Australian A-League Men

Western Utd vs Sydney FC 2021-22 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

  • 67': Steven Lustica
FT
3 - 0

Introduction

Western United are hosting Sydney FC at AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 10': Max Burgess (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Substitution, Western United FC. Rene Krhin replaces Dylan Pierias.
  • 60': Substitution, Sydney FC. Mustafa Amini replaces Anthony Caceres because of an injury.
  • 61': Substitution, Sydney FC. Kosta Barbarouses replaces Bobô.
  • 67': Goal! Western United FC 1, Sydney FC 0. Steven Lustica (Western United FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aleksandar Prijovic.
  • 69': Substitution, Sydney FC. Trent Buhagiar replaces Adam Le Fondre.
  • 69': Substitution, Sydney FC. Milos Ninkovic replaces Paulo Retre.
  • 74': Ben Warland (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 75': Substitution, Western United FC. Dylan Wenzel-Halls replaces Adisu Bayew.
  • 86': Substitution, Sydney FC. Alex Wilkinson replaces Max Burgess.
  • 87': Substitution, Western United FC. Christian Theoharous replaces Steven Lustica.
  • 90'+4': Substitution, Western United FC. Nicolas Milanovic replaces Lachlan Wales.
  • 90'+4': Substitution, Western United FC. Jerry Skotadis replaces Aleksandar Prijovic.
  • 90'+4': Christian Theoharous (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Western United FC 1, Sydney FC 0.

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: AAMI Park
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Attendance: 1,850

Australian A-League Men Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+12 Wellington Phoenix FC 22 43 3
+16 Central Coast Mariners 21 40 5
+2 Macarthur FC 22 35 5
+10 Melbourne Victory 22 35 3
Full Table

Statistics

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9 Fouls 10
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
11 Corner Kicks 3
4 Saves 4
54.7 Possession 45.3
17 SHOTS 11
4 ON GOAL 5
0.2 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
447 Accurate Passes 376
540 Passes 461
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
12 Accurate Crosses 1
36 Crosses 13
0.3 Cross % 0.1
59 Long Balls 53
26 Accurate Long Balls 26
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
6 Blocked Shots 3
10 Effective Tackles 3
17 Tackles 7
0.6 Tackle % 0.4
5 Interceptions 10
17 Effective Clearances 26
17 Clearances 26

Line-Ups

WTU Western United (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Jamie Young (GK)
44 Nikolai Topor-Stanley
4 Léo Lacroix
17 Ben Garuccio
19 Joshua Risdon
8 Lachlan Wales
88 Neil Kilkenny
10 Steven Lustica
99 Aleksandar Prijovic
31 Adisu Bayew
5 Dylan Pierias

SYD Sydney FC (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Andrew Redmayne (GK)
3 Ben Warland Yellow Card
2 James Donachie
5 Connor O'Toole
23 Rhyan Grant
22 Max Burgess Yellow Card
8 Paulo Retre
17 Anthony Cáceres
27 Elvis Kamsoba
14 Adam Le Fondre
9 Bobô

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