Wellington Phoenix 0 – 3 Western Sydney Wanderers

The Wanderers, without suspended coach Markus Babbel, were ruthless across the ditch with Alexander Baumjohann, Oriol Riera and Jordan O’Doherty finding the back of the net in a routine win.

Baumjohann opened the scoring by smashing Bruce Kamau’s lay-off into the roof of the net, before Mark Rudan’s team slowly worked their way back into proceedings.

But that work was undone when Andrew Durante was penalised for handling O’Doherty’s long-range effort, Riera stepping up to convert the resulting penalty. O’Doherty then added a goal to his fine display, finishing off a swift counter-attack by sliding the ball underneath Filip Kurto.

Wellington Phoenix

Filip Kurto – 6.5

Had to deal with the windy conditions but did well by making some decent saves.

Louis Fenton – 5

His final ball and general distribution was poor and his impact slowly faded as the game went on.

Andrew Durante – 5.5

Was dragged out wide and out of position on many occasions, as well as giving away the penalty with a handball.

Steven Taylor – 6

Wasn’t as solid as the first two rounds and needs more time to build a strong partnership with Durante and Doyle.

Tom Doyle – 6

Probably performed the best out of the three central defenders but wasn’t above average.