Wellington Phoenix vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC · A-League
Wellington Phoenix
9-6-10
2 – 1
FT
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Western Sydney Wanderers FC
5-6-14
Orangetheory Stadium · Christchurch · New Zealand
Wellington Phoenix got past Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2-1 at Orangetheory Stadium (crowd 11,066). The first goal went to Ifeanyi Eze at the 16-minute mark and Brandon Borrello brought Western Sydney level after 41 minutes; the goal that settled it came from Kazuki Nagasawa at the 56-minute mark. Western Sydney kept the ball 56% of the time and shot 10 times, Wellington 18. From 10 shots, Western Sydney found the target 7 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- A-League Australia
- Campaign
- 2025-26 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season
- Ground
- Orangetheory Stadium · Christchurch · New Zealand
- Crowd
- 11,066
- Referee
- Ben Abraham
- Wellington form
- LWLWD
- Western Sydney form
- LLLDD
On TV
Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.
- USESPN+Streaming · National
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Western Sydney | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
14Fouls9
2Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
10Corner Kicks4
6Saves4
44.5%Possession55.5%
18Shots10
6On Goal7
30%On Target %70%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
5Blocked Shots0
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
🟨Lukas Kelly-Heald
90'
🔁Luke Brooke-Smithreplacing Corban Piper
83'
78'
🔁Hiroshi Ibusukireplacing Steven Ugarkovic
🔁Sander Kartumreplacing Ramy Najjarine
62'
🔁Matthew Sheridanreplacing Tim Payne
62'
59'
🔁Atiya Waragareplacing Jai Rose
⚽Kazuki Nagasawa
56'2 - 1
Half-time · 1-1
41'1 - 1
⚽Brandon Borrello
🟨Alex Rufer
38'
⚽Ifeanyi Eze
16'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Wellington Phoenix4-4-2
3↓Piper
7⚽Eze
8Retre
25⚽Nagasawa
14🟨Rufer
20↓Najjarine
18🟨Kelly-Heald
15Hughes
6↓Payne
28Tuiloma
1Oluwayemi
Bench
- 29Luke Brooke-Smithon for Corban Piper, 83'
- 11Carlo Armiento
- 4Manjrekar James
- 16Sander Kartumon for Ramy Najjarine, 62'
- 27Matthew Sheridanon for Tim Payne, 62'
- 30Alby Kelly-Heald
- 12Dan Edwards
Western Sydney Wanderers FC4-2-3-1
26⚽Borrello
7Fraser
23Kraev
38↓Rose
32Thurgate
8↓Ugarkovic
3Gersbach
22Pantazopoulos
5Scicluna
24Barrie
30Holmes
Bench
- 25Josh Brillante
- 11Hiroshi Ibusukion for Steven Ugarkovic, 78'
- 52Atiya Waragaon for Jai Rose, 59'
- 20Lawrence Thomas
- 53Oscar Morrison
- 19Ruon Tongyik
- 39Awan Lual
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wellington Phoenix | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 6 |
| 2 |  Western Sydney Wanderers FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
| 3 |  Macarthur FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Sydney FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Brisbane Roar FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Auckland FC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Newcastle Jets | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Melbourne Victory | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 |  Melbourne City FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 |  Central Coast Mariners FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 |  Adelaide United FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 |  Perth Glory FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
Meetings
2Wellington wins
2Level
1Western Sydney wins
Last times they met
FT
Wellington
2–1
Western Sydney · 2025-26 Australian A-League Men
FT
Western Sydney
2–2
Wellington · 2025-26 Australian A-League Men
FT
Wellington
2–2
Western Sydney · 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
FT
Western Sydney
4–1
Wellington · 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
FT
Wellington
2–0
Western Sydney · 2023-24 Australian A-League Men
Form
Last games: Wellington
D1-1W2-0W2-1W1-0L2-0
Last games: Western Sydney
L2-1D2-2L4-2L3-0L2-0
