Adelaide United
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Match Complete
Western United FC
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| M. Toure |  | 94' | ||
| 90' |  | A. Durante | ||
| A. H. Toure | | 90' | ||
| M. Toure | | 84' | ||
| J. Elsey | | 83' | ||
| C. Goodwin | | 41' | ||
| 36' | | V. SA!nchez | ||
| B. Halloran | | 32' | ||
| L. D'Arrigo | | 16' | ||
| 15' | | V. SA!nchez |
| 16 | Shots | 7 | ||
| 3 | On Target | 2 | ||
| 18 | Fouls | 12 | ||
| 7 | Corners | 2 | ||
| 4 | Offsides | 1 | ||
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 | ||
| 6 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
Adelaide United host the in-form Western United in a match that looks set to have a major impact on the top six. Stay up to date with what’s happening at Coopers Stadium with live scores on The Roar from 7:35pm (AEDT).
A win would be massive for the home side, and would see them leap into second spot on the A-League ladder. They will be longing to display the form they showed in a six-week winning streak mid-season, and to redeem themselves from the last-gasp penalty that cost them a draw against Wellington last round.
Western United, on the other hand, sit precariously in sixth, and just a point ahead of the seventh-placed Brisbane Roar having played an extra match, defeat could prove costly come season’s end.
Game information
Kick-off time: 7:35pm (AEST)
Venue: Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
TV: Fox Sports 5 (505, live)
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel Now, Foxtel Go, MyFootball Live app
Betting: Adelaide $1.94, Western United $3.50, draw $3.60 (odds via PlayUp)
Squads
Adelaide United
2. Michael Marrone, 3. George Timotheou, 4. Ryan Strain, 6. Louis D’Arrigo, 7. Ryan Kitto, 8. Stefan Mauk (c), 9. Tomi Juric, 11. Craig Goodwin, 17. Mohamed Toure, 18. Joe Caletti, 23. Jordan Elsey, 24. Pacifique Niyongabire, 26. Ben Halloran, 27. Josh Cavallo, 28. Juande, 29. Kusini Yengi, 33. Dakota Ochsenham (gk), 34. Yared Abetew, 35. Al Hassan Toure, 46. Joe Gauci (gk)
Western United
1. Filip Kurto (gk), 2. Aaron Calver, 3. Brendan Hamill, 4. Andrew Durante, 5. Dylan Pierias, 6. Tomoki Imai, 7. Besart Berisha, 8. Lachlan Wales, 9. Kaine Sheppard, 10. Steven Lustica, 11. Connor Pain, 13. Ivan Vujica, 17. Brad Inman, 20. Victor Sanchez, 21. Sebastian Pasquali, 22. Tomislav Uskok, 23. Alessandro Diamanti (c), 25. Luke Duzel, 30. Ryan Scott (gk), 34. Iker Guarrotxena
Grem
Roar Rookie
Just having a dig at Andy who always complains about his belief that east coast teams have a favourable run with fixtures.
Hudddo
Roar Rookie
I dunno if your taking the Mickey, noting there's 24 games with 12 teams.
Grem
Roar Rookie
Make sure you get to the game tonight. Should be even more intense than last night. Great atmosphere Some cracking goals? Red cards? VAR howlers? Coaches carded? Perhaps all of the above.
Grem
Roar Rookie
Things always equal out over a year - like fixtures (home and away) as well.
TheSecretScout
Roar Guru
Of course it's evened itself out, that game against Wellington both their goals had handballs in the build up that weren't called. Decisions always equal themselves out, you either accept them or you don't, simple as that
Lionheart
Roar Rookie
yeah, all that, but it was a one-off game, independent of all others. This equalisation theory has no basis in fact. SA bias I detect.
Hudddo
Roar Rookie
What? He talks about East Coast Bias? :laughing: :laughing:
Micko
Roar Rookie
Is that the same bloke who walked out on the Phoenix? :silly:
TheSecretScout
Roar Guru
Non match related, I recommend everyone watch and listen to the last 5 mins of rudans press conference. He says almost word for word what I have been on about here all season about getting everyone on board. Very passionate speech
TheSecretScout
Roar Guru
No one was robbed, decisions always equal themselves out over the course of the season. A good point for them, not so much for us. Brisbane and Wellington next for the 2 teams, it's just crunch game after crunch game until the end of the season now
TheSecretScout
Roar Guru
Lots of positives to take from the match for both teams, d'arrigo got a concussion so let's see how he pulls up in the next couple days
TheSecretScout
Roar Guru
Big changes? Lol we had an off night, it happens. The team will be fine, we take the draw and move on to another crunch match against Wellington
TheSecretScout
Roar Guru
Because it is match of the round, neither side wanted that result. All It does is congest the top 6. We take the draw and move on
Hudddo
Roar Rookie
You didnt lose on the sheet, but that of failure won't wash off in a shower .
Guppy
Guest
He did a tactical foul about 2 seconds before your post and got a yellow for it?? I'm not calling him a thug, it's your definition.
Lionheart
Roar Rookie
pretty poor from the refs and rules, though WUN were robbed. What I don't get about the offside VAR is, when do they freeze play to draw the line? The Fox boys said technology freezes both together - but that doesn't mean anything if they freeze play half a second too late. Do they freeze the moment someone judges the foot touches the ball? They're measuring in mm. so a frame or two either way will move the line. I liked Harps suggestion of a margin of error, a purple line.
Guppy
Guest
My bad bossman, you said "match of the round". Don't know if that means entertaining to you.
TheSecretScout
Roar Guru
Didn't lose, a draw is not the end of the world
Hudddo
Roar Rookie
AA, you were out played by 10 men, well done you needed a dodgy VAR call to salvage a draw. lossing with 10 happens, lossing against 10 not so much.
TheSecretScout
Roar Guru
I never said it would be entertaining, is aid thr thugs match up against us well and it will be tight