SYDNEY. Western United defeats Western Sydney Wanderers 1-0 after A. Prijovic scored just 1 goal (29′). Western Sydney Wanderers was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (69%).
The match was played at the Marconi Stadium stadium in Sydney. The referee was Jack Morgan who was helped by Nathan MacDonald and Hugh White. The 4th official was Ben Abraham. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.7 degrees Celsius or 71.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
- ! 69 Ball Possession 31
Shots
- 15 Total 6
- 1 On Target 1
- 14 Off Target 5
- 3 Shots blocked 3
- 119 Attack 94
- 59 Dangerous attack 32
- 104 Ball safe 76
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 13 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Western Sydney Wanderers had a superior ball possession 69% while Western United was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Western Sydney Wanderers was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, Western United was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Western Sydney Wanderers shot 15 times, 1 on target, 14 off target. Regarding the opposition, Western United shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Western Sydney Wanderers received 1 yellow card (J. Rodwell). On the other side, Western United didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Western Sydney Wanderers will stay with 9 points like Central Coast Mariners to remain in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Western United will have 19 points to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the A-League, Western Sydney Wanderers will play away with Wellington Phoenix on the 23rd of April with a 13-10 head to head in favor of Western Sydney Wanderers (5 draws).
Western United will play away agasint Central Coast Mariners on the 30th of April with a 3-3 head to head.
Western Sydney Wanderers – Formation
Western Sydney Wanderers
46'
51'
Western Sydney Wanderers adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Marko Ante Rudan decided to play with the following team: Tomas Mejías , Thomas Kevin Aquilina , Ziggy Gordon , Johnny Koutroumbis , Adama Traoré , Steven Ugarkovic , Keanu Baccus , James Troisi , Jack Rodwell , Keijiro Ogawa and Tomer Hemed .
The home team had on the bench: Terry Antonis , Daniel Margush, Ramy Najjarine , Bernie Ibini Isei, Tass Mourdoukoutas , Tate Russell and Dimitri Petratos .
Substitutions
Western Sydney Wanderers made 5 changes: J. Koutroumbis for T. Mourdoukoutas (46′), T. Hemed for D. Petratos (46′), J. Rodwell for T. Antonis (63′), K. Ogawa for R. Najjarine (85′) and K. Baccus for B. Ibini-Isei (90′).
Best player: Keanu Baccus
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Western Sydney Wanderers was Keanu Baccus.
His rating is with 67 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.
Western United – Formation
Western United
29'
Also Western United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
John Aloisi played with: Jamie Young , Joshua Risdon , Léo Lacroix , Nikolai Topor-Stanley , Ben Garuccio , Neil Kilkenny , Steven Lustica , Lachlan Wales , Alessandro Diamanti , Connor Pain and Aleksandar Prijović .
These were the players on the bench: Christian Theoharous, Dylan Pierias , Nicolas Milanovic, Dylan Wenzel-Halls , Tomoki Imai, Rene Krhin and Ryan Scott.
Western United could not rely on the presence of N. Milanovic (injured).
Substitutions
Western United made 4 changes: S. Lustica for R. Krhin (72′), A. Diamanti for D. Pierias (72′), A. Prijovic for D. Wenzel-Halls (82′) and C. Pain for N. Milanovic (90′).
Best player: Léo Lacroix
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Western United was Léo Lacroix even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 33 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League.
