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Sydney FC vs Western Sydney: match report

Sydney FC hosted Western Sydney Wanderers FC at Allianz Stadium on Friday 16 October 2026, in the A-League Men (round 1). Alex King is the referee, averaging 3.9 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.5.

Result and scorers

Sydney FC 0-0 Western Sydney. Attendance: 30,103.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 33' Yellow card: Miguel Di Pizio (Western Sydney)
  • 51' Yellow card: Jake Hollman (Sydney FC)
  • 52' Yellow card: Nicolas Milanovic (Western Sydney)
  • 62' Yellow card: Alexandar Popovic (Sydney FC)
  • 65' Yellow card: German Ferreyra (Western Sydney)
  • 75' Yellow card: Oriola Sunday (Sydney FC)
  • 86' Yellow card: Dylan Scicluna (Western Sydney)
  • 90' Yellow card: Ben Garuccio (Sydney FC)
  • 90'+3' Yellow card: Jarrod Carluccio (Western Sydney)
Match stats (contains the result)
45.1%Possession54.9%
9Shots13
1Shots on target2
2Corners3
12Fouls14
1Offsides0
2Saves1
4Yellow cards5
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Sydney FC 4-2-3-1

Coach: Patrick Kisnorbo

  1. 12 Harrison Devenish-Meares GK
  2. 23 Rhyan Grant DEF
  3. 41 Alexandar Popović DEF
  4. 4 Jordan Courtney-Perkins DEF
  5. 17 Benjamin Garuccio DEF
  6. 36 Rhys Youlley MID
  7. 15 Jake Hollman MID
  8. 35 Al Hassan Touré FWD
  9. 20 Tiago Quintal MID
  10. 14 Takahiro Sekine FWD
  11. 9 Oriola Sunday FWD

Bench

  • 7 Akol Akon FWD
  • 8 Wataru Kamijo MID
  • 16 Gabriel Popović FWD
  • 2 James Overy DEF
  • 30 Alexander Zaverdinos GK
  • 28 Ethan Dyer DEF
  • 29 Joseph Lacey MID

Western Sydney 4-2-3-1

Coach: Ufuk Talay

  1. 20 Lawrence Thomas GK
  2. 36 Panashe Madanha DEF
  3. 33 Germán Ferreyra DEF
  4. 22 Anthony Pantazopoulos DEF
  5. 3 Alex Gersbach DEF
  6. 32 Angus Thurgate MID
  7. 8 Dylan Scicluna MID
  8. 14 Nicolas Milanović FWD
  9. 10 Miguel Di Pizio MID
  10. 21 Liam Gillion FWD
  11. 19 Awan Lual FWD

Bench

  • 11 Atiya Waraga FWD
  • 7 Aydan Hammond FWD
  • 24 Nathan Barrie DEF
  • 17 Jarrod Carluccio FWD
  • 9 Hiroshi Ibusuki FWD
  • 23 Jordan Holmes GK
  • 27 Jai Rose MID
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 11 April 2026: Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0-2 Sydney FC
  • Saturday 31 January 2026: Sydney FC 4-1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC
  • Saturday 29 November 2025: Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1-0 Sydney FC
  • Saturday 8 February 2025: Sydney FC 3-3 Western Sydney Wanderers FC
  • Saturday 23 November 2024: Sydney FC 4-2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC