Sydney FC have secured a third straight win with goals from Milos Ninkovic and maiden Sky Blues strikes from Luciano Narsingh and Mustafa Amini.
Sydney FC 3 (Ninkovic 23’, Narsingh 58’, Amini 68’) Western United 0
Moments That Mattered:
PRIJOVIC GOAL DISALLOWED – 2’ – Prijovic is played through and lifts the ball past Redmyane but it’s ruled out for offside.
NINKOVIC GOAL – 23’ – Caceres and Grant combine on the right and the latter crosses for Ninkovic to volley home.
REDMAYNE TIPS OVER – 52’ – A floated ball into the box is headed goalwards by Prijovic but Redmayne stretches high to push over.
NARSINGH GOAL – 58’ – Ninkovic slots a perfect pass into the path of Narsingh who dinks if over Young into the far corner.
AMINI SHOT WIDE – 61’ – Good play from Le Fondre who finds Amini on the edge of the box and he smashes it just wide.
AMINI GOAL – 68’ – Amini dispossess Skotadis on the edge of the box and slots the ball into an empty net.
BOBÔ CHANCE – 75’ – Amini switches the ball to Buhagiar who puts in a perfect cross to Bobô who side foots wide.
BUHAGIAR SHOOTS WIDE – 85’ – Buhagiar is put clear but takes his shot early and slots it past the post.
What They Said: Steve Corica: “It was a very good performance and to come away with a 3-0 win is very positive against a good Western United team.
“They’ve been top of the table all season and have been playing very good football and keeping clean sheets, so we are very happy to score three against them.
“It’s been a very good week winning three games in a row and keeping three clean sheets so we are very happy with how things are going at the moment.”
Luciano Narsingh: “I’m very happy, I worked hard for this and it’s nice to score my first goal.
“Ninkovic is a quality player, I gave him the ball and I know I only have to run and he’s going to give me the ball back at the right speed.”
Match Report
Sydney FC have notched a third successive win defeating Western United 3-0 at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium.
Milos Ninkovic opened the scoring with a well taken volley midway through the first half.
He then set up Narsingh for his first goal for the club just before the hour mark.
Amini completed the scoring ten minutes later when he dispossessed Skotadis on the edge of the box to slot the ball into an empty net.
Sydney FC: 1. Andrew REDMAYNE, 2. James DONACHIE, 4. Alex WILKINSON (3. Ben WARLAND 84’), 6. Mustafa AMINI, 8. Paulo RETRE, 10. Milos NINKOVIC (22. Max BURGESS 73’), 14. Adam LE FONDRE (9. BOBÔ 73’), 16. Luciano NARSINGH (12. Trent BUHAGIAR 67’), 17. Anthony CACERES, 23. Rhyan GRANT ©, 25. Callum TALBOT (5. Connor O’TOOLE 84’).
Unused Subs: 20. Tom HEWARD-BELLE (GK), 21. Harry VAN DER SAAG,.
Yellow Cards: None
Red Cards: None.
Western United: 1. Jamie YOUNG, 4. Leo LACROIX, 5. Dylan PIERIAS (31. Adisu BAYEW 82’), 6. Tommy IMAI, 8. Lachlan WALES, 10. Steven LUSTICA, 11. Connor PAIN (9. Dylan WENZEL-HALLS 67’), 16. Rene KRHIN (27. Jerry SKOTADIS 67’), 17. Ben GARUCCIO, 19. Josh RISDON (44. Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY 73’), 99. Aleksandar PRIJOVIC (38. Noah BOTIC 82’)
Subs: 37. Ryan SCOTT (GK), 42. Rhys BOZINOVSKI.
Yellow Cards: Lacroix 28’, Aloisi 30’,
Red Cards: None.
Venue: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Referee: Daniel Elder.
