton		32	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Nicholas Pennington	74	25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Sam Sutton	78	22	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Alex Rufer	31	27	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Tim Payne		29	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Bozhidar Kraev		26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ben Old	94	21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Kosta Barbarouses	9190+6	33	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	David Ball	74	34	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Western Sydney

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Antonsson86

Marcus Antonsson

Sweden

B.date08/05/1991

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentre forward

14Milanovic75

Nicolas Milanovic

Australia

B.date14/11/2001

Age22 years

H1m85

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

11Yuel66

Valentino Yuel

South Sudan

B.date12/10/1994

Age29 years

H1m82

positionLeft Winger

36Priestman74

Oscar Priestman

Australia

B.date25/03/2003

Age20 years

H1m63

positionCentre Midfield

21Hendrix

Jorrit Hendrix

Netherlands

B.date06/02/1995

Age28 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

7Pierias74

Dylan Pierias

Australia

B.date20/02/2000

Age23 years

positionRight Midfielder

19Clisby

Jack Clisby

Australia

B.date16/02/1992

Age31 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

33Bonetig

Alex Bonetig

Australia

B.date20/08/2002

Age21 years

positionCentre Midfield

6Marcelo

Marcelo

Brazil

B.date25/05/1987

Age36 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

31Simmons86

Aidan Simmons

Australia

B.date26/05/2003

Age20 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

20Thomas

Lawrence Thomas

Australia

B.date09/05/1992

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
20	G	Lawrence Thomas		31	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Jorrit Hendrix		28	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Marcelo		36	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	D	Aidan Simmons	86	20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Jack Clisby		31	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Dylan Pierias	74	23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	M	Oscar Priestman	74	20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Alex Bonetig		21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Nicolas Milanovic	75	22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Valentino Yuel	66	29	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Marcus Antonsson	86	32	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Jack Duncan		30
12	D	Mohamed Al-Taay	74	23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Isaac Hughes	90+6	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Lukas Kelly-Heald	78	18	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Fin Conchie		20
24	M	Oskar Van Hattum		21
23	F	Luke Supyk	74	17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
40	G	Jack Gibson		20
2	D	Gabriel Cleur	74	25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Tate Russell	86	24	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	M	Marcus Younis	74	18	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Dylan Scicluna		19
17	M	Lachlan Brook	86	22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	F	Alexander Badolato	66	18	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Giancarlo Italiano

Success rate in this team:

64 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

64 %

Italiano vs Western Sydney

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 2023

Italiano vs Rudan

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Rudan

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Rudan vs Wellington

2 victories

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 2023

Rudan vs Italiano

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 2023

Referee

Casey Reibelt

5 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Wellington6 matches	General total	Western Sydney4 matches	1 victory	2 draws	1 loss
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Wellington2 matches	Season total	Western Sydney1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 24, 2024					Latest figure on July 31, 2024

4th official

Adam Kersey

2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Wellington2 matches	General total	Western Sydney1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Wellington1 match	Season total	Western Sydney1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 23, 2023					Latest figure on December 23, 2023

Videos

Comments

Key figures

The last time Wellington has won with a difference of 2 goals vs Western Sydney, It was on the 11/01/2020

Kosta Barbarouses scored 7 goals vs Western Sydney in his professional career

Dylan Pierias played his game number 10 vs Wellington Phoenix in his professional career

Read the next 5 key stats

General ranking

1	Wellington Phoenix	20 pts	9 rd
2	Melbourne Victory	17 pts	9 rd
3	Western Sydney	15 pts	9 rd
4	Macarthur FC	15 pts	9 rd
5	Brisbane Roar	14 pts	9 rd

General ranking

1	Wellington Phoenix	20 pts	9 rd
2	Melbourne Victory	17 pts	9 rd
3	Western Sydney	15 pts	9 rd
4	Macarthur FC	15 pts	9 rd
5	Brisbane Roar	14 pts	9 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWellington Phoenix 2-2 Brisbane Roar16/04/2023

VWellington Phoenix 2-1 Perth Glory28/10/2023

VWellington Phoenix 5-2 Brisbane Roar04/11/2023

VWellington Phoenix 1-0 Melbourne City24/11/2023

LWellington Phoenix 0-3 Newcastle Jets09/12/2023

VWellington Phoenix 2-0 Western Sydney23/12/2023

Overall

DMelbourne Victory 1-1 Wellington Phoenix10/11/2023

VWellington Phoenix 1-0 Melbourne City24/11/2023

VWestern United Melbourne 0-1 Wellington Phoenix02/12/2023

LWellington Phoenix 0-3 Newcastle Jets09/12/2023

VMacarthur FC 0-3 Wellington Phoenix18/12/2023

VWellington Phoenix 2-0 Western Sydney23/12/2023

Current form

Away

VFloreat Athena 1-6 Western Sydney09/08/2023

LBrisbane Roar 4-2 Western Sydney16/09/2023

DNewcastle Jets 2-2 Western Sydney05/11/2023

VSydney FC 0-1 Western Sydney25/11/2023

DBrisbane Roar 2-2 Western Sydney01/12/2023

LWellington Phoenix 2-0 Western Sydney23/12/2023

Overall

VWestern Sydney 2-0 Perth Glory11/11/2023

VSydney FC 0-1 Western Sydney25/11/2023

DBrisbane Roar 2-2 Western Sydney01/12/2023

LWestern Sydney 3-4 Melbourne Victory10/12/2023

VWestern Sydney 1-0 Adelaide United15/12/2023

LWellington Phoenix 2-0 Western Sydney23/12/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	5	5
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	3
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	7
954	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	970
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

9	Number of games (Competition total)	9
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
6	Victories (Competition total)	4
4	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
1	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	16
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.78
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
0.78	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.11
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
2-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (2 times)

Bookings

18	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Bozhidar Kraev	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Marcus Antonsson
Oskar Zawada	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Marcus Antonsson
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Marcus Antonsson
Kosta Barbarouses	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Jorrit Hendrix
Kosta Barbarouses	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Oscar Priestman
Kosta Barbarouses	3 goals, 3 assists during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 7 matches	Marcus Antonsson

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

8 v

5 d

6 l

22 gf

23 ga

Away

17 matches

5 v

2 d

10 l

23 gf

35 ga

Total

36 matches

13 v

7 d

16 l

45 gf

58 ga

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

10 v

2 d

5 l

35 gf

23 ga

Away

19 matches

6 v

5 d

8 l

23 gf

22 ga

Total

36 matches

16 v

7 d

13 l

58 gf

45 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	February 14, 2016
Home	2 - 0	December 23, 2023

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 21, 2023
Away	3 - 0	November 03, 2018

Latest head to head

December 23, 2023 - Isuzu UTE A-League 2023/2024

Wellington

2 - 0

Western Sydney logo Western Sydney

October 22, 2023 - Isuzu UTE A-League 2023/2024

Western Sydney

0 - 0

Wellington

April 21, 2023 - Isuzu UTE A-League 2022/2023

Western Sydney

4 - 0

Wellington

December 10, 2022 - Isuzu UTE A-League 2022/2023

Wellington

1 - 1

Western Sydney logo Western Sydney

May 05, 2022 - Isuzu UTE A-League Men 2021/2022

Western Sydney

1 - 2

Wellington

Best historical scorers against Western Sydney

Roy Krishna	5 goals	2014 - 2019
Blake Powell	4 goals	2016 - 2016
Ulises Dávila	3 goals	2019 - 2021
Jeremy Brockie	3 goals	2012 - 2013
Louis Fenton	2 goals	2019 - 2021
Kosta Barbarouses	2 goals	2016 - 2023

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wellington

Brendon Santalab	10 goals	2015 - 2018
Mark Bridge	4 goals	2013 - 2016
Brendan Hamill	3 goals	2018 - 2019
Kwame Yeboah	3 goals	2020 - 2021
Oriol Riera	3 goals	2017 - 2018
Mitch Nichols	3 goals	2016 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Western Sydney

Andrew Durante	22 matches	2012 - 2019
Louis Fenton	19 matches	2012 - 2022
Alex Rufer	15 matches	2015 - 2023
Vince Lia	14 matches	2012 - 2017
Roy Krishna	14 matches	2014 - 2019
Glen Moss	14 matches	2013 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wellington

Mark Bridge	14 matches	2012 - 2018
Brendon Santalab	14 matches	2013 - 2018
Brendan Hamill	12 matches	2014 - 2019
Tate Russell	12 matches	2019 - 2023
Nikolai Topor-Stanley	12 matches	2012 - 2016
Keanu Baccus	11 matches	2018 - 2022

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Roly Bonevacia

83 matches

53 matches

2014 - 2019

Jaushua Sotirio

69 matches

97 matches

2013 - 2022

Nick Ward

45 matches

1 match

2010 - 2015

Steven Ugarkovic

27 matches

35 matches

2021 - 2023

Tomer Hemed

21 matches

2021 - 2022

Daniel Mullen

18 matches

16 matches

2014 - 2018

Total : 12 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/12/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jaushua Sotirio

69 matches

97 matches

2013 - 2022

Mitch Nichols

8 matches

63 matches

2015 - 2019

Roly Bonevacia

83 matches

53 matches

2014 - 2019

Kwabena Appiah-Kubi

17 matches

38 matches

2012 - 2016

Anthony Golec

6 matches

37 matches

2014 - 2019

Steven Ugarkovic

27 matches

35 matches

2021 - 2023

Total : 12 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/12/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 21, 2023

10:00

Brisbane Roar

0 3

CC Mariners

Line-ups available

December 22, 2023

09:45

Adelaide United

3 1

Newcastle Jets

Line-ups available

December 23, 2023

07:30

Sydney FC

4 2

Western Utd

Line-ups available

09:45

Melbourne City

0 0

Melbourne V.

Line-ups available

12:30

Perth Glory

3 2

Macarthur FC

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Wellington Phoenix	20	9	6	2	1	15	7	+8
2	Melbourne Victory	17	9	4	5	0	19	11	+8
3	Western Sydney	15	9	4	3	2	16	10	+6
4	Macarthur FC	15	9	4	3	2	16	15	+1
5	Brisbane Roar	14	9	4	2	3	15	15	0
6	Adelaide United	13	9	4	1	4	20	15	+5
7	Melbourne City	12	9	3	3	3	13	16	-3
8	Central Coast Mariners	11	9	3	2	4	17	15	+2
9	Newcastle Jets	9	9	2	3	4	15	19	-4
10	Sydney FC	9	9	3	0	6	12	18	-6
11	Perth Glory	8	9	2	2	5	14	17	-3
12	Western United Melbourne	6	9	2	0	7	7	21	-14

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Wellington 2-0 Western Sydney - December 24, 2023 / Isuzu UTE A-League 2023/2024

Wellington

2 - 0

Western Sydney

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Italiano vs Western Sydney

Italiano vs Rudan

Manager

Rudan vs Wellington

Rudan vs Italiano

Referee

4th official

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Western Sydney

Best historical scorers against Wellington

Players with most games played vs Western Sydney

Players with most games played vs Wellington

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking