Wellington Phoenix vs Perth Glory FC, 2025-26 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men

Wellington Phoenix

55': Corban Piper
84': Nicholas Pennington (OG)

FT
2 - 0

Perth Glory FC

About

Wellington Phoenix are hosting Perth Glory FC at Sky Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Commentary

45': Giovanni De Abreu (Perth Glory) Substitution at 45'
55': Corban Piper (Wellington Phoenix FC) Goal at 55'
60': Jaiden Kucharski (Perth Glory) Yellow Card at 60'
60': Arion Sulemani (Perth Glory) Substitution at 60'
65': Matthew Sheridan (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 65'
65': Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 65'
70': Anthony Didulica (Perth Glory) Substitution at 70'
70': Trent Ostler (Perth Glory) Substitution at 70'
78': Manjrekar James (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 78'
84': Nicholas Pennington (Perth Glory) Own Goal at 84'
85': Joshua Risdon (Perth Glory) Substitution at 85'
89': Luke Brooke-Smith (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 89'
89': Sander Kartum (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 89'

Statistics

PER		WEL
12	Fouls	11
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
4	Corner Kicks	7
5	Saves	1
50.3	Possession	49.7
7	SHOTS	20
1	ON GOAL	6
0.1	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
3	Blocked Shots	6
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: Sky Stadium
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Attendance: 3,766

A-League Men Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Wellington Phoenix	4	+6	10
2	Sydney FC	4	+3	7
3	Brisbane Roar FC	3	+2	7
4	Melbourne City FC	4	0	7

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Wellington Phoenix (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Josh Oluwayemi (GK)
15	Isaac Hughes
28	Bill Tuiloma
12	Dan Edwards
6	Tim Payne
8	Paulo Retre
14	Alex Rufer
25	Kazuki Nagasawa
20	Ramy Najjarine
7	Ifeanyi Eze
3	Corban Piper

Wellington Phoenix Substitutes:

Carlo Armiento, Luke Brooke-Smith, Matthew Sheridan, Lukas Kelly-Heald, Manjrekar James, Sander Kartum, Alby Kelly-Heald.

Perth Glory FC (4-4-2)

No.	Name
29	Matthew Sutton (GK)
4	Scott Wootton
45	Brian Kaltack
3	Sam Sutton
2	Charbel Shamoon
27	William Freney
8	Callum Timmins
7	Nicholas Pennington
18	Luca Tevere
67	Stefan Colakovski
9	Jaiden Kucharski

Perth Glory FC Substitutes:

Ryan Warner, Anthony Didulica, Arion Sulemani, Joshua Risdon, Andriano Lebib, Giovanni De Abreu, Trent Ostler.

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