Sydney FC have completed their fourth Sydney Derby win in succession with a 4-2 demolition of Western Sydney Wanderers in front of over 30-thousand fans at Allianz Stadium.
Sydney FC 4 (Lolley 33’, Courtney-Perkins 47’, Ouahim 54’ pen, Klimala 82’) def. Western Sydney Wanderers 2 (Sapsford 45’+4’, Antonsson 78’)
Moments That Mattered
33’ | LOLLEY GOAL – A ball is fed into Klimala from Segecic but his shot is blocked and the ball falls to an unmarked Lolley to smash the ball home.
45’+4’ | SAPSFORD GOAL – A Wanderers breakaway and Borello feeds the ball into Sapsford at the far post and the striker celebrates in front of the Cove.
47’ | COURTNEY-PERKINS GOAL – A brilliant curling free-kick from Ouahim finds the head of Courtney-Perkins who glides it home.
54’ | OUAHIM GOAL PENALTY – Rhyan Grant is bundled down in the box by a late tackle and after a delay Ouahim beats Thomas with a shot into the corner from the spot.
78’ | ANTONSSON GOAL – A dangerous left wing corner is floated in and headed home by and unmarked Antonsson.
82’ | KLIMALA GOAL – Ouahim’s second assist of the night feeds Kimala who slots home under pressure from three defenders to seal the game.
90’ | KUCHARSKI GOAL DISALLOWED – Kucharski pops up and volleys one across the keeper at the back post but it is disallowed for a foul in the build up.
Match Report: Sydney FC have won a fourth consecutive Sydney Derby with a dominant performance and four separate goalscorers.
Joe Lolley opened the scoring after Klimala’s shot was blocked in the first half and the ball fell to him in front of goal.
Sapsford equalised with his third goal in five games against Sydney FC just before half time, however an early second half onslaught put the Sky Blues two ahead.
Courtney-Perkins headed a Ouahim free-kick past Thomas within two minutes of the re-start before the German-Moroccan midfielder notched a penalty after Rhyan Grant was tripped.
Antonsson set up a grand stand finish with a header from a corner to make it 3-2 but Klimala put the result beyond doubt with a calm finish from Ouahim’s throughball.
Kucharski had a late effort to make it 5-2 chalked off for a foul in the lead up but it didn’t dent any of the glory.
What They Said: Ufuk Talay: “The first half we had a lot of the ball and they were just looking for transition moments from our mistakes, I guess that was their game plan.
“Second half was good, Anas came on for Douglas who was always going to play 45 minutes and I thought we were the better team overall.
“I think the scoreline doesn’t really reflect the game.
“I know Anas wouldn’t be happy being on the bench but I thought he did well when he came on.
“Gurdy (Aaron Gurd) was exceptional for his first game in a long time.”
Sydney FC: 1. Andrew REDMAYNE, 3. Aaron GURD, 4. Jordan COURTNEY-PERKINS, 7. Adrian SEGECIC (25. Jaiden KUCHARSKI 87’), 9. Patryk KLIMALA (20. Tiago QUINTAL 90’+1’), 10. Joe LOLLEY (6. Corey HOLLMAN 80’), 11. Douglas COSTA (8. Anas OUAHIM 45’), 15. Leo SENA, 17. Anthony CACERES, 23. Rhyan GRANT (C), 41. Alex POPOVIC.
Unused Subs: 12. Harrison DEVENISH-MEARES (GK), 16. Joel KING, 28. Nathan AMANATIDIS.
Yellow Cards: Caceres 26’, Costa 37’, Segecic 55’.
Red Cards: None.
Western Sydney Wanderers FC: 20. Lawrence THOMAS, (GK), 2. Gabriel CLEUR (19. Jack CLISBY 58’), 4. Alexander BONETIG, 5. Dylan SCICLUNA, 7. Zach SAPSFORD (9. Marcus ANTONSSON 58’), 8. Taewook JEONG, 14. Nicolas MILANOVIC (21. Aydan HAMMOND 58’), 18. Oscar PRIESTMAN (64. Juan MATA 58’), 22. Anthony PANTAZOPOULOS (13. Dean PELEKANOS 67’), 23. Bozhidar KRAEV, 26. Brandon BORELLO ©.
Subs: 30. Jordan HOLMES,27. James TEMELKOVSKI.
Yellow Cards: Borello 37’, Milanovic 56’,
Red Cards: None
Venue: AllianzStadium
Referee: Daniel Elder
Attendance: 30,777
