SYDNEY. Sydney had a comfortable win over Western Sydney Wanderers. Sydney was just to good to grab a decisive 4-0 lead with Rhyan Grant (3′), Fábio Gomes (7′), Robert Mak (50′) and Fábio Gomes (59′). Western Sydney Wanderers reduced the distance with an own goal (72′) by Jake Girdwood-Reich, but there was not much to do for them. Western Sydney Wanderers lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Spotless Stadium stadium in Sydney on Saturday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Alex King with the help of Nathan MacDonald and Andrew Lindsay. The 4th official was Tim Danaskos. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22.22 degrees Celsius or 72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Western Sydney Wanderers had a superior ball possession 57% while Sydney was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sydney was putting more pressure with 70 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sydney won the match.​

Western Sydney Wanderers shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Sydney shot 20 times, 8 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Western Sydney Wanderers received 1 yellow card (Jack Clisby). Talking about the opposition, Sydney received 5 yellow cards (Corey Hollman, Max Burgess, Jake Girdwood-Reich, Hayden Matthews and Anthony Caceres).

Standings

After this match, Western Sydney Wanderers stays with 28 points to remain in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Sydney will has 30 points to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

Western Sydney Wanderers – Formation

Western Sydney Wanderers adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Marko Ante Rudan decided to play with the following team: Daniel Margush (6.3), Aidan Simmons (6.6), Marcelo (7.1), Alex Bonetig (6.4), Jack Clisby (6.1), Lachlan Brook (5.8), Alexander Badolato (6.4), Jorrit Hendrix (6.4), Nicolas Milanovic (6.8), Brandon Borrello (7.0) and Nenad Mijailovic (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Dylan Pierias (6.4), Miloš Ninković, Tom Beadling (6.4), Dylan Scicluna (7.0), Taiga Oliver Harper, Zachary Sapsford (7.5) and Oscar Priestman (7.0).

Substitutions

Western Sydney Wanderers made 5 changes: Alex Bonetig for Tom Beadling (56′), Nicolas Milanovic for Dylan Pierias (56′), Nenad Mijailovic for Zachary Sapsford (64′), Jack Clisby for Dylan Scicluna (64′) and Alexander Badolato for Oscar Priestman (46′).

Player of the match: Zachary Sapsford​

The player that probably impressed the most for Western Sydney Wanderers was Zachary Sapsford.

His rating is 7.5 with 9 passes (67% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 4.

His performance was extraordinary also because he started the encounter from the bench before entering in the 64′.

Sydney – Formation

Also Sydney adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Ufuk Talay played with: Andrew Redmayne (7.3), Rhyan Grant (7.3), Hayden Matthews (6.4), Jake Girdwood-Reich (6.4), Jordan Courtney-Perkins (7.0), Joe Lolley (7.3), Corey Hollman (7.0), Anthony Caceres (7.5), Max Burgess (7.0), Fábio Gomes (8.5) and Robert Mak (7.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Gabriel Lacerda (6.3), Joel King, Matthew Scarcella (6.7), Mitchell Glasson (6.8), Adam Pavlesic, Jaiden Kucharski (7.0) and Nathan Amanatidis (6.3).

Substitutions

Sydney made 5 changes: Fábio Gomes for Nathan Amanatidis (79′), Robert Mak for Mitchell Glasson (79′), Hayden Matthews for Gabriel Lacerda (46′), Corey Hollman for Matthew Scarcella (87′) and Max Burgess for Jaiden Kucharski (79′).

Player of the match: Fábio Gomes​

The most impressive player for Sydney was Fábio Gomes.

His rating is 8.5 with 2 goals, 12 passes (67% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Western United – Perth Glory – 1-0
• Newcastle Jets – Central Coast Mariners – 0-1
• Western Sydney Wanderers – Sydney – 1-4