Sydney FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers 18/10/2014 7:30PM

By mack

• October 15, 2014
Opponent: Sydney FC
Home Team: Sydney FC
Away Team: Western Sydney Wanderers
Sydney Kick-Off Time: 7:30PM EDT
Round: 2
Competition: A-League Regular Season
Location: Sydney, New South Wales
Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Result: West Sydney Loss
Western Sydney Score: 2
Opponent Score: 3
Time Of Result: 90 Minutes
Western Sydney Starting Lineup: Ante Covic, Daniel Mullen, Brendan Hamill, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Antony Golec, Mateo Poljak, Iacopo La Rocca, Romeo Castelen, Vitor Saba, Brendon Santalab, Mark Bridge
Western Sydney Substitutions: Shannon Cole (Romeo Castelen 73), Kwabena Appiah (Brendan Hamill 76), Labinot Haliti (Daniel Mullen 87), Brendon Santalab (Injury after all 3 substitutions used 90)
Western Sydney Unused Substitues: Dean Bouzanis, Jason Trifiro
Western Sydney Goals: Mark Bridge (19), Vedran Janjetovic (Own Goal 24)
Western Sydney Cards: Brendon Santalab (Yellow 35), Vitor Saba (Straight Red 69)
Western Sydney Manager: Tony Popovic
Opponent Starting Lineup: Vedran Janjetovic, Nikola Petkovic, Alex Gersbach, Sebastian Ryall, Sasa Ognenovski, Milos Dimitrijevic, Terry Antonis, Corey Gameiro, Berni Ibini-Isei, Alex Brosque, Marc Janko
Opponent Substitutions: Ali Abbas (Corey Gameiro 83)
Opponent Unused Substitues: Ivan Necevski, Pedj Bojic, Chris Naumoff, Nick Carle
Opponent Goals: Corey Gamiero (45), Own Goal (Romeo Castelen 50), Alex Brosque (79)
Opponent Cards: Sebastian Ryall (Yellow 23), Bernie Ibini-Isei (Yellow 56), Sasa Ognenovski (Yellow 61)
Opponent Manager: Graham Arnold
Attendance: 41213
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
Post Match Thread: Controversy Reigns In Wanderers Derby Defeat
Note 1: Sydney FC's second goal came after a incorrect offside decision that allowed the goal to stand. Bernie Ibini clearly held and impeded the vision of Ante Covic but neither the assistant referee or referee saw a foul. Romeo Castelen got the last touch that deflected the ball past Covic.
Note 2: Vitor Saba was given a straight red for a lunging but otherwise clean tackle that got the ball.
Note 3: Vedran Janjetovic spilled the ball into his own net after a shanked clearance fired it high into the air.
Note 4: This match received the highest ratings for a regular season A-League fixture on Foxtel, with 175,000 viewers.
Note 5: The crowd of 41,213 was a record Sydney FC crowd for a regular season fixture and their 2nd highest ever after the 2005/2006 Grand Final. It is the 13th highest crowd of all A-League matches and 4th highest excluding Finals series matches.
Note 6: Milestones reached in this match include Ante Covic (70 all competition appearances), Mark Bridge (55 A-League appearances & 20 all competition goals), Kwabena Appiah (25 A-League appearances).