SYDNEY. Sydney found a way to capture a draw against Brisbane Roar with a late goal from A. Parsons scored in the (90′) after Brisbane Roar got a lead with a goal from N. Mileusnic (34′). Sydney was decisively better in terms of ball possession (65%)
Joe Lolley missed a decisive penalty (64′). That would have allowed Sydney to win the match.
The match was played at the Netstrata Jubilee Stadium stadium in Sydney on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Lachlan Keevers who had the assistance of Lance Greenshields and Greg Taylor. The 4th official was Hassan Jomaa. The weather was rainy. The temperature was hot at 26.8 degrees Celsius or 80.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.
Match Statistics
- ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
- 20 Total 8
- 7 On Target 4
- 6 Off Target 4
- 7 Shots blocked 0
- 143 Attack 70
- 68 Dangerous attack 38
- 81 Ball safe 66
- 1 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 2
Fouls
- 8 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Sydney was in firm control of the ball 65% while Brisbane Roar was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sydney had a more offensive attitude with 68 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 7 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Sydney to win the match.
Sydney shot 20 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Brisbane Roar shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Sydney received 2 yellow cards (James Donachie and Joe Lolley). On the opposite side, Brisbane Roar received 3 yellow cards (Joe Knowles, J. Courtney-Perkins and Jordan Holmes).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Sydney will have 24 points like Wellington Phoenix and Newcastle Jets to sit in the 6th place. On the other side, Brisbane Roar will have 17 points like Melbourne Victory to sit in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the A-League, Sydney will host Newcastle Jets on the 29th of April with a 28-9 head to head in favor of Sydney (12 draws).
Brisbane Roar will play away agasint Melbourne Victory on the 29th of April with a 20-19 head to head in favor of Melbourne Victory (11 draws).
Sydney – Formation
Sydney
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90'Sydney started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Steve Corica decided to play with the following team: Andrew Redmayne, Rhyan Grant, James Donachie, Alex Wilkinson, Diego Caballo, Luke Brattan, Max Burgess, Paulo Retre, Anthony Caceres, Joe Lolley and Patrick Wood.
The home team had on the bench: Jake Girdwood-Reich, Róbert Mak, Aaron Gurd, Alex Parsons, Patrick Yazbek, Joel King and Tom Heward-Belle.
Substitutions
Sydney made 4 changes: P. Wood for Róbert Mak (57′), Max Burgess for Alex Parsons (70′), Paulo Retre for Patrick Yazbek (70′) and A. Cáceres for Joel King (86′).
Brisbane Roar – Formation
Brisbane Roar
Brisbane Roar started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
Warren Moon played with: Jordan Holmes, Louis Zabala, Scott Neville, Tom Aldred, Jordan Courtney-Perkins, Taras Gomulka, Jay O’Shea, Kai Trewin, Joseph Knowles, Stefan Šćepović and Nikola Mileusnić.
These were the players on the bench: Robbie Kruse, Noah Smith, Macklin Freke, Carlo Armiento, Rahmat Akbari, Henry Hore and Marcel Canadi.
Substitutions
Brisbane Roar made 4 changes: Nikola Mileusnic for Yared Abetew (65′), Taras Gomulka for Rahmat Akbari (65′), S. Šćepović for Robbie Kruse (83′) and Joe Knowles for Henry Hore (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League.
- Melbourne Victory – Melbourne City – 3-2
- Sydney – Brisbane Roar – 1-1
- Macarthur – Newcastle Jets – 0-1
- Perth Glory – Central Coast Mariners – 2-2
