4 WES

1 WEL

WES 4

1 WEL

Western United
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Wellington Phoenix

A-League, Round 22
Saturday, March 8, 2025 7:00 AM
Ironbark Fields

Match Recap

Result

4 - 1

Rhys Bozinovski 3'

Hiroshi Ibusuki 33'

Matthew Grimaldi 51'

Matthew Grimaldi 62'

Nathan Walker 83'

Match Events

Second Half 4 - 1

83'

Nathan Walker

Goal

Jake Najdovski

Noah Botic

78'

Ramy Najjarine

Matthew Grimaldi

78'

Michael Ruhs

Hiroshi Ibusuki

72'

Luke Vickery

Riku Danzaki

72'

67'

Hideki Ishige

Francisco Geraldes

67'

Kazuki Nagasawa

Matt Sheridan

67'

Nathan Walker

Corban Piper

66'

Paulo Retre

Alex Rufer

Jordan Lauton

Rhys Bozinovski

64'

Matthew Grimaldi

Riku Danzaki

62'

57'

Luke Brooke-Smith

Marco Rojas

Matthew Grimaldi

Goal

51'

First Half 2 - 0

Angus Thurgate

Yellow Card

35'

Hiroshi Ibusuki

Goal

33'

Dylan Leonard

Yellow Card

21'

13'

Alex Rufer

Yellow Card

Corban Piper

Yellow Card

Rhys Bozinovski

Goal

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

48%

52%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Match Information

Information	Value
League	A-League
Season	A-League 2024/25
Round	Round 22
Date	March 8, 2025
Time	07:00
Venue	Ironbark Fields
Result	4 - 1

Lineups

Western United

33. M. Sutton Matthew Sutton

13. T. Russell Tate Russell

6. T. Imai Tomoki Imai

30. D. Leonard Dylan Leonard

29. C. Shamoon Charbel Shamoon

10. M. Grimaldi Matthew Grimaldi

23. R. Bozinovski Rhys Bozinovski

32. A. Thurgate Angus Thurgate

77. R. Danzaki Riku Danzaki

19. N. Botic Noah Botic

9. H. Ibusuki Hiroshi Ibusuki

21. M. Rojas Marco Rojas

7. K. Barbarouses Kosta Barbarouses

12. F. Geraldes Francisco Geraldes

27. M. Sheridan Matt Sheridan

14. A. Rufer Alex Rufer

6. T. Payne Tim Payne

19. S. Sutton Sam Sutton

15. I. Hughes Isaac Hughes

4. S. Wootton Scott Wootton

3. C. Piper Corban Piper

30. A. Kelly-Heald Alby Kelly-Heald

Wellington Phoenix

Substitutes

Western United

Wellington Phoenix

Unused Players

Western United

Wellington Phoenix

Form before the match

Western United

Wellington Phoenix

Previous Fixtures

A-League 2024/25

October 20, 2024

Wellington Phoenix

Western United

Regular Season

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final Series
1	Auckland	22	13	7	2	42	21	21	46
2	Western United	22	12	5	5	49	31	18	41
Final Series Play-offs
3	Melbourne City	22	12	4	6	31	20	11	40
4	Western Sydney Wanderers	22	10	6	6	50	37	13	36
5	Melbourne Victory	22	10	6	6	38	30	8	36
6	Adelaide United	21	9	6	6	46	45	1	33

7	Macarthur	23	9	5	9	46	38	8	32
8	Sydney	21	8	6	7	44	34	10	30
9	Newcastle Jets	21	7	5	9	33	37	-4	26
10	Central Coast Mariners	23	5	10	8	26	41	-15	25
11	Wellington Phoenix	21	5	6	10	21	33	-12	21
12	Brisbane Roar	21	2	5	14	24	45	-21	11
13	Perth Glory	23	2	5	16	16	54	-38	11

Updated March 8, 2025 8:53 AM