Sydney FC
2
Match Complete
Adelaide United
2
| R. Grant |  | 93' | ||
| 93' |  | A. H. Toure | ||
| 79' |  | T. Juric | ||
| 75' | | J. Elsey | ||
| D. R. D. Silva | | 51' | ||
| 33' | | T. Juric | ||
| D. R. D. Silva | | 19' |
| 10 | Shots | 14 | ||
| 7 | On Target | 7 | ||
| 12 | Fouls | 14 | ||
| 2 | Corners | 13 | ||
| 6 | Offsides | 3 | ||
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 | ||
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
Two sides near the top of the table do battle as Sydney FC and Adelaide United clash in a blockbuster. Stay up to date with their A-League clash with live scores on The Roar from 4:05pm (AEST).
Both sides come into this clash in great form, with Adelaide collecting three wins and a draw from their last five and Sydney notching two wins and a draw from their last three. Adelaide are hunting top spot, while the Sky Blues – now entrenched in the top six – are looking to build further.
Game information
Kick-off time: 4:05pm (AEST)
Venue: Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
TV: Fox Sports
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel Now, Foxtel Go, MyFootball Live app
Betting: Sydney $1.68, Adelaide $4.60, draw $3.80 (odds via PlayUp)
Squads
Sydney FC
Andrew Redmayne, Patrick Flottmann, Ben Warland, Alex Wilkinson (c), Alexander Baumjohann, Ryan McGowan, Michael Zullo, Paulo Retre, Bobo, Milos Ninkovic, Kosta Barbarouses, Trent Buhagiar, Joel King, Anthony Caceres, Luke Ivanovic, Chris Zuvela, Tom Heward-Belle, Harry Van Der Saag, Rhyan Grant, Callum Talbot, Luke Brattan, Jordan Swibel, Calem Nieuwenhof, Adam Pavlesic, Patrick Wood
Adelaide United
James Delianov, Michael Marrone, George Timotheou, Ryan Strain, Louis D’Arrigo, Ryan Kitto, Stefan Mauk (c), Tomi Juric, Craig Goodwin, Domenic Costanzo, Noah Smith, Nathan Kostandopoulos, Mohamed Toure, Joe Caletti, Yaya Dukuly, Javi Lopez, Michael Jakobsen, Jordan Elsey, Pacifique Niyongabire, Ben Halloran, Josh Cavallo, Kusini Yengi, Dakota Ochsenham, Yared Abetew, Al Hassan Toure, Ethan Cox, Joe Gauci
Tigertown
Guest
Sport in general can certainly be to win at all costs. How much is a championship worth? Priceless to some. As a hypothetical manager, what would I give to win? Everything. Maybe Sydney FC are ruthless. I don’t entirely know. Are they morally obliged to invest in the younger generation? That’s a good question. I’d hope so.
TheSecretScout
Roar Guru
Wood could potentially also do that if given a run of games, we'll never know because he never plays, they'll also get a transfer fee if they sell him, bobo they won't. It shows you what sort of club Sydney is and always has been, a win at all costs; especially at the detriment to their youth
MickW
Roar Rookie
Adelaide's defence absolutely nowhere during Sydney's two goals.
Tigertown
Guest
The most beneficial element for Sydney is... Bobo. The currency in football is goals & Bobo is providing plenty (with more to come). Since Bobo’s addition, Sydney have looked more confident.
Tekkers
Roar Rookie
dude your only missing Jacobson and Lopez who would go straight into that lineup the others are fringe players except for M Toure.
TheSecretScout
Roar Guru
But that requires you to travel away, being in your home state every match day is not travelling away
Grem
Roar Rookie
Sydney played Adelaide away the last time they met and at home today. That's how home and away works. Next week, we're away to Central Coast, then we're home to Melbourne Victory before yet another away game to The Wanderers. Do you expect us to fly to Adelaide for our away games to Central Coast and The Wanderers?
NoMates
Roar Rookie
A real shame Adelaide didnt win this tonight, good game for once due to AUFC 2nd half.
TheSecretScout
Roar Guru
Where was the added time for that as well? Typical east coast bias when you play Sydney in Sydney
TheSecretScout
Roar Guru
Imagine if an Adelaide player did that? All the east coasters would be saying cheat. It just goes to show you how desperate Sydney are
TheSecretScout
Roar Guru
Like I said, any team would struggle with 7 players out. All the nsw teams have had minimal Injuries this year and thats partly due to lack of travel
TheSecretScout
Roar Guru
Dissapointed to not win that game in the end, it’s almost like we don’t want to go top. This has been happening for weeks
TheSecretScout
Roar Guru
Because he is taking the spot of an apparently talented wood. What is more beneficial for Sydney? A young kid who might be good with a run of games? Or an OAP? It’s embarrasing that nobody under 30 scores for Sydney, they have to rely on mid 30s for goals
TheSecretScout
Roar Guru
Because you don't travel anywhere
Tigertown
Guest
Andy, I don’t believe you have a crystal ball, no matter how much passion you have for your beloved Reds. “Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you...” - Star Wars, EP4.
Grem
Roar Rookie
We have expert trainers who look after our squad and we had 3 players unavailable. Ended up a really good game that could have gone either way.
Tigertown
Guest
Impressive from both teams. Bobo really needs a bit more respect from his detractors. I recall a number of critics trolling his age, but conveniently forgetting his achievements.
pete4
Roar Rookie
Adelaide finished the stronger a little unlucky in the end. Great game :football:
93'
pete4
Roar Rookie
Grant takes the red but probably saved Sydney there Clear goal scoring opportunity :football: