2020 W-League grand final
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Event | 2019–20 W-League | ||||||
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Date | 21 March 2020 | ||||||
Venue | AAMI Park, Melbourne | ||||||
Player of the Match | Steph Catley | ||||||
Referee | Rebecca Durcau | ||||||
Attendance | 0 (behind closed doors) | ||||||
The 2020 W-League Grand Final was the final match of the 2019–20 W-League season to decide the champions of women's soccer in Australia for the season.
The match was played between Melbourne City and Sydney FC behind closed doors at AAMI Park in Melbourne, Victoria. Spectators were not permitted at the match due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Melbourne City won the match and in so doing claimed their fourth W-League championship, the most of any club in the W-League.[2] Steph Catley, the game's only goalscorer, was awarded player of the match.[2][3]
Teams
[edit]Team | Previous grand final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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Melbourne City | 3 (2016, 2017, 2018) |
Sydney FC | 6 (2009 (Dec), 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019) |
Route to the final
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1st place
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Regular season | 3rd place
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Opponent | Score | Opponent | Score | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Sydney Wanderers | 5–1 (H) | Semi-finals | Melbourne Victory | 0–1 (A) |
Semi-finals | Grand Final | ||||||||
1 | Melbourne City | 5 | |||||||
4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | |||||||
Melbourne City | 1 | ||||||||
Sydney FC | 0 | ||||||||
2 | Melbourne Victory | 0 | |||||||
3 | Sydney FC | 1 |
Match details
[edit]Melbourne City | 1–0 | Sydney FC |
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Report |
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Match statistics
[edit]Stats[4] | Melbourne City | Sydney FC |
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Ball possession | 60.9% | 39.1% |
Passes | 639 | 401 |
Passing accuracy | 80.3% | 67.8% |
Corners | 2 | 4 |
Shots | 14 | 8 |
On target shots | 7 | 4 |
Aerial duels won | 57.7% | 42.3% |
Interceptions | 19 | 14 |
Fouls conceded | 6 | 6 |
Yellow cards | 0 | 1 |
Red cards | 0 | 0 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Melbourne City crowned W-League champions after beating Sydney FC 1-0 in grand final". ABC News. 21 March 2020.
- ^ a b "W-League grand final: Melbourne City 1-0 Sydney FC - as it happened". The Guardian. 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Melbourne City defeat reigning premiers to win W-League grand final". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Stats". W-League.