Western Sydney Wanderers vs Western United, 2020-21 Australian A League, Regular Season
· Australian A-League Men
- 19': James Troisi
- 36': Ziggy Gordon
- 57': Bruce Kamau
- 66': Dylan Pierias (OG)
- 90': Bernie Ibini-Isei
FT
5 - 0
5 - 0
Troisi stars as Wanderers hit Western United for five
A-League
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Conceded by Ivan Vujica.
- 2': Hand ball by Lachlan Wales (Western United FC).
- 3': Besart Berisha (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 3': Foul by Patrick Ziegler (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
- 5': Attempt missed. Mitchell Duke (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tate Russell with a through ball.
- 7': Foul by Tomoki Imai (Western United FC).
- 7': Mitchell Duke (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Attempt missed. Bruce Kamau (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tate Russell.
- 14': Attempt blocked. Jordon Mutch (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Thomas Aquilina.
- 14': Foul by Tate Russell (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
- 14': Ivan Vujica (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Besart Berisha (Western United FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 17': Foul by Patrick Ziegler (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
- 19': Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1, Western United FC 0. James Troisi (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Graham Dorrans.
- 22': Attempt saved. James Troisi (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mitchell Duke.
- 24': Attempt blocked. Mitchell Duke (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruce Kamau.
- 24': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Conceded by Tomoki Imai.
- 25': Attempt missed. Mitchell Duke (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
- 26': Attempt blocked. Luke Duzel (Western United FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Víctor Sánchez.
- 26': Corner, Western United FC. Conceded by Ziggy Gordon.
- 27': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Conceded by Tomoki Imai.
- 30': Foul by Tomoki Imai (Western United FC).
- 30': James Troisi (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 30': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Conceded by Ryan Scott.
- 31': Attempt saved. Thomas Aquilina (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 32': Attempt saved. Jordon Mutch (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bruce Kamau.
- 33': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Conceded by Ryan Scott.
- 33': Attempt missed. Mitchell Duke (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) header from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Graham Dorrans with a cross following a corner.
- 34': Foul by Bruce Kamau (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
- 34': Víctor Sánchez (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Bruce Kamau (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
- 34': Ivan Vujica (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Thomas Aquilina (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordon Mutch.
- 36': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Conceded by Tomoki Imai.
- 36': Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2, Western United FC 0. Ziggy Gordon (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by James Troisi with a cross following a corner.
- 41': Foul by Ziggy Gordon (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
- 41': Lachlan Wales (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Foul by Tomislav Uskok (Western United FC).
- 42': Mark Natta (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Tomislav Uskok (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+1': Bruce Kamau (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': Foul by Tomislav Uskok (Western United FC).
- 45'+2': Attempt saved. Graham Dorrans (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mitchell Duke.
- 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Bruce Kamau (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 45'+2': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Conceded by Tomoki Imai.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2, Western United FC 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2, Western United FC 0.
- 47': Attempt saved. Bruce Kamau (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mitchell Duke.
- 48': Besart Berisha (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Foul by Jordon Mutch (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
- 48': Jordon Mutch (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 49': Attempt saved. Mitchell Duke (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by James Troisi.
- 49': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Conceded by Ivan Vujica.
- 50': Foul by Aaron Calver (Western United FC).
- 50': Thomas Aquilina (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 53': Offside, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Mark Natta tries a through ball, but Mitchell Duke is caught offside.
- 55': Foul by Tate Russell (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
- 55': Víctor Sánchez (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Steven Ugarkovic replaces Jordon Mutch.
- 56': Substitution, Western United FC. Alessandro Diamanti replaces Besart Berisha.
- 56': Substitution, Western United FC. Sebastian Pasquali replaces Tomislav Uskok.
- 56': Substitution, Western United FC. Dylan Pierias replaces Luke Duzel.
- 57': Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3, Western United FC 0. Bruce Kamau (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by James Troisi.
- 61': Attempt missed. Ivan Vujica (Western United FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lachlan Wales.
- 62': Attempt missed. Aaron Calver (Western United FC) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alessandro Diamanti with a cross.
- 64': Attempt missed. Víctor Sánchez (Western United FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ivan Vujica.
- 64': Foul by Víctor Sánchez (Western United FC).
- 64': Steven Ugarkovic (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Foul by Tomoki Imai (Western United FC).
- 65': James Troisi (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 65': Tomoki Imai (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 66': Own Goal by Dylan Pierias, Western United FC. Western Sydney Wanderers FC 4, Western United FC 0.
- 67': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Tass Mourdoukoutas replaces Thomas Aquilina.
- 68': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Bernie Ibini replaces Bruce Kamau.
- 70': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Diamanti (Western United FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Víctor Sánchez.
- 70': Attempt blocked. Dylan Pierias (Western United FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomoki Imai.
- 71': Attempt missed. Alessandro Diamanti (Western United FC) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Víctor Sánchez.
- 73': Attempt missed. Víctor Sánchez (Western United FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
- 74': Substitution, Western United FC. Nicolas Milanovic replaces Connor Pain.
- 74': Foul by James Troisi (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
- 74': Tomoki Imai (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Scott McDonald replaces Mitchell Duke.
- 75': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Keanu Baccus replaces James Troisi.
- 76': Foul by Scott McDonald (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
- 76': Sebastian Pasquali (Western United FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 77': Attempt missed. Keanu Baccus (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Bernie Ibini following a fast break.
- 81': Foul by Keanu Baccus (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
- 81': Víctor Sánchez (Western United FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 82': Attempt missed. Steven Ugarkovic (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Scott McDonald.
- 83': Substitution, Western United FC. Steven Lustica replaces Víctor Sánchez.
- 85': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Conceded by Ivan Vujica.
- 86': Attempt missed. Scott McDonald (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Keanu Baccus.
- 88': Foul by Bernie Ibini (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
- 88': Sebastian Pasquali (Western United FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 89': Attempt saved. Alessandro Diamanti (Western United FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
- 90': Attempt missed. Steven Ugarkovic (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 90': Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 5, Western United FC 0. Bernie Ibini (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Ugarkovic.
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Dylan Pierias (Western United FC) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sebastian Pasquali.
- 90'+3': Foul by Steven Lustica (Western United FC).
- 90'+3': Graham Dorrans (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 5, Western United FC 0.
- 0': Match ends, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 5, Western United FC 0.
Statistics
 WTU |
WSW |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 12 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 9 |
| 6 | Saves | 1 |
| 61.7 | Possession | 38.3 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 22 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 10 |
| 0.1 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 519 | Accurate Passes | 293 |
| 616 | Passes | 375 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 7 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 19 | Crosses | 20 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 78 | Long Balls | 54 |
| 51 | Accurate Long Balls | 20 |
| 0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 16 | Tackles | 18 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 5 | Interceptions | 15 |
| 21 | Effective Clearances | 20 |
| 21 | Clearances | 20 |
Game Information
Competition: Australian A-League Men
Venue: CommBank Stadium
Location: Sydney, Australia
Attendance: 7,539
Venue: CommBank Stadium
Location: Sydney, Australia
Attendance: 7,539
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 |
Line-Ups
Western Sydney Wanderers (5-3-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Daniel Margush (GK) |
| 34 | Patrick Ziegler |
| 33 | Mark Natta |
| 2 | Ziggy Gordon |
| 39 | Thomas Aquilina |
| 13 | Tate Russell |
| 18 | Graham Dorrans |
| 19 | Jordon Mutch  |
| 14 | James Troisi |
| 12 | Mitchell Duke |
| 7 | Bruce Kamau |
Western United (5-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Ryan Scott (GK) |
| 4 | Andrew Durante |
| 22 | Tomislav Uskok |
| 6 | Tomoki Imai |
| 13 | Ivan Vujica |
| 2 | Aaron Calver |
| 20 | Víctor Sánchez |
| 25 | Luke Duzel |
| 11 | Connor Pain |
| 8 | Lachlan Wales |
| 7 | Besart Berisha |
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