OKAYAMA. Brisbane Roar defeats Western United 1-0 after J. O’Shea scored just 1 goal (81′).
The match was played at the Kanko Stadium stadium in Okayama. The referee was Stephen Lucas assisted by David Walsh and Nathan MacDonald. The 4th official was Adam Kersey. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.3 degrees Celsius or 55.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 14 Total 7
- 3 On Target 3
- 8 Off Target 2
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 109 Attack 76
- 54 Dangerous attack 51
- 76 Ball safe 89
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 6
Fouls
- 7 Total 8
- 0 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Brisbane Roar was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Western United that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Brisbane Roar was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Brisbane Roar won the match.
Brisbane Roar shot 14 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Western United shot 7 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Brisbane Roar didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Western United received 4 yellow cards (Tongo Doumbia, Alessandro Diamanti, Joshua Risdon and Alessandro Diamanti).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Brisbane Roar will have 23 points to sit in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Western United will stay with 25 points like Newcastle Jets to go down in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the A-League, Brisbane Roar will play away against Melbourne Victory on the 29th of April with a 20-19 head to head stats in favor of Melbourne Victory (11 draws).
Western United will play away agasint Perth Glory on the 29th of April with a 6-2 head to head statistic in favor of Western United (1 draw).
Brisbane Roar – Formation
Brisbane Roar
85'
81'
Brisbane Roar adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Nick Green decided to play with the following team: Jordan Holmes , Kai Trewin , Tom Aldred , Jordan Courtney-Perkins , Noah Smith , Henry Hore , Jay O’Shea , Taras Gomulka , Rahmat Akbari , Stefan Šćepović and Jez Lofthouse .
The home team had on the bench: Marcel Canadi, Macklin Freke, Louis Zabala, Josh Brindell-South, Nikola Mileusnić , Carlo Armiento and Jack Hingert .
Substitutions
Brisbane Roar made 4 changes: Stefan Scepovic for Nikola Mileusnić (58′), Jez Lofthouse for Yared Abetew (76′), Henry Hore for Joshua Brindell-South (84′) and Noah Smith for Jack Hingert (85′).
Best player: Jay O’Shea
The most impressive player for Brisbane Roar was Jay O’Shea.
His rating is with 1 goal, 60 passes (86% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 8 crosses.
Western United – Formation
Western United
35'
Also Western United adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
John Aloisi played with: Jamie Young , Joshua Risdon , Tomoki Imai , Léo Lacroix , Ben Garuccio , Lachlan Wales , Tongo Doumbia , Steven Lustica , Connor Pain , Noah Botic and Aleksandar Prijović .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Adisu Bayew , Jacob Tratt , Michael Ruhs , Alessandro Diamanti , Ryan Scott, Sebastian Pasquali and Nikolai Topor-Stanley.
Substitutions
Western United made 5 changes: Connor Pain for A. Bayew (61′), Steven Lustica for Sebastian Pasquali (61′), Noah Botic for Alessandro Diamanti (67′), Joshua Risdon for Jacob Tratt (67′) and Lachlan Wales for Michael Ruhs (78′).
Best player: Ben Garuccio
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Western United was Ben Garuccio.
His rating is with 44 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 11 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League.
- Sydney – Western Sydney Wanderers – 0-4
- Brisbane Roar – Western United – 1-0
- Newcastle Jets – Perth Glory – 2-2