Wellington Phoenix welcomes Central Coast Mariners to the Wellington Regional Stadium. The home side were forced to drop points against Adelaide United last weekend.
Central Coast Mariners, on the other hand, were not in action last weekend as the home game with Newcastle Jets was cancelled due to a heavy downpour.
Wellington Phoenix would aim for their first win as the Central Coast Mariners visit.
Date and kickoff time
Sunday, October 16th 2022
Canberra ACT: 1:00 PM
UK: 03:00 AM
Wellington Phoenix vs Central Coast Mariners live stream
Australia: Paramount+
Cook Islands: Sky Sport 7 beIN Sports
Fiji: Sky Sport 7 beIN Sports
UK and Ireland: BT Sport 1, BT Sport 5, BT Sport App
New Zealand: beIN Sports Connect New Zealand, Sky Sport 7 beIN Sports
Solomon Islands: Sky Sport 7 beIN Sports
Team News
Wellington Phoenix
Head coach Ufuk Talay says he was happy with the draw against Adelaide United last weekend but aims for his first three points.
“Obviously Yan (Sasse) getting sent off and playing close to 70 minutes with 10 men and getting a point out of that game was very important for us,” said Talay.
Wellington Phoenix squad: Finn SURMAN, Scott WOOTTON, Steven UGARKOVIC, Tim PAYNE, Kosta BARBAROUSES, Ben OLD, Oskar ZAWADA, Sam SUTTON, Oli SAIL (gk), Joshua LAWS, Clayton LEWIS, Oskar VAN HATTUM, Alex PAULSEN (gk), Bozhidar KRAEV, Lucas MAURAGIS, Nicholas PENNINGTON, Callan ELLIOT, Ben WAINE,
Unavailable: David Ball and Alex RUFER are injured, while Yan SASSE received a red card in the opening matchday against Adelaide United.
Central Coast Mariners
Central Coast Mariners squad: Thomas AQUILINA, Brian KALTAK, Storm ROUX, KELECHI, Jacob FARRELL, Daniel VUKOVIC (c) (gk), Michael RUHS, Cameron WINDUST (c), Yaren SOZER (gk), Joshua NISBET, Maximilien BALARD, Samuel SILVERA, Jason CUMMINGS, Beni NKOLOLO, Harrison STEELE, Sasha KUZEVSKI, James BAYLISS, Dor JOK, Paul AYONGO, MARCO TULIO.
Unavailable: Matheus MORESCHE and Bradley TAPP are injured. Garang KUOL and Nectarios TRIANTIS are out for international duty while Daniel HALL is suspended.