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Jan 09, 2023   |  8:00PM AET

One match bans for Kraev and Pennington

One match bans for Kraev and Pennington

The Wellington Phoenix will be without midfielders Bozhidar Kraev and Nicholas Pennington for this weekend’s 12th round Isuzu UTE A-League match against Brisbane Roar.

Kraev and Pennington will each serve one-match bans after the pair were sent off in the second-half of the Phoenix’s 11th round match against Sydney FC on Saturday.

Kraev, the Phoenix’s leading goal scorer this season, was dismissed in the 71st minute for a contentious second bookable offence.

Quarter of an hour later Pennington was shown a straight red card after an altercation with Max Burgess, which saw the Sydney midfielder given a yellow.

The A-League’s independent match review panel met today to look at Pennington’s sending off as it only has the jurisdiction to assess red card decisions.

The panel determined the second-half substitute committed “serious unsporting conduct” and should serve the minimum one match suspension.

The club will not be appealing either suspension.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 07: Nicholas Pennington of the Phoenix and Max Burgess of Sydney FC clash during the round 11 A-League Men’s match between Sydney FC and Wellington Phoenix at Allianz Stadium on January 07, 2023, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt Blyth/Getty Images)