SYDNEY. Western United and Sydney draw 1-1. S. Lustica scored the first goal (56′) for Western United. M. Burgess made it even (65′).

The match was played at the Netstrata Jubilee Stadium stadium in Sydney on Saturday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Shaun Evans with the assistance of George Lakrindis and Owen Goldrick. The 4th official was Sam Kelly. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.1 degrees Celsius or 64.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Sydney

1 - 1

Western United

  • 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
  • 14 Total 14
  • 3 On Target 5
  • 11 Off Target 9
  • 3 Shots blocked 5
  • 128 Attack 92
  • 51 Dangerous attack 50
  • 65 Ball safe 64
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 8 Corners 4
  • 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 7 Total 7
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 2 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Sydney was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Western United that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sydney was putting more pressure with 51 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Sydney to win the match​.

Sydney shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Western United shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Sydney received 1 yellow card (P. Retre). On the other side, Western United received 2 yellow cards (A. Diamanti and D. Wenzel-Halls).

Match Timeline

37'
56'
Steven Lustica(goal)A. Prijovic
58'
62'
Max Burgess(goal)M. Ninkovic
65'
70'
83'
83'
89'
89'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Melbourne City
49
26
Melbourne Victory
48
26
Western United
45
26
Adelaide United
43
26
Central Coast Mariners
42
26
Wellington Phoenix
39
26
Macarthur
33
26
Sydney
31
26
Newcastle Jets
29
26
Western Sydney Wanderers
27
26
Brisbane Roar
26
26
Perth Glory
18
26

After playing this match, Sydney will have 17 points to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Western United will have 20 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the A-League, Sydney will play away against Perth Glory on the 30th of April with a 28-9 head to head stats in favor of Sydney (11 draws).

Western United will play away agasint Central Coast Mariners on the 30th of April with a 3-3 head to head.

Sydney – Formation

Sydney
G
Tom Heward-Belle 20.Australia
7.1
D
Alex Wilkinson 4.Australia
7.1
D
R. Grant 23.Australia
7.2
D
James Donachie 2.Australia
6.8
D
Connor O'Toole 5.Australia
6.8
M
M. Ninković 10.Serbia
7.8
M
Paulo Retre 8.Australia
7.0
58'
M
Max Burgess 22.Australia
8.1
65'
M
E. Kamsoba 27.Burundi
6.6
F
Adam Le Fondre 14.England
6.8
62'
F
Trent Buhagiar 12.Australia
6.9
83'
Substitutes
G
A. Redmayne 1.Australia
D
A. Segecic 31.Australia
D
Ben Warland 3.Australia
D
C. Talbot 25.Australia
6.4
83'
M
Corey Hollman 24.Australia
F
D. da 9.Brazil
6.3
62'
F
P. Wood 33.Australia

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

The manager Steve Corica decided to play with the following team: Tom Heward-Belle (7.1), Rhyan Grant (7.2), James Donachie (6.8), Alex Wilkinson (7.1), Connor O’Toole (6.8), Elvis Kamsoba (6.6), Paulo Retre (7.0), Max Burgess (8.1), Miloš Ninković (7.8), Trent Buhagiar (6.9) and Adam Le Fondre (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Adrian Segecic, Andrew Redmayne, Bobô (6.3), Patrick Wood, Ben Warland, Callum Talbot (6.4) and Corey Hollman.

Substitutions

Sydney made 2 changes: A. Le Fondre for Bobo (62′) and T. Buhagiar for C. Talbot (83′).

Best player: Max Burgess​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sydney was Max Burgess.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 70 passes (90% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 7 crosses.

Western United – Formation

Western United
G
Jamie Young 1.Australia
6.9
D
Léo Lacroix 4.Switzerland
7.1
D
Josh Risdon 19.Australia
7.6
D
Ben Garuccio 17.Australia
7.4
D
Tomoki Imai 6.Japan
7.0
M
Alessandro Diamanti 23.Italy
7.8
89' 37'
M
Neil Kilkenny 88.Australia
7.2
M
Steven Lustica 10.Australia
7.3
89' 56'
M
Connor Pain 11.Australia
7.0
M
Lachlan Wales 8.Australia
6.7
70'
F
Aleksandar Prijović 99.Serbia
6.1
83'
Substitutes
G
Ryan Scott 37.Australia
D
D. Pierias 5.Australia
6.4
70'
D
Nikolai Topor-Stanley 44.Australia
M
R. Krhin 16.Slovenia
6.5
89'
F
N. Milanovic 26.Australia
6.3
89'
F
Dylan Wenzel-Halls 9.Australia
6.4
83' 90'
F
Christian Theoharous 34.Australia

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

John Aloisi played with: Jamie Young (6.9), Joshua Risdon (7.6), Tomoki Imai (7.0), Léo Lacroix (7.1), Ben Garuccio (7.4), Neil Kilkenny (7.2), Steven Lustica (7.3), Lachlan Wales (6.7), Alessandro Diamanti (7.8), Connor Pain (7.0) and Aleksandar Prijović (6.1).

These were the players on the bench: Dylan Pierias (6.4), Nicolas Milanovic (6.3), Rene Krhin (6.5), Ryan Scott, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Dylan Wenzel-Halls (6.4) and Christian Theoharous.

Substitutions

Western United made 4 changes: L. Wales for D. Pierias (70′), A. Prijovic for D. Wenzel-Halls (83′), A. Diamanti for N. Milanovic (89′) and S. Lustica for R. Krhin (89′).

Best player: Alessandro Diamanti​

The most impressive player for Western United was Alessandro Diamanti.

His rating is (7.8) with 27 passes (62% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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