BALLARAT. Western United prevailed over Newcastle Jets to win 2-1. L. Lacroix was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Western United to strike first with a goal of L. Lacroix at the 16′. Then L. Lacroix scored again for Western United in the 52′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, A. Thurgate reduced the distance for Newcastle Jets (81′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Newcastle Jets was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Mars Stadium (Ballarat) stadium in Ballarat on Saturday and it started at 3:05 pm local time. The referee was Lachlan Keevers with the collaboration of George Lakrindis and Andrew Meimarakis. The 4th official was Jack Morgan. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 19.4 degrees Celsius or 66.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
- ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
- 11 Total 13
- 4 On Target 3
- 7 Off Target 10
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 83 Attack 147
- 27 Dangerous attack 58
- 77 Ball safe 93
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 10
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 11 Total 14
- 3 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 7
Ball possession
Newcastle Jets was in firm control of the ball 62% while Western United was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Newcastle Jets had a more offensive attitude with 58 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Western United succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Western United shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Newcastle Jets shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Western United received 3 yellow cards (N. Kilkenny, J. Skotadis and N. Topor-Stanley). Regarding the opposition, Newcastle Jets received 4 yellow cards (J. Hoffman, D. Penha, O. Boumal and A. Thurgate).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Western United will have 32 points to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Newcastle Jets will stay with 15 points like Western Sydney Wanderers to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the A-League, Western United will play away against Central Coast Mariners on the 30th of April with a 3-3 head to head record.
Newcastle Jets will play away agasint Macarthur on the 1st of May with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Macarthur (2 draws).
Western United – Formation
Western United
90'
16', 52'
73'
Western United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager John Aloisi decided to play with the following team: Jamie Young , Tomoki Imai , Léo Lacroix , Nikolai Topor-Stanley , Ben Garuccio , Rene Krhin , Neil Kilkenny , Dylan Pierias , Steven Lustica , Lachlan Wales and Aleksandar Prijović .
The home team had on the bench: Benjamin Collins, Christian Theoharous, Adisu Bayew , Ryan Scott, Dylan Wenzel-Halls, Jerry Skotadis and Nicolas Milanovic.
Substitutions
Western United made 2 changes: R. Krhin for J. Skotadis (60′) and D. Pierias for A. Bayew (73′).
Best player: Léo Lacroix
The player that probably impressed the most for Western United was Léo Lacroix.
His rating is with 2 goals, 32 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Newcastle Jets – Formation
Newcastle Jets
Also Newcastle Jets adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Arthur Thomas Papastamatis played with: Jack Duncan , Dane Ingham , Jordan Elsey , Matthew Jurman , Jason Hoffman , Angus Thurgate , Mario Arqués , Samuel Silvera , Daniel Penha , Valentino Yuel and Beka Mikeltadze .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Taylor Regan , Eli Babalj , Michael Weier, Kosta Grozos, Olivier Boumale , Savvas Siatravanis and Dylan Murnane .
Substitutions
Newcastle Jets made 5 changes: S. Silvera for O. Boumal (60′), J. Hoffman for D. Murnane (60′), V. Yuel for T. Regan (61′), D. Ingham for S. Siatravanis (84′) and D. Penha for E. Babalj (85′).
Best player: Dylan Murnane
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Newcastle Jets was Dylan Murnane.
His rating is with 23 passes (91% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 5 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 60′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League.
- Western Sydney Wanderers – Sydney – 2-0
- Central Coast Mariners – Brisbane Roar – 2-1
- Western United – Newcastle Jets – 2-1
