Adelaide United conquers Western United 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

BALLARAT. Adelaide United tops Western United 3-1.

November 27, 2023

BALLARAT. Adelaide United defeats Western United 3-1.

The match was played at the Mars Stadium (Ballarat) stadium in Ballarat on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Jonathon Barreiro with the assistance of Daniel Illievski and Joey Lee. The 4th official was Adam Bavcar. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 13.12 degrees Celsius or 55.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.

Match Statistics

Western United

1 - 3

Adelaide United

54 Ball Possession 46

Shots

23 Total 22
7 On Target 6
4 Off Target 7
12 Shots blocked 9

124 Attack 108
60 Dangerous attack 71
71 Ball safe 93

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 8

Fouls

9 Total 7
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Western United was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Adelaide United that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Adelaide United had a more offensive attitude with 71 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Adelaide United won the encounter.

Western United shot 23 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Adelaide United shot 22 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Western United received 1 yellow card (Steven Lustica). On the other side, Adelaide United received 1 yellow card (Luke Duzel).

Match Timeline

30'

Ben Halloran(goal)Nestory Irankunda

Steven Lustica- Yellow

49'

Lachlan Wales(goal)

53'

54'

Luke Duzel- sub ->Jonny Yull

56'

Noah Botic - sub ->Nikita Rukavytsya

57'

Riku Danzaki- sub ->Ramy Najjarine

57'

63'

L. Jovanović(goal)Ben Halloran

67'

Sebastian Pasquali- sub ->Steven Lustica

67'

Ryan Tunnicliffe- sub ->Isaías

69'

Luke Duzel- Yellow

Matthew Grimaldi- sub ->Angus Thurgate

76'

82'

Hiroshi Ibusuki- sub ->Nestory Irankunda

82'

Musa Toure- sub ->Jonny Yull

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Central Coast Mariners

Western Sydney Wanderers

After this match, Western United will stay with 3 points like Sydney and Central Coast Mariners to hold in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Adelaide United will have 10 points like Brisbane Roar to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

Western United – Formation

Western United

Tom Heward-Belle 1.Australia

7.0

Tomoki Imai 6.Japan

6.7

Ben Garuccio 17.Australia

7.7

Josh Risdon 19.Australia

7.3

Jacob Tratt 27.Australia

7.9

Ramy Najjarine 7.Australia

6.8

57'

Steven Lustica 10.Australia

6.7

67'

49'

Daniel Penha 11.Brazil

7.8

Angus Thurgate 32.Australia

6.4

76'

Lachlan Wales 8.Australia

6.4

53'

Nikita Rukavytsya 13.Australia

6.4

57'

Substitutes

Matt Sutton 33.Australia

Kane Vidmar 22.Australia

Connor O'Toole 24.Australia

Sebastian Pasquali 21.Australia

7.0

67'

Matthew Grimaldi 39.Australia

6.7

76'

Riku Danzaki 77.Japan

6.4

57'

Noah Botic 38.Australia

6.7

57'

Western United started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager John Aloisi decided to play with the following team: Tom Heward-Belle (7.0), Josh Risdon (7.3), Tomoki Imai (6.7), Jacob Tratt (7.9), Ben Garuccio (7.7), Daniel Penha (7.8), Steven Lustica (6.7), Angus Thurgate (6.4), Ramy Najjarine (6.8), Nikita Rukavytsya (6.4) and Lachlan Wales (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Sebastian Pasquali (7.0), Kane Vidmar, Connor O’Toole, Matt Sutton, Noah Botic (6.7), Matthew Grimaldi (6.7) and Riku Danzaki (6.4).

Substitutions

Western United made 3 changes: Nikita Rukavytsya for Noah Botic (57′), Steven Lustica for Sebastian Pasquali (67′) and Ramy Najjarine for Riku Danzaki (57′).

Player of the match: Jacob Tratt

The most impressive player for Western United was Jacob Tratt.

His rating is (7.9) with 73 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 15.

Adelaide United – Formation

Adelaide United

Joe Gauci 46.Australia

7.9

Nick Ansell 4.Australia

7.5

R. Kitto 7.Australia

7.3

Alexandar Popovic 41.Australia

8.5

56'

G. Bovalina 43.Australia

7.9

Isaías 8.Spain

7.0

67'

Zach Clough 10.England

7.9

Ben Halloran 26.Australia

9.1

30'

J. Yull 37.Australia

7.5

82'

N. Irankunda 66.Australia

7.3

82'

L. Jovanović 17.Australia

7.7

63'

Substitutes

James Delianov 1.Australia

Lachlan Barr 13.Australia

Ryan Tunnicliffe 22.England

7.1

67'

Luke Duzel 23.Australia

6.4

54'

69'

Bernardo Oliveira 31.Australia

6.7

67'

Hiroshi Ibusuki 9.Japan

6.4

82'

Musa Toure 49.Australia

7.1

82'

Adelaide United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Thomas Veart played with: Joe Gauci (7.9), Giuseppe Bovalina (7.9), Alexandar Popovic (8.5), Nick Ansell (7.5), Ryan Kitto (7.3), Isaías (7.0), Jonny Yull (7.5), Nestory Irankunda (7.3), Zach Clough (7.9), Ben Halloran (9.1) and Luka Jovanovic (7.7).

These were the players on the bench: James Delianov, Hiroshi Ibusuki (6.4), Lachlan Barr, Ryan Tunnicliffe (7.1), Luke Duzel (6.4), Bernardo (6.7) and Musa Toure (7.1).

Adelaide United could not rely on the presence of Musa Toure (injured) and Luke Duzel (injured).

Substitutions

Adelaide United made 5 changes: Jonny Yull for Musa Toure (82′), Nestory Irankunda for Hiroshi Ibusuki (82′), Jonny Yull for Luke Duzel (54′), Isaías for Ryan Tunnicliffe (67′) and Nikita Rukavytsya for Bernardo (67′).