Western United 1-1 Macarthur: Draw on Friday

MELBOURNE. Macarthur and Western United draw 1-1. M. Millar scored the first goal (24') for Macarthur. L. Wales settled the score 1-1 (71').

MELBOURNE. Macarthur and Western United draw 1-1. M. Millar scored the first goal (24′) for Macarthur. L. Wales settled the score 1-1 (71′). Western United couldn’t win even though he was superior in terms of holding the ball possession (56%)

The match was played at the AAMI Park stadium in Melbourne on Friday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Kurt Ams who had the assistance of Daniel Illievski and Peter Jaworski. The 4th official was Lachlan Keevers. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 17.4 degrees Celsius or 63.23 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 76%.​

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  Western United

  1

  

  Macarthur

  1

  21 Oct 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Western United was in firm control of the ball 56% while Macarthur was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Western United was more aggressive with 86 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 8 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Western United to win the match​.

Western United shot 20 times, 8 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Macarthur shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Western United received 3 yellow cards (J. Troisi, J. Risdon and N. Topor-Stanley). On the other side, Macarthur received 3 yellow cards (J. Skotadis, M. Millar and N. Suman).

After this contest, Western United has 0 points to occupy the 12th place in the standings. while Macarthur has 4 points (3rd).

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming A-League match, Western United will play away against Central Coast Mariners on the 29th of October with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Central Coast Mariners (1 draw).

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  Central Coast Mariners

  4

  

  Western United

  2

  29 Oct 2022 Full time

Macarthur will host Sydney on the 29th of October with a 2-2 head to head record.

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  Macarthur

  2

  

  Sydney

  3

  29 Oct 2022 Full time

Western United: Formation and Lineups

Western United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager John Aloisi chose to play with the following team: Jamie Young (6.6), Joshua Risdon (8.0), Léo Lacroix (7.0), Nikolai Topor-Stanley (7.1), Ben Garuccio (7.5), Steven Lustica (6.5), Neil Kilkenny (7.4), Lachlan Wales (6.8), James Troisi (6.9), Connor Pain (6.8) and Dylan Wenzel-Halls (6.2).

Substitutes

Western United made 4 changes: D. Wenzel-Halls for N. Botic (73′), C. Pain for D. Pierias (87′), S. Lustica for A. Diamanti (90′) and J. Troisi for N. Milanovic (90′).

Top player: Joshua Risdon

Probably the most impressive player in Western United was Joshua Risdon.

His rating is (8.0) with 49 passes (83% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 18. He performed 5 crosses.

Macarthur: Formation and Lineups

Also Macarthur adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Ante Milicic played with: Filip Kurto (7.7), Matthew Millar (7.4), Tomislav Uskok (7.1), Jonathan Aspropotamitis (7.3), Ivan Vujica (6.8), Jerry Skotadis (6.1), Daniel De Silva (7.1), Al Hassan Toure (7.0), Craig Noone (8.0), Daniel Arzani (7.1) and Lachlan Rose (6.9).

Substitutes

Macarthur made 3 changes: A. Toure for J. Drew (57′), J. Skotadis for A. Carter (64′) and F. Kurto for N. Suman (76′).

Top player: Craig Noone

The player who no doubt impressed Macarthur the most was Craig Noone.

His rating is (8.0) with 29 passes (79% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 14. He performed 6 crosses.