SYDNEY. Macarthur had a close win over Adelaide United.

The match was played at the Campbelltown Stadium (Sydney) stadium in Sydney on Monday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Shaun Evans with the collaboration of Andrej Giev and Brad Wright. The 4th official was Tim Danaskos. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.71 degrees Celsius or 71.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Macarthur

4 - 3

Adelaide United

  • 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
  • 17 Total 21
  • 7 On Target 8
  • 6 Off Target 8
  • 4 Shots blocked 5
  • 93 Attack 120
  • 57 Dangerous attack 61
  • 86 Ball safe 90
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 10 Corners 7
Fouls
  • 6 Total 8
  • 1 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Macarthur was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Adelaide United that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Adelaide United was more pushing with 61 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 8 were on target. Even so, Macarthur was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Macarthur shot 17 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Adelaide United shot 21 times, 8 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Macarthur received 1 yellow card (Valère Germain). Regarding the opposition, Adelaide United didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

Valère Germain(goal)Clayton Lewis
8'
17'
Zach Clough(goal)Nestory Irankunda
Matthew Millar (goal)Ulises Dávila
24'
Valère Germain- Yellow
41'
45'
46'
Luke Duzel- sub ->Isaías
53'
Zach Clough(goal)Ben Halloran
J. Drew- sub ->Matthew Millar
61'
Jake Hollman- sub ->Raphael Borges Rodrigues
61'
61'
Ryan Tunnicliffe- sub ->Jonny Yull
71'
Hiroshi Ibusuki- sub ->Luka Jovanovic
Daniel De Silva- sub ->Kearyn Baccus
75'
80'
Musa Toure- sub ->Ben Halloran
Bernardo Oliveira - sub ->Nestory Irankunda
81'
Jake Hollman(goal)
82'
Ulises Dávila (goal)Jed Drew
84'
A. Auglah- sub ->Ulises Dávila
86'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Central Coast Mariners
55
27
Wellington Phoenix
53
27
Melbourne Victory
42
27
Sydney
41
27
Macarthur
41
27
Melbourne City
39
27
Western Sydney Wanderers
37
27
Adelaide United
32
27
Brisbane Roar
30
27
Newcastle Jets
28
27
Western United
26
27
Perth Glory
22
27

After this match, Macarthur has 12 points like Western Sydney Wanderers to hold in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Adelaide United will stays with 10 points like Melbourne Victory to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

Macarthur – Formation

Macarthur
G
F. Kurto 12.Poland
7.5
D
Matthew Jurman 4.Australia
7.0
D
J. Aspropotamitis 5.Australia
6.3
D
Ivan Vujica 13.Australia
7.0
D
Yianni Nicolaou 22.Australia
6.6
M
Ulises Dávila 10.Mexico
9.1
86' 84'
M
Kearyn Baccus 15.Australia
6.4
75'
M
Raphael Borges Rodrigues 17.Australia
6.6
61'
M
Clayton Lewis 23.New Zealand
7.5
M
Matthew Millar 44.Australia
7.1
61' 24'
F
Valère Germain 98.France
8.4
41' 8'
Substitutes
G
Danijel Nizic 1.Australia
D
Tomislav Uskok 6.Australia
M
Jake Hollman 8.Australia
8.1
61' 82'
M
Charles M'Mombwa 24.Tanzania
M
J. Drew 37.Australia
7.0
61'
F
Daniel De Silva 7.Australia
7.1
75'
F
A. Auglah 36.Australia
6.4
86'

Macarthur started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Mile Sterjovski decided to play with the following team: Filip Kurto (7.5), Yianni Nicolaou (6.6), Jonathan Aspropotamitis (6.3), Matthew Jurman (7.0), Ivan Vujica (7.0), Matthew Millar (7.1), Kearyn Baccus (6.4), Clayton Lewis (7.5), Raphael Borges Rodrigues (6.6), Valère Germain (8.4) and Ulises Dávila (9.1).

The home team had on the bench: Danijel Nizic, Tomislav Uskok, Daniel De Silva (7.1), Jake Hollman (8.1), Charles M’Mombwa, Ali Auglah (6.4) and Jed Drew (7.0).

Substitutions

Macarthur made 4 changes: Matthew Millar for Jed Drew (61′), Raphael Borges Rodrigues for Jake Hollman (61′), Kearyn Baccus for Daniel De Silva (75′) and Ulises Dávila for Ali Auglah (86′).

Player of the match: Ulises Dávila​

The most impressive player for Macarthur was Ulises Dávila.

His rating is (9.1) with 1 goal, 36 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.

Adelaide United – Formation

Adelaide United
G
Joe Gauci 46.Australia
6.8
D
Nick Ansell 4.Australia
6.7
D
R. Kitto 7.Australia
7.0
D
Alexandar Popovic 41.Australia
6.3
D
G. Bovalina 43.Australia
7.5
45'
M
Isaías 8.Spain
6.8
46'
M
Zach Clough 10.England
9.5
17', 53'
M
Ben Halloran 26.Australia
7.5
80'
M
J. Yull 37.Australia
6.8
61'
M
N. Irankunda 66.Australia
7.8
81'
F
L. Jovanović 17.Australia
6.6
71'
Substitutes
G
James Delianov 1.Australia
D
Lachlan Barr 13.Australia
M
Ryan Tunnicliffe 22.England
7.3
61'
M
Luke Duzel 23.Australia
6.4
46'
M
Bernardo Oliveira 31.Australia
6.6
81'
F
Hiroshi Ibusuki 9.Japan
6.6
71'
F
Musa Toure 49.Australia
6.4
80'

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

Thomas Veart played with: Joe Gauci (6.8), Giuseppe Bovalina (7.5), Alexandar Popovic (6.3), Nick Ansell (6.7), Ryan Kitto (7.0), Isaías (6.8), Nestory Irankunda (7.8), Zach Clough (9.5), Jonny Yull (6.8), Ben Halloran (7.5) and Luka Jovanovic (6.6).

They had on the bench: James Delianov, Hiroshi Ibusuki (6.6), Lachlan Barr, Ryan Tunnicliffe (7.3), Luke Duzel (6.4), Bernardo (6.6) and Musa Toure (6.4).

Substitutions

Adelaide United made 5 changes: Isaías for Luke Duzel (46′), Jonny Yull for Ryan Tunnicliffe (61′), Luka Jovanovic for Hiroshi Ibusuki (71′), Ben Halloran for Musa Toure (80′) and Nestory Irankunda for Bernardo (81′).

Player of the match: Zach Clough​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Adelaide United was Zach Clough.

His rating is (9.5) with 2 goals, 44 passes (86% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 12 crosses.

Results of the day

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