SYDNEY. Sydney beat Adelaide United to win 2-1. A goal from J. López was decisive in the 90min. It was Sydney to strike first with a goal of Robert Mak at the 27′. Then Fábio Gomes scored again for Sydney in the 84′ minute with a penalty. Eventually, Javi López reduced the distance for Adelaide United (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Netstrata Jubilee Stadium stadium in Sydney on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Alex King with the collaboration of Kearney Robinson and Ryan Gallagher. The 4th official was Ben Abraham. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.98 degrees Celsius or 51.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 16 Total 14
- 6 On Target 3
- 8 Off Target 7
- 2 Shots blocked 4
- 116 Attack 81
- 69 Dangerous attack 48
- 79 Ball safe 85
- 1 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 5
Fouls
- 5 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Sydney was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Adelaide United that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sydney was more pushing with 69 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sydney won the match.
Sydney shot 16 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Adelaide United shot 14 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Sydney received 1 yellow card (Corey Hollman). On the opposite side, Adelaide United didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Sydney has 26 points to remain in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Adelaide United will stays with 19 points like Perth Glory to hold in the 9th place.
Next matches
Sydney – Formation
Sydney
90'
27'
24'
Sydney adopted the 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 , Hayden Matthews , Jake Girdwood-Reich , Jordan Courtney-Perkins , Luke Brattan , Corey Hollman , Joe Lolley , Robert Mak , Anthony Caceres and Fábio Gomes .
The home team had on the bench: Gabriel Lacerda, Matthew Scarcella, Mitchell Glasson, Adam Pavlesic, Max Burgess , Jaiden Kucharski and Nathan Amanatidis.
Substitutions
Sydney made 4 changes: Corey Hollman for Max Burgess (57′), Robert Mak for Jaiden Kucharski (57′), Joe Lolley for Mitchell Glasson (90′) and Fábio Gomes for Nathan Amanatidis (89′).
Player of the match: Joe Lolley
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sydney was Joe Lolley even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 37 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 14 duels out of 22. He performed 9 crosses.
Adelaide United – Formation
Adelaide United
Also Adelaide United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Thomas Veart played with: James Delianov , Javi López , Panagiotis Kikiasnis , Ben Warland , Ryan Kitto , Isaías , Ethan Alagich , Zach Clough , Stefan Mauk , Joshua Cavallo and Hiroshi Ibusuki .
These were the players on the bench: Harry Van der Saag , Luka Jovanovic , Ryan Tunnicliffe , Luke Duzel, Ethan Cox, Austin Ayoubi and Giuseppe Bovalina .
Adelaide United could not rely on the presence of Harry Van der Saag (injured) and Austin Ayoubi (injured).
Substitutions
Adelaide United made 5 changes: Joshua Cavallo for Harry Van der Saag (10′), Ben Warland for Austin Ayoubi (78′), Stefan Mauk for Ryan Tunnicliffe (78′), Hiroshi Ibusuki for Giuseppe Bovalina (60′) and Harry Van der Saag for Luka Jovanovic (60′).
Player of the match: Javi López
The player that probably impressed the most for Adelaide United was Javi López.
His rating is with 1 goal, 39 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 22. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League Men.
- Sydney – Adelaide United – 2-1
- Melbourne City – Melbourne Victory – 0-0
- Perth Glory – Brisbane Roar – 3-2
