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Wellington Phoenix
FT
2–1
18 Apr 2026
Western Sydney Wanderers
Europa League Sat 18 Apr, 06:00London Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch Ben Abraham 11,066 attendance

Timeline

  1. 16' Ifeanyi Eze
  2. 38' Alex Rufer Yellow Card
  3. 41' Brandon Borrello
  4. 56' Kazuki Nagasawa
  5. 59' Atiya Waraga for Jai Rose
  6. 62' Matthew Sheridan for Tim Payne
  7. 62' Sander Kartum for Ramy Najjarine
  8. 78' Hiroshi Ibusuki for Steven Ugarkovic
  9. 83' Luke Brooke-Smith for Corban Piper
  10. 90' Lukas Kelly-Heald Yellow Card

Match stats

44.5% Possession 55.5%
18 Shots 10
6 On target 7
14 Fouls 9
2 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
0 Offsides 0
6 Saves 4
0 Accurate passes 0

Lineups

Wellington Phoenix 4-4-2
1 Oluwayemi
18 Kelly-Heald 15 Hughes 28 Tuiloma 6 Payne
25 Nagasawa 8 Retre 14 Rufer 20 Najjarine
3 Piper 7 Eze
Western Sydney Wanderers 4-2-3-1
30 Holmes
3 Gersbach 22 Pantazopoulos 24 Barrie 5 Scicluna
32 Thurgate 8 Ugarkovic
7 Fraser 23 Kraev 38 Rose
26 Borrello
Wellington Phoenix 4-4-2
  1. 1 Josh Oluwayemi G
  2. 15 Isaac Hughes CD-L
  3. 28 Bill Tuiloma CD-R
  4. 18 Lukas Kelly-Heald LB
  5. 6 Tim Payne ▼ RB
  6. 8 Paulo Retre CM-L
  7. 14 Alex Rufer CM-R
  8. 25 Kazuki Nagasawa LM
  9. 20 Ramy Najjarine ▼ RM
  10. 3 Corban Piper ▼ CF-L
  11. 7 Ifeanyi Eze CF-R

Came on

  1. 29 Luke Brooke-Smith ▲ SUB
  2. 16 Sander Kartum ▲ SUB
  3. 27 Matthew Sheridan ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 11 Carlo Armiento SUB
  2. 4 Manjrekar James SUB
  3. 30 Alby Kelly-Heald SUB
  4. 12 Dan Edwards SUB
Western Sydney Wanderers 4-2-3-1
  1. 30 Jordan Holmes G
  2. 22 Anthony Pantazopoulos CD-L
  3. 24 Nathan Barrie CD-R
  4. 3 Alex Gersbach LB
  5. 5 Dylan Scicluna RB
  6. 23 Bozhidar Kraev AM
  7. 32 Angus Thurgate LM
  8. 8 Steven Ugarkovic ▼ RM
  9. 26 Brandon Borrello F
  10. 7 Ryan Fraser AM-L
  11. 38 Jai Rose ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 11 Hiroshi Ibusuki ▲ SUB
  2. 52 Atiya Waraga ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
  1. 25 Josh Brillante SUB
  2. 20 Lawrence Thomas SUB
  3. 53 Oscar Morrison SUB
  4. 19 Ruon Tongyik SUB
  5. 39 Awan Lual SUB

Commentary

  1. 90' Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 90'
  2. 83' Luke Brooke-Smith (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 83'
  3. 78' Hiroshi Ibusuki (Western Sydney Wanderers) Substitution at 78'
  4. 62' Sander Kartum (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 62'
  5. 62' Matthew Sheridan (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 62'
  6. 59' Atiya Waraga (Western Sydney Wanderers) Substitution at 59'
  7. 56' Kazuki Nagasawa (Wellington Phoenix FC) Goal at 56'
  8. 41' Brandon Borrello (Western Sydney Wanderers) Goal at 41'
  9. 38' Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix FC) Yellow Card at 38'
  10. 16' Ifeanyi Eze (Wellington Phoenix FC) Goal at 16'

Recent form

Wellington Phoenix L W W W D

  • D at Adelaide United 1-1 A-League Men
  • W Perth Glory 2-0 A-League Men
  • W at Brisbane Roar 2-1 A-League Men
  • W at Melbourne Victory 1-0 A-League Men
  • L at Melbourne City 2-0 A-League Men

Western Sydney Wanderers L L L D L

  • L at Newcastle Jets 2-1 A-League Men
  • D at Brisbane Roar 2-2 A-League Men
  • L Adelaide United 4-2 A-League Men
  • L at Melbourne City 3-0 A-League Men
  • L Sydney 2-0 A-League Men

Head to head

WEL leads 2-1-2

  • 18 Apr 2026 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers 2025-26 Australian A-League Men
  • 13 Feb 2026 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–2 Wellington Phoenix 2025-26 Australian A-League Men
  • 29 Mar 2025 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
  • 22 Dec 2024 Western Sydney Wanderers 4–1 Wellington Phoenix 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
  • 23 Dec 2023 Wellington Phoenix 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers 2023-24 Australian A-League Men