Western United FC
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PREVIEW
Sydney FC
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To keep their finals hopes alive, Western United simply must come away with points against Sydney FC at Ballarat’s MARS Stadium. Follow all the action with live scores on The Roar from 2:35pm (AEST).
United’s finals hope suffered a body blow midweek with a 3-0 defeat in Perth. The loss puts them a full three points adrift of the two sides ahead of them, while the margin also means their goal difference will be a huge hindrance if they finish level on points. They’ll need to spring the upset against a Sydney side playing relatively well.
Game information
Kick-off time: 2:35pm (AEST)
Venue: MARS Stadium, Ballarat
TV: ABC, Fox Sports 505
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel Now, Foxtel Go, MyFootball Live app
Betting: Sydney $1.73, United $4.30, draw $3.80 (odds via PlayUp)
Squads
Western United
Filip Kurto, Aaron Calver, Brendan Hamill, Andrew Durante, Dylan Pierias, Tomoki Imai, Besart Berisha, Lachlan Wales, Kaine Sheppard, Steven Lustica, Connor Pain, Stefan Zinni, Ivan Vujica, Max Burgess, Josh Risdon, Victor Sanchez, Sebastian Pasquali, Tomislav Uskok, Alessandro Diamanti (c), Luke Duzel, Nicolas Milanovic, Jerry Skotadis, Ayom Majok, Ryan Scott, Iker Guarrrotxena
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
NoMates
Roar Rookie
SFC wins titles and they can only get between 7k-9k on a good day which is pathetic for such a big club pre covid, not just that SFC have made the league stale for years with there VAR/Ref favouritism and horrible to watch football. Now that the smaller clubs are doing well with eye friendly attacking football instead of the doll shit SFC was serving up its been great. We need more seasons like this to bring the the public back and get them watching again. Melb Victory nore WSW made the league stale.
Coastyboi
Guest
From The West Australian... Coach Mark Rudan says Western United have been treated "like second-rate citizens" after a controversial penalty in their 1-0 loss to Sydney FC. Typical Rudan. Deny, shift the blame & take no responsibility. Baby needs his rattle.
pete4
Roar Rookie
FT: Western United FC 0 Sydney FC 1 Sydney the better side today despite a very late flurry from Western
pete4
Roar Rookie
7 minutes of added time :shocked:
pete4
Roar Rookie
Western keeper Ryan Scott MOTM
pete4
Roar Rookie
Western need to dig deep with 10 to go
pete4
Roar Rookie
Sydney FC lead 1-0
pete4
Roar Rookie
Le Fondre converts :football:
pete4
Roar Rookie
So it's a penalty :laughing:
pete4
Roar Rookie
I don't think that's a penalty at normal speed
pete4
Roar Rookie
VAR :shocked:
pete4
Roar Rookie
Double change for Western now can Berisha nick one with 20 to go
pete4
Roar Rookie
Yes it appears when you get the Victory & WSW both doing well it seems to lift the whole league to next level :football:
pete4
Roar Rookie
Double change for Sydney Adam Le Fondre is back :thumbup:
pete4
Roar Rookie
Ninkovic almost dances his way through but Scott makes the save
Grem
Roar Rookie
And is it good for the game that Melbourne Victory is out of the 6? Or has it been good for the game that The Wanderers have been out of the 6?
pete4
Roar Rookie
Western United's 5th match in 14 days is a heavy schedule
pete4
Roar Rookie
HT: Western United FC 0 Sydney FC 0 Sydney FC had 15 shots to 2 but couldn't make any count
pete4
Roar Rookie
Sydney well on top but have had a number of attempts saved. Western hoping to get to HT unscathed
NoMates
Roar Rookie
Yeah true, WU are in s slump and are just ready for the taking. but here's hoping