SYDNEY. Western Sydney Wanderers defeats Sydney with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by T. Hemed (37′) and a goal from K. Baccus (52′). Sydney lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Commbank Stadium stadium in Sydney on Saturday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Alex King who was helped by Andrew Lindsay and Owen Goldrick. The 4th official was Stephen Lucas. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 23.4 degrees Celsius or 74.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sydney had a superior ball possession 58% while Western Sydney Wanderers was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sydney had a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, Western Sydney Wanderers was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Western Sydney Wanderers shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sydney shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Western Sydney Wanderers didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Sydney received 3 yellow cards (J. Donachie, M. Amini and M. Amini).

Standings

After this match, Western Sydney Wanderers will have 15 points like Newcastle Jets to remain in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Sydney will stay with 18 points like Wellington Phoenix to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the A-League, Western Sydney Wanderers will play away with Wellington Phoenix on the 23rd of April with a 13-10 head to head statistic in favor of Western Sydney Wanderers (5 draws).

Sydney will play away agasint Perth Glory on the 30th of April with a 28-9 head to head statistic in favor of Sydney (11 draws).

Western Sydney Wanderers – Formation

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

The manager Marko Ante Rudan decided to play with the following team: Daniel Margush (7.2), Tate Russell (6.6), Tomislav Mrčela (7.1), Phillip Čančar (7.2), Adama Traoré (7.7), Keanu Baccus (8.2), Steven Ugarkovic (7.1), Keijiro Ogawa (6.9), Tomer Hemed (7.2), Ramy Najjarine (7.2) and Dimitri Petratos (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Tomas Mejías, Ziggy Gordon (6.4), Thomas Kevin Aquilina (6.8), Jarrod Carluccio (6.8), Bernie Ibini Isei (7.4), Johnny Koutroumbis (6.8) and Terry Antonis.

Substitutions

Western Sydney Wanderers made 5 changes: T. Hemed for B. Ibini-Isei (69′), T. Russell for J. Koutroumbis (76′), R. Najjarine for J. Carluccio (76′), K. Ogawa for T. Aquilina (84′) and D. Petratos for Z. Gordon (84′).

Best player: Keanu Baccus​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Western Sydney Wanderers was Keanu Baccus.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 45 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 12.

Sydney – Formation

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

Steve Corica played with: Andrew Redmayne (7.3), Rhyan Grant (7.3), James Donachie (6.8), Alex Wilkinson (7.0), Callum Talbot (6.6), Kosta Barbarouses (6.8), Anthony Caceres (6.8), Paulo Retre (6.4), Miloš Ninković (6.7), Elvis Kamsoba (6.1) and Adam Le Fondre (6.1).

These were the players on the bench: Mustafa Amini (6.9), Luciano Narsingh (6.6), Ben Warland, Bobô (6.4), Connor O’Toole (6.7), Tom Heward-Belle and Max Burgess (6.7).

Sydney could not rely on the presence of Bobo (injured).

Substitutions

Sydney made 5 changes: E. Kamsoba for Bobo (40′), P. Retre for M. Amini (57′), K. Barbarouses for L. Narsingh (57′), M. Ninkovic for M. Burgess (69′) and C. Talbot for C. O’Toole (69′).

Best player: Andrew Redmayne​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sydney was the goalkeeper: Andrew Redmayne. His rating is 7.25. He performed 6 saves.

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