Sydney FC vs Adelaide United, 2020-21 Australian A League, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men

Sydney FC

19': Bobô
51': Bobô
90'+3': Rhyan Grant

FT
2 - 2

Adelaide United

75': Jordan Elsey
79': Tomi Juric

Sydney let two-goal lead slip as Adelaide fight back for draw

A-League

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
4': Foul by Milos Ninkovic (Sydney FC).
4': Stefan Mauk (Adelaide United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Milos Ninkovic.
6': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Bobô.
7': Bobô (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Foul by George Timotheou (Adelaide United).
8': Attempt saved. Stefan Mauk (Adelaide United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ben Halloran.
11': Corner, Sydney FC. Conceded by George Timotheou.
11': Foul by Ryan McGowan (Sydney FC).
11': Stefan Mauk (Adelaide United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Foul by Alexander Baumjohann (Sydney FC).
15': Attempt saved. Kosta Barbarouses (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexander Baumjohann with a cross.
15': Offside, Sydney FC. Anthony Caceres tries a through ball, but Rhyan Grant is caught offside.
19': Goal! Sydney FC 1, Adelaide United 0. Bobô (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexander Baumjohann.
21': Attempt saved. Kosta Barbarouses (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Bobô.
22': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Rhyan Grant.
23': Offside, Adelaide United. Jordan Elsey tries a through ball, but Stefan Mauk is caught offside.
24': Foul by Bobô (Sydney FC).
24': Juande (Adelaide United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
26': Bobô (Sydney FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
26': Foul by Juande (Adelaide United).
32': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Rhyan Grant.
32': Foul by Tomi Juric (Adelaide United).
32': Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Anthony Caceres (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Foul by Tomi Juric (Adelaide United).
33': Tomi Juric (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
35': Offside, Sydney FC. Alexander Baumjohann tries a through ball, but Rhyan Grant is caught offside.
37': Attempt missed. Kosta Barbarouses (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Milos Ninkovic.
37': Foul by Anthony Caceres (Sydney FC).
37': Juande (Adelaide United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Attempt saved. Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ben Halloran.
38': Foul by Luke Brattan (Sydney FC).
38': Stefan Mauk (Adelaide United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Joel King.
40': Attempt missed. Tomi Juric (Adelaide United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ben Halloran with a cross.
41': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Ryan McGowan.
41': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Anthony Caceres.
44': Offside, Adelaide United. Joshua Cavallo tries a through ball, but Louis D'Arrigo is caught offside.
45'+2': Foul by Tomi Juric (Adelaide United).
45'+2': Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': Offside, Sydney FC. Ryan McGowan tries a through ball, but Bobô is caught offside.
45'+4': Foul by Joshua Cavallo (Adelaide United).
45'+4': Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45'+5': First Half ends, Sydney FC 1, Adelaide United 0.
45': Second Half begins Sydney FC 1, Adelaide United 0.
49': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Ryan McGowan.
51': Goal! Sydney FC 2, Adelaide United 0. Bobô (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
52': Offside, Sydney FC. Joel King tries a through ball, but Kosta Barbarouses is caught offside.
53': Attempt saved. Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexander Baumjohann.
54': Offside, Adelaide United. Joshua Cavallo tries a through ball, but Tomi Juric is caught offside.
55': Foul by George Timotheou (Adelaide United).
55': Kosta Barbarouses (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Offside, Sydney FC. Ryan McGowan tries a through ball, but Rhyan Grant is caught offside.
59': Attempt missed. Stefan Mauk (Adelaide United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ryan Strain.
59': Foul by Kosta Barbarouses (Sydney FC).
59': Jordan Elsey (Adelaide United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Attempt saved. Kosta Barbarouses (Sydney FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bobô.
65': Attempt blocked. Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Juande.
65': Ben Halloran (Adelaide United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
65': Foul by Joel King (Sydney FC).
67': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Ryan McGowan.
67': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Bobô.
67': Attempt missed. Ben Halloran (Adelaide United) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Louis D'Arrigo with a cross following a corner.
68': Substitution, Sydney FC. Harry Van der Saag replaces Alexander Baumjohann.
69': Attempt blocked. Kosta Barbarouses (Sydney FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bobô.
71': Foul by Juande (Adelaide United).
71': Milos Ninkovic (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Rhyan Grant.
74': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Ryan McGowan.
74': Substitution, Adelaide United. Al Hassan Toure replaces Stefan Mauk.
75': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Bobô.
75': Goal! Sydney FC 2, Adelaide United 1. Jordan Elsey (Adelaide United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Craig Goodwin with a cross following a corner.
76': Attempt saved. Milos Ninkovic (Sydney FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harry Van der Saag.
77': Foul by Ryan McGowan (Sydney FC).
77': Tomi Juric (Adelaide United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
79': Goal! Sydney FC 2, Adelaide United 2. Tomi Juric (Adelaide United) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
80': Andrew Redmayne (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': Foul by Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United).
81': Substitution, Sydney FC. Trent Buhagiar replaces Bobô.
82': Al Hassan Toure (Adelaide United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
82': Foul by Anthony Caceres (Sydney FC).
84': Foul by Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United).
84': Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Foul by Louis D'Arrigo (Adelaide United).
85': Milos Ninkovic (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Corner, Sydney FC. Conceded by Ryan Strain.
87': Attempt missed. Louis D'Arrigo (Adelaide United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
88': Foul by Trent Buhagiar (Sydney FC).
88': George Timotheou (Adelaide United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Attempt saved. Tomi Juric (Adelaide United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Al Hassan Toure with a cross.
88': Foul by Jordan Elsey (Adelaide United).
88': Milos Ninkovic (Sydney FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
89': Attempt saved. Joshua Cavallo (Adelaide United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Al Hassan Toure.
90': Foul by Jordan Elsey (Adelaide United).
90': Milos Ninkovic (Sydney FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90': Attempt blocked. Anthony Caceres (Sydney FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Trent Buhagiar.
90': Offside, Sydney FC. Anthony Caceres tries a through ball, but Kosta Barbarouses is caught offside.
90'+2': Attempt missed. Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Louis D'Arrigo.
90'+2': Substitution, Adelaide United. Pacifique Niyongabire replaces Tomi Juric.
90'+2': Foul by Al Hassan Toure (Adelaide United).
90'+2': Ryan McGowan (Sydney FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Al Hassan Toure (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card.
90'+3': Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+3': Foul by Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC).
90'+3': Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC) is shown the red card.
90'+5': Attempt blocked. Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
90'+5': Attempt saved. Ryan Strain (Adelaide United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Sydney FC 2, Adelaide United 2.
0': Match ends, Sydney FC 2, Adelaide United 2.

Statistics

ADE		SYD
14	Fouls	12
2	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	1
3	Offsides	6
13	Corner Kicks	2
5	Saves	5
62.1	Possession	37.9
14	SHOTS	10
7	ON GOAL	7
0.5	On Target %	0.7
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
436	Accurate Passes	243
506	Passes	319
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
7	Accurate Crosses	2
41	Crosses	11
0.2	Cross %	0.2
64	Long Balls	44
36	Accurate Long Balls	25
0.6	Long Balls %	0.6
2	Blocked Shots	2
11	Effective Tackles	11
22	Tackles	17
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
13	Interceptions	10
17	Effective Clearances	24
17	Clearances	24

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: Leichhardt Oval
Location: Sydney, Australia
Attendance: 7,718

A-League Men Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Newcastle Jets	22	+13	43
2	Auckland FC	22	+14	39
3	Melbourne Victory	22	+10	35
4	Adelaide United	22	+7	35

Full Table

Line-Ups

Sydney FC (4-2-2-2)

No.	Name
1	Andrew Redmayne (GK)
4	Alex Wilkinson
6	Ryan McGowan
16	Joel King
23	Rhyan Grant
17	Anthony Cáceres
26	Luke Brattan
9	Bobô
11	Kosta Barbarouses
10	Milos Ninkovic
5	Alexander Baumjohann

Sydney FC Substitutes:

Luke Ivanovic, Trent Buhagiar, Patrick Yazbek, Tom Heward-Belle, Harry Van Der Saag, Ben Warland, Patrick Wood.

Adelaide United (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
46	Joe Gauci (GK)
3	George Timotheou
23	Jordan Elsey
27	Joshua Cavallo
4	Ryan Strain
8	Stefan Mauk
28	Juande
6	Louis D'Arrigo
9	Tomi Juric
11	Craig Goodwin
26	Ben Halloran

Adelaide United Substitutes:

Al Hassan Toure, Ryan Kitto, Michael Olakigbe, Joe Caletti, Pacifique Niyongabire, Michael Marrone.

A-League Men News

Kisnorbo lands Sydney FC job as Talay stands down

Patrick Kisnorbo has been charged with rescuing Sydney FC's faltering A-League Men season after manager Ufuk Talay agreed to a mutual termination of his contract.

'I wouldn't walk out': Popovic on Segecic's defection to Croatia

Straight-shooting Socceroos coach Tony Popovic feels Adrian Segecic is "probably better off" in Croatia after opting to switch allegiances from Australia less than three months out from the World Cup.

Kraev scores a stunner

Bozhidar Kraev hammers a quality one-touch effort to give the Wanderers the advantage just before half time.

Defection shock: Adrian Segecic turns back on the Socceroos for Croatia

One of Australia's brightest young talents appears to have been lost to the Socceroos without even playing a game, with Portsmouth dynamo Adrian Segecic switching associations to Croatia.

Stocks up, stocks down: Is Mata the A-League's best player?

A masterclass from Juan Mata highlighted the A-League weekend, while a keeper howler spelt the end of Giancarlo Italiano's time at the Nix.