Wellington 2-0 Western Sydney (23 Dec, 2023) Final Score

Western Sydney Wanderers

4-3-2, 15 PTS

Kosta Barbarouses - 90'+1'
Ben Old - 90'+4'

40
Paulsen
19
Sutton
4
Wootton
3
Surman
6
Payne
14
Rufer
15
Pennington
7
Barbarouses
8
Old
10
Ball
11
Kraev

No.Name
40Alex Paulsen
4Scott Wootton
3Finn Surman
19Sam Sutton 18Lukas Kelly-Heald
6Tim Payne
14Alex Rufer
15Nicholas Pennington 12Mohamed Al-Taay
10David Ball 23Luke Supyk
11Bozhidar Kraev
7Kosta Barbarouses 26Isaac Hughes
8Ben Old

Substitutes
25Jack Duncan
5Fin Conchie
24Oskar van Hattum

Sky Stadium

4:30 AM, 23 December 2023

Wellington, New Zealand

Attendance: 7,294

Referees:
Casey Reibelt

Wellington Phoenix FC

Western Sydney Wanderers

KO
31
HT
66
74
74
75
78
86
90+1
90+4
90+6
FT

- Match ends, Wellington Phoenix 2, Western Sydney Wanderers 0.
90'+9' Second Half ends, Wellington Phoenix 2, Western Sydney Wanderers 0.
90'+6' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Isaac Hughes replaces Kosta Barbarouses.

Match Stats

WEL

WSW

Possession

54.4%

45.6%

Shots on Goal

Shot Attempts

Yellow Cards

Corner Kicks

Saves

Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	P
Auckland FC	20	12	6	2	+19	42
Western United	21	11	5	5	+16	38
Western Sydney Wanderers	20	10	4	6	+13	34
Melbourne City FC	20	10	4	6	+9	34
Melbourne Victory	21	9	6	6	+6	33
Adelaide United	20	9	6	5	+3	33
Sydney FC	20	8	6	6	+11	30
Macarthur FC	21	8	4	9	+4	28
Newcastle Jets	20	7	4	9	-4	25
Central Coast Mariners	21	4	10	7	-16	22
Wellington Phoenix FC	20	5	5	10	-12	20
Brisbane Roar	19	2	5	12	-15	11
Perth Glory	21	2	5	14	-34	11

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