SYDNEY. Sydney liquidates Newcastle Jets 4-0 with goals of Patrick Wood (40′), Joe Lolley (66′), Max Burgess (76′) and Max Burgess (79′). Sydney capitalized on its better ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Allianz Stadium stadium in Sydney on Friday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Adam Bavcar with the support of Andrej Giev and Brad Wright. The 4th official was Tim Danaskos. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was hot at 29.62 degrees Celsius or 85.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 22 Total 6
- 8 On Target 1
- 5 Off Target 1
- 9 Shots blocked 4
- 131 Attack 72
- 70 Dangerous attack 40
- 72 Ball safe 68
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 6
- 4 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 15 Total 3
- 3 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Sydney had a strong ball possession 60% while Newcastle Jets was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sydney was more aggressive with 70 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sydney won the match.
Sydney shot 22 times, 8 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Newcastle Jets shot 6 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Sydney received 3 yellow cards (Luke Brattan, Gabriel Lacerda and Jake Girdwood-Reich). On the other side, Newcastle Jets didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Sydney has 18 points like Central Coast Mariners, Adelaide United and Melbourne City to hold in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Newcastle Jets will stays with 13 points to hold in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Newcastle Jets will host Brisbane Roar on the 23rd of January with a 22-19 head to head in favor of Brisbane Roar (11 draws).
Sydney – Formation
Sydney started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ufuk Talay decided to play with the following team: Andrew Redmayne
, Rhyan Grant , Jake Girdwood-Reich , Gabriel Lacerda , Jordan Courtney-Perkins , Corey Hollman , Luke Brattan , Joe Lolley , Anthony Caceres , Max Burgess and Patrick Wood .The home team had on the bench: Fábio Gomes
, Matthew Scarcella , Mitchell Glasson, Adam Pavlesic, Zachary de Jesus, Hayden Matthews and Nathan Amanatidis.Substitutions
Sydney made 3 changes: Corey Hollman for Matthew Scarcella (85′), Patrick Wood for Fábio Gomes (68′) and Max Burgess for Nathan Amanatidis (90′).
Player of the match: Max Burgess
The player that probably impressed the most for Sydney was Max Burgess.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 36 passes (86% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 16. He performed 3 crosses.Newcastle Jets – Formation
Newcastle Jets started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Robert Stanton played with: Ryan Scott
, Dane Ingham , Phillip Čančar , Mark Natta , Daniel Wilmering , Trent Buhagiar , Kosta Grozos , Callum Timmins , Clayton Taylor , Reno Piscopo and Apostolos Stamatelopoulos .These were the players on the bench: Lucas Mauragis
, Jason Berthomier, Daniel Stynes , Michael Weier, Carl Jenkinson , Archie Goodwin and Nathan Grimaldi .Newcastle Jets could not rely on the presence of Archie Goodwin (injured) and Carl Jenkinson (injured).
Substitutions
Newcastle Jets made 5 changes: Clayton Taylor for Lucas Mauragis (46′), Reno Piscopo for Archie Goodwin (46′), Trent Buhagiar for Daniel Stynes (57′), Daniel Wilmering for Carl Jenkinson (82′) and Phillip Čančar for Nathan Grimaldi (82′).
Player of the match: Callum Timmins
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Newcastle Jets was Callum Timmins.
His rating is
with 35 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 17 duels out of 21.Results of the day
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