A-League: Western Sydney Wanderers recovers a 0-1 deficit to conquer Adelaide United 2-1
ADELAIDE. Western Sydney Wanderers managed to turn the table against Adelaide United to win 2-1.
ADELAIDE. Western Sydney Wanderers succeeded in turn the table against Adelaide United to win 2-1. It was Adelaide United to strike first with an early goal of C. Goodwin at the 8′. Then it was a goal in the 26′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, T. Mrcela gave the win to Western Sydney Wanderers in the 76′ minute with a goal. Adelaide United lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Coopers Stadium stadium in Adelaide on Wednesday and it started at 7:05 pm local time. The referee was Daniel Elder with the assistance of Matthew Cream and Henry Day. The 4th official was Daniel Cook. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant around 20.9 degrees Celsius or 69.66 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 89%.
Match Statistics
Adelaide United was in firm control of the ball 58% while Western Sydney Wanderers was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Adelaide United was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Western Sydney Wanderers found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Adelaide United shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Western Sydney Wanderers shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Adelaide United received 2 yellow cards (R. Kitto and A. Popovic). On the other side, Western Sydney Wanderers received 4 yellow cards (P. Cancar, B. Ibini-Isei, J. Carluccio and R. Najjarine).
After this contest, Adelaide United will stay with 27 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the other side, Western Sydney Wanderers will have 15 points like Newcastle Jets to stay in the 10th place.
Match Events
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8'8'
C. Goodwin
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26'26'
R. Najjarine
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37'37'
P. Cancar
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45'45'
B. Ibini-Isei
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50'50'
R. Kitto
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54'54'
G. Blackwood
L. D\'Arrigo
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56'56'
J. Carluccio
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56'56'
K. Ogawa
J. Carluccio
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56'56'
T. Antonis
D. Petratos
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61'61'
M. Toure
L. Brook
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62'62'
Mohamed Toure
Lachlan Brook
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65'65'
A. Popovic
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67'67'
R. Najjarine
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70'70'
Joe Caletti
Zach Clough
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70'70'
Nestory Irankunda
Ryan Kitto
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73'73'
T. Hemed
B. Ibini-Isei
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75'75'
P. Cancar
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84'84'
Z. Gordon
R. Najjarine
Next match
In the upcoming A-League match, Adelaide United will play away with Western Sydney Wanderers on the 20th of March with a 9-8 head to head in favor of Adelaide United (10 draws).
Western Sydney Wanderers will host Adelaide United on the 20th of March with a 9-9 head to head.
Adelaide United: Formation and Lineups
Adelaide United adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Thomas Veart chose to play with the following team: Joe Gauci , Javi López , Lachlan Barr , Michael Jakobsen , Ryan Kitto , Lachlan Brook , Isaías , Louis D’Arrigo , Craig Goodwin , Zach Clough and Hiroshi Ibusuki .
Substitutes
Adelaide United made 5 changes: L. D’Arrigo for G. Blackwood (54′), L. Brook for M. Toure (61′), M. Jakobsen for A. Popovic (62′), R. Kitto for N. Irankunda (70′) and Z. Clough for J. Caletti (70′).
Top player: Craig Goodwin
Probably the most impressive player in Adelaide United was Craig Goodwin.
His rating is with 1 goal, 27 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 11 crosses.
Western Sydney Wanderers: Formation and Lineups
Also Western Sydney Wanderers adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the other side, Marko Ante Rudan played with: Daniel Margush , Tate Russell , Tomislav Mrčela , Phillip Čančar , Thomas Kevin Aquilina , Ramy Najjarine , Keanu Baccus , Steven Ugarkovic , Jarrod Carluccio , Dimitri Petratos and Bernie Ibini Isei .
Substitutes
Western Sydney Wanderers made 4 changes: J. Carluccio for K. Ogawa (56′), D. Petratos for T. Antonis (56′), B. Ibini-Isei for T. Hemed (73′) and R. Najjarine for Z. Gordon (84′).
Top player: Tate Russell
Probably the most impressive player in Western Sydney Wanderers was Tate Russell even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 39 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 5 crosses.
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