Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, May 1, 2021
Sydney FC WDDDW 2
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Western Sydney Wanderers FC DDDLL 3
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SYD022
WSW213
CommBank Stadium · 20,336 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
2
5
Saves
2
73.6
Possession
26.4
13
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
534
Accurate Passes
153
624
Passes
226
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
2
27
Crosses
7
0.1
Cross %
0.3
47
Long Balls
50
25
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
11
14
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
3
Interceptions
17
8
Effective Clearances
44
8
Clearances
44

Head to Head

WSW leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

WSW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Daniel MargushG
  2. 33Mark NattaCD-L
  3. 34Patrick ZieglerCD-R
  4. 39Thomas AquilinaLB
  5. 2Ziggy GordonRB
  6. 14James TroisiAM
  7. 18Graham DorransLM
  8. 19Jordon MutchRM
  9. 12Mitchell DukeF
  10. 9Bernie Ibini-IseiAM-L
  11. 7Bruce KamauAM-R

SYD · 4-2-2-2

  1. 1Andrew RedmayneG
  2. 4Alex WilkinsonCD-L
  3. 6Ryan McGowanCD-R
  4. 16Joel KingLB
  5. 23Rhyan GrantRB
  6. 8Paulo RetreCM-L
  7. 26Luke BrattanCM-R
  8. 9BobôCF-L
  9. 11Kosta BarbarousesCF-R
  10. 10Milos NinkovicAM-L
  11. 5Alexander BaumjohannAM-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1, Sydney FC 0. Bruce Kamau (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ziggy Gordon.
  2. 16' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2, Sydney FC 0. Mitchell Duke (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bernie Ibini.
  3. 26' Ryan McGowan (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 30' Mitchell Duke (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 31' Luke Brattan (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 47' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2, Sydney FC 1. Alex Wilkinson (Sydney FC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexander Baumjohann with a cross following a corner.
  7. 59' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Keanu Baccus replaces Jordon Mutch.
  8. 61' James Troisi (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 66' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Scott McDonald replaces James Troisi.
  10. 67' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Tate Russell replaces Bernie Ibini.
  11. 67' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Kwame Yeboah replaces Mitchell Duke.
  12. 74' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3, Sydney FC 1. Scott McDonald (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Graham Dorrans with a cross following a corner.
  13. 75' Substitution, Sydney FC. Trent Buhagiar replaces Kosta Barbarouses.
  14. 75' Substitution, Sydney FC. Anthony Caceres replaces Alexander Baumjohann.
  15. 78' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Tass Mourdoukoutas replaces Bruce Kamau because of an injury.
  16. 84' VAR Decision: Penalty Sydney FC.
  17. 86' Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Bobô (Sydney FC) right footed shot is too high. Bobô should be disappointed.
  18. 87' Substitution, Sydney FC. Patrick Wood replaces Luke Brattan.
  19. 90'+4' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3, Sydney FC 2. Bobô (Sydney FC) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Caceres.

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