Western Sydney Wanderers FC
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Match Complete
Sydney FC
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| 87' |  | A. Calver | ||
| B. Hamill | | 74' | ||
| A. Baumjohann |  | 57' | ||
| 56' | | B. O'Neill | ||
| R. L. Raposo | | 13' | ||
| B. Kamau | | 12' | ||
| K. Baccus | | 11' | ||
| 7' | | A. Brosque |
| 16 | Shots | 13 | ||
| 7 | On Target | 4 | ||
| 12 | Fouls | 19 | ||
| 4 | Corners | 9 | ||
| 3 | Offsides | 1 | ||
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 | ||
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
The Western Sydney Wanderers have nothing left but pride to play for when the host Sydney FC in the third and final Sydney Derby of the 2018-19 A-League season. Join The Roar for live scores from the match and a live blog of the game in Round 25 on Saturday night at ANZ Stadium, starting from 7:50pm AEST.
With just a few more weeks of home-and-away football to be played this season, the clock has officially struck ‘too late’ for the Wanderers.
As the table stands they have only six wins to their name for the season, and even if they won every match left on their ledger they’d still fall well short of the top six.
That top six looks pretty much set at this stage, with Melbourne City in sixth a comfortable stretch ahead of the next-best sides, and all that remains is to jostle for spots.
That’s why this encounter is so much more crucial for their opponents, Sydney FC, who could seriously strengthen their hold on second place with a win tonight.
The Sky Blues are six points behind the Glory in first and while a win here would keep the pressure on Perth, more importantly it’ll create distance between them and Melbourne Victory.
A 2-1 win in last week’s Big Blue has given Sydney a four-point buffer on the table, and if they can take home all three points tonight it’ll make them near impossible to catch.
Join The Roar for live scores from the match and a live blog of the game between the Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney FC in Round 25 of the 2018-19 A-League season on Saturday night at ANZ Stadium, starting from 7:50pm AEST.
When: 7:50pm AEST
Where: ANZ Stadium
TV: Ten, Fox Sports
Western Sydney Wanderers (two to be omitted)
3.Giancarlo GALLIFUOCO, 5.Brendan HAMILL (c), 9.Oriol RIERA, 10.Alex BAUMJOHANN, 11.Bruce KAMAU, 12.Mitchell DUKE, 13.Tass MOURDOUKOUTAS, 19.Mark BRIDGE, 20.Vedran JANJETOVIC (gk), 21.Tarek ELRICH, 22.Rashid MAHAZI, 24.Raul LLORENTE, 27.Kwame YEBOAH, 28.Roly BONEVACIA, 33.Tate RUSSELL, 40.Nicholas SUMAN (gk), 49.Abraham MAJOK
Sydney FC (two to be omitted)
1.Andrew REDMAYNE (gk), 2.Aaron CALVER, 4.Alex WILKINSON, 5.Jop van der LINDEN, 6.Josh BRILLANTE, 8.Paulo RETRE, 9.Adam LE FONDRE, 10.Milos NINKOVIC, 11.Danny DE SILVA, 13.Brandon O’NEILL, 14.Alex BROSQUE, 16.Reza GHOOCHANNEJHAD, 17.Anthony CACERES, 18. Jacob TRATT, 20.Alex CISAK (gk), 22.Siem DE JONG, 23.Rhyan GRANT, 31.Luke IVANOVIC
Tom English
Roar Guru
1-1, fulltime. Sydney FC slightly better in the first half, Western Sydney clear standouts in the second stanza. What a tough, frenetic, passionate derby. Alex Brosque scored in the 7th minute and Alex Baumjohann equalled 50 minutes later. Fulltime: Sydney FC 1, Western Sydney Wanderers 1. Thanks for joining me!
Tom English
Roar Guru
THAT'S FULLTIME. Sydney FC and the Western Sydney Wanderers DRAW this derby match! FT. Western Sydney 1 Sydney FC 1
Tom English
Roar Guru
Massive shot by Le Fondre, keeper palmed it away! That'll be just about it I'd think! '90+6 Western Sydney 1 Sydney FC 1
Tom English
Roar Guru
Bonevacia took a shot, missed. Time ticking down here. '90+5 Western Sydney 1 Sydney FC 1
Tom English
Roar Guru
Huge shot by Majok, deflection went over the top. '90+4 Western Sydney 1 Sydney FC 1
Tom English
Roar Guru
Three minutes of stoppage remain. '90+3 Western Sydney 1 Sydney FC 1
Tom English
Roar Guru
Plucked from the air by Janjetovic, five minutes of stoppage time here. '90+1 Western Sydney 1 Sydney FC 1
87'
Tom English
Roar Guru
Two minutes remain. WSW into the attacking half, Ryan Grant going on a long down hill run, threads a ball back inside...shot overhead. '90 Western Sydney 1 Sydney FC 1
87'
Tom English
Roar Guru
Late contest, yellow card on Duke, by Aaron Calver. 15 from the square. Stopped, and now a corner to WSW. '88 Western Sydney 1 Sydney FC 1
Tom English
Roar Guru
Half a chance for Sydney, passed across the face, but no Sydney player could get there. Shot now for the Sky Blues, it's blocked and Western Sydney are off. '86 Western Sydney 1 Sydney FC 1
Tom English
Roar Guru
WSW Sub: Oriol Riera off, Abraham Majok on. '84 Western Sydney 1 Sydney FC 1
Tom English
Roar Guru
Sub here for Sydney: Brandon O'Neill coming off, Danny de Silva coming on. '82 Western Sydney 1 Sydney FC 1
Tom English
Roar Guru
Corner for WSW: towards the top of the box, couple of seconds later a SHOT – saved! '74 Western Sydney 1 Sydney FC 1
Tom English
Roar Guru
Chance there for Sydney, shot came there, saved, and offside anyway. Game starting to open up. '73 Western Sydney 1 Sydney FC 1
Tom English
Roar Guru
Free kick for Bonevacia, headed around a bit, before it's saved, and Sydney get by. '70 Western Sydney 1 Sydney FC 1
JOHN ALLAN
Guest
Jordan. Thought you were a Glory fan(LOL).
Tom English
Roar Guru
Chance – sharp there for Sydney, Janjetovic shut it down with a dive, ends up with a goal kick. '69 Western Sydney 1 Sydney FC 1
Tom English
Roar Guru
Header by Riera – glances the post! On the six yard box, and WSW were so close to taking the lead. '65 Western Sydney 1 Sydney FC 1