Regular Season - 25• 18 Apr 2026

Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers

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Goals

16'

Assist: T. Payne

41'

Assist: A. Thurgate

56'

Assist: T. Payne

Match Recap

Wellington Phoenix beat Western Sydney Wanderers 2–1 in the A-League (Regular Season - 25) on 18 April 2026. Western Sydney Wanderers saw more of the ball with 55% possession, and Wellington Phoenix had 18 shots (6 on target) to Western Sydney Wanderers's 10 (7 on target). The expected-goals (xG) figures read 1.88 for Wellington Phoenix and 1.54 for Western Sydney Wanderers. The goals came from I. Eze 16', B. Borrello 41', K. Nagasawa 56'. Wellington Phoenix move up to 0 points in A-League. Relive the Wellington Phoenix vs Western Sydney Wanderers A-League highlights on Daily Goal: watch every goal and the full match below, free, with each strike timestamped so you can jump straight to the moment it happened.

Match Statistics

Wellington Phoenix

VS

Western Sydney Wanderers

45% Ball Possession 55%

1.88 Expected goals (xG) 1.54

18 Total Shots 10

6 Shots on target 7

7 Shots off target 3

5 Blocked Shots 0

9 Shots inside box 10

9 Shots outside box 1

10 Corner Kicks 4

2 Offsides 0

14 Fouls 9

2 Yellow Cards 0

— Red Cards —

6 Goalkeeper Saves 4

351 Total passes 452

281 Accurate passes 379

80% Pass accuracy 84%

— Goals prevented —

Lineups

Wellington Phoenix

Giancarlo Italiano 4-4-2

VS

Western Sydney Wanderers

Gary van Egmond 4-2-3-1

1Oluwayemi

18Kelly-Heald

15Hughes

28Tuiloma

6Payne

25Nagasawa

8Retre

14Rufer

20Najjarine

3Piper

7Eze

26Borrello

7Fraser

23Kraev

38Rose

32Thurgate

8Ugarkovic

3Gersbach

22Pantazopoulos

24Barrie

5Scicluna

30Holmes

Substitutes — Wellington Phoenix

30A. Kelly-Heald 16S. Kartum 4M. James 29L. Brooke-Smith 11C. Armiento 12D. Edwards 27M. Sheridan

Substitutes — Western Sydney Wanderers

20L. Thomas 11H. Ibusuki 19R. Tongyik 39A. Lual 25J. Brillante 52A. Waraga 53O. Morrison