SYDNEY. Sydney conquers Melbourne Victory 1-0 after A. Cáceres scored just 1 goal (35′).

Sydney remained in 10 after Max Burgess received a red card in the 84′. Still, Sydney still succeeded in win this encounter competing only with 10 players​.

The match was played at the WIN Jubilee Oval stadium in Sydney on Saturday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Alex King with the support of Owen Goldrick and Brad Wright. The 4th official was Sam Kelly. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.6 degrees Celsius or 70.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Sydney was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Melbourne Victory that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Melbourne Victory was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Sydney found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Sydney shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Melbourne Victory shot 15 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Sydney received 2 yellow cards (Rhyan Grant and James Donachie). Talking about the opposition, Melbourne Victory received 2 yellow cards (Joshua Brillante and Damien Da Silva).

(Sydney) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (84′).

Standings

After playing this match, Sydney will have 27 points to sit in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Melbourne Victory will stay with 18 points to hold in the 12th 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 record in favor of Sydney (12 draws).

Melbourne Victory will host Brisbane Roar on the 29th of April with a 20-19 head to head statistic in favor of Melbourne Victory (11 draws).

Sydney – Formation

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 (7.1), Rhyan Grant (7.1), James Donachie (6.8), Alex Wilkinson (7.1), Diego Caballo (6.8), Luke Brattan (7.0), Joe Lolley (6.6), Paulo Retre (6.8), Anthony Caceres (6.6), Max Burgess (7.1) and Róbert Mak (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Jaiden Kucharski, Alex Parsons, Aaron Gurd, Patrick Wood, Joel King (6.8), Jack Rodwell (6.4) and Adam Pavlesic.

Substitutions

Sydney made 3 changes: Paulo Retre for Jack Rodwell (69′), Joe Lolley for Joel King (78′) and Robert Mak for Alex Parsons (89′).

Best player: Rhyan Grant​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sydney was Rhyan Grant even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.1) with 48 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.

Melbourne Victory – Formation

Melbourne Victory started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Tony Popović played with: Paul Izzo (6.2), Jason Geria (7.1), Damien Da Silva (6.5), Roderick Miranda (7.3), Cadete (6.5), Nishan Velupillay (6.5), Joshua Brillante (7.4), Connor Chapman (6.8), Ben Folami (6.6), Bruno Fornaroli (7.3) and Christopher Ikonomidis (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Bruce Kamau (6.5), William Wilson, Matt Acton, Leigh Broxham, Rai Marchán, Eli Adams (7.0) and Fernando Romero (7.0).

Substitutions

Melbourne Victory made 5 changes: N. Velupillay for Santiago Romero (58′), Joshua Brillante for Rai (81′), Ben Folami for Bruce Kamau (81′), Jason Geria for William Wilson (81′) and Christopher Ikonomidis for Eli Adams (85′).

Best player: Joshua Brillante​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Melbourne Victory was Joshua Brillante.

His rating is (7.4) with 40 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Sydney – Melbourne Victory – 1-0
• Western Sydney Wanderers – Central Coast Mariners – 2-0
• Western United – Perth Glory – 2-1
• Wellington Phoenix – Newcastle Jets – 2-1