A-League: Macarthur and Western United draw a hectic match 3-3 on Friday

CHAKE CHAKE. Macarthur and Western United played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 3-3.

CHAKE CHAKE. Macarthur and Western United played an incredible match before drawing 3-3. Western United couldn’t win even though he was superior in terms of holding the ball possession (60%)

The match was played at the Gombani Stadium stadium in Chake Chake on Friday and it started at 9:30 am local time. The referee was Adam Kersey with the collaboration of Lance Greenshields and Matthew McOrist. The 4th official was Alex King. The weather was rainy. The temperature was hot around 26.1 degrees Celsius or 79.03 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 88%.​

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  Macarthur

  3

  

  Western United

  3

  

  12 Jan 2024 Full time

Match Statistics

Western United was in firm control of the ball 60% while Macarthur was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Western United was more aggressive with 94 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 8 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Western United to win the match​.

Macarthur shot 11 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Western United shot 26 times, 8 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Macarthur received 2 yellow cards (Valère Germain and Kealey Adamson). On the opposite side, Western United received 3 yellow cards (Daniel Penha , Josh Risdon and Tomoki Imai).

After playing this encounter, Macarthur will have 18 points like Western Sydney Wanderers and Melbourne City to move down in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Western United will have 7 points to stay in the 12th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming A-League match, Macarthur will play away with Brisbane Roar on the 18th of January with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Macarthur (2 draws).

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  Brisbane Roar

  1

  

  Macarthur

  3

  

  18 Jan 2024 Full time

Western United will play away with Melbourne Victory on the 12th of January with a 7-4 head to head record in favor of Western United (2 draws).

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  Melbourne Victory

  2

  

  Western United

  1

  20 Feb 2024 Full time

Macarthur: Formation and Lineups

Macarthur started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Matthew Smith chose to play with the following team: Filip Kurto (6.8), Kealey Adamson (7.1), Tomislav Uskok (6.4), Matthew Jurman (6.8), Ivan Vujica (7.0), Jake Hollman (6.4), Clayton Lewis (6.9), Jed Drew (6.5), Ulises Dávila (8.8), Ali Auglah (6.2) and Valère Germain (7.1).

Substitutes

Macarthur made 5 changes: Ali Auglah for Lachlan Rose (58′), Clayton Lewis for Kristian Popovic (68′), Jed Drew for Raphael Borges Rodrigues (68′), Kealey Adamson for Jerry Skotadis (86′) and Valère Germain for Joel Bertolissio (86′).

Top player: Ulises Dávila

Probably the most impressive player in Macarthur was Ulises Dávila.

His rating is (8.8) with 3 goals, 38 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 18.

Western United: Formation and Lineups

Western United started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Regarding the opposition, John Aloisi played with: Tom Heward-Belle (6.4), Joshua Risdon (6.6), Tomoki Imai (6.8), Jacob Tratt (6.9), Ben Garuccio (7.5), Lachlan Wales (6.9), Angus Thurgate (7.3), Steven Lustica (6.6), Matthew Grimaldi (6.3), Daniel Penha (9.4) and Michael Ruhs (7.3).

Substitutes

Western United made 3 changes: Matthew Grimaldi for Ramy Najjarine (58′), Steven Lustica for Rhys Bozinovski (58′) and Michael Ruhs for Noah Botic (63′).

Top player: Daniel Penha

The player who no doubt impressed Western United the most was Daniel Penha.

His rating is (9.4) with 2 goals, 58 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the A-League

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  Melbourne City

  0

  

  Western Sydney Wanderers

  1

  

  12 Jan 2024 Full time