A-League: Sydney beats Western Sydney Wanderers 3-2
SYDNEY. Sydney bested Western Sydney Wanderers.
SYDNEY. Sydney beat Western Sydney Wanderers.
Sydney remained in 10 people after R. Grant received a double yellow card in the 90′.
The match was played at the Netstrata Jubilee Stadium stadium in Sydney on Saturday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Alireza Faghani with the help of Lance Greenshields and Andrej Giev. The 4th official was Stephen Lucas. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant around 16.9 degrees Celsius or 62.37 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 70%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Sydney was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Western Sydney Wanderers that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Western Sydney Wanderers was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Sydney was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Sydney shot 13 times, 8 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Western Sydney Wanderers shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Sydney received 3 yellow cards (R. Grant, and ). On the opposite side, Western Sydney Wanderers received 3 yellow cards (J. Troisi, K. Baccus and ).
R. Grant (Sydney) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (90′).
After playing this encounter, Sydney will have 25 points like Melbourne Victory to stay in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Western Sydney Wanderers will stay with 20 points to stay in the 10th place.
Match Events
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3'3'
A. Le Fondre
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19'19'
T. Hemed
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45'45'
J. Troisi
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66'66'
T. Buhagiar
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67'67'
A. Caceres
P. Retre
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71'71'
T. Buhagiar
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73'73'
Alessandro Lopane
Dimitri Petratos
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73'73'
Jack Rodwell
Tomer Hemed
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73'73'
Tate Russell
Adama Traoré
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73'73'
Steven Ugarkovic
Antonis Dentakis
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75'75'
T. Russell
K. Baccus
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76'76'
M. Burgess
K. Barbarouses
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76'76'
L. Narsingh
A. Le Fondre
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77'77'
R. Grant
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86'86'
K. Baccus
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87'87'
M. Amini
T. Buhagiar
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90'90'
R. Grant
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90'90'
B. Ibini-Isei
K. Ogawa
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90'90'
Paulo Retre
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90'90'
T. Mrcela
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90'90'
Tomislav Mrčela
Next match
In the upcoming A-League match, Sydney will play away with Melbourne City on the 6th of April with a 12-11 head to head in favor of Sydney (10 draws).
Western Sydney Wanderers will host Brisbane Roar on the 9th of April with a 11-10 head to head in favor of Brisbane Roar (11 draws).
Sydney: Formation and Lineups
Sydney started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Steve Corica chose to play with the following team: Adam Pavlesic , Rhyan Grant , James Donachie , Alex Wilkinson , Callum Talbot , Kosta Barbarouses , Patrick Yazbek , Paulo Retre , Miloš Ninković , Trent Buhagiar and Adam Le Fondre .
Substitutes
Sydney made 4 changes: P. Retre for A. Caceres (67′), K. Barbarouses for M. Burgess (76′), A. Le Fondre for L. Narsingh (76′) and T. Buhagiar for M. Amini (87′).
Top player: Trent Buhagiar
The player who no doubt impressed Sydney the most was Trent Buhagiar.
His rating is with 2 goals, 13 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.
Western Sydney Wanderers: Formation and Lineups
Western Sydney Wanderers started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
On the other side, Marko Ante Rudan played with: Daniel Margush , Thomas Kevin Aquilina , Tomislav Mrčela , Phillip Čančar , Adama Traoré , Keanu Baccus , Terry Antonis , Dimitri Petratos , James Troisi , Tomer Hemed and Keijiro Ogawa .
Western Sydney Wanderers could not rely on the presence of A. Lopane (injured).
Substitutes
Western Sydney Wanderers made 5 changes: T. Hemed for J. Rodwell (73′), A. Traore for T. Russell (73′), T. Antonis for S. Ugarkovic (74′), D. Petratos for A. Lopane (74′) and K. Ogawa for B. Ibini-Isei (90′).
Top player: Tomer Hemed
Probably the most impressive player in Western Sydney Wanderers was Tomer Hemed.
His rating is with 1 goal, 14 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 8.
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