Sydney United 58 and Macarthur FC will face off in the 2022 Australia Cup Final following a pair of exhilarating Semi Finals.
Here's a look at the key numbers from the Semi Finals thanks to Opta Stats.
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- Macarthur FC’s 5-2 victory against Oakleigh Cannons FC in the 2022 Australia Cup semi finals is the third time in the history of the competition a team has scored 5+ goals in a semi final (Melbourne City FC 5-1 v Brisbane Strikers – 1 October 2019 and Sydney FC 5-1 v South Melbourne FC – 11 October 2017).
- Macarthur FC are the seventh different A-League Men team to qualify for the final of the Australia Cup (Adelaide United, Central Coast Mariners, Melbourne City FC, Melbourne Victory, Perth Glory, Sydney FC).
- Sydney United 58 FC are the first member federation team to qualify for the final of the Australia Cup.
- Sydney United 58 FC have recorded two victories against A-League Men teams in the 2022 Australia Cup (defeated Western United FC in the Round of 16 and Brisbane Roar FC in semi final); APIA Leichhardt FC are the only other member federation team in the history of the competition to have logged multiple wins against them (defeated Western Sydney Wanderers FC in 2021 Round of 16 and Melbourne Victory in 2018 Round of 16).
- Brisbane Roar FC made 279 passes ending in the final third against Sydney United 58 FC in the 2022 Australia Cup semi finals – the most by any team in a match in the 2022 tournament.
- Yianni Perkatis (Sydney United 58 FC) made 11 clearances against Brisbane Roar FC in the 2022 Australia Cup semi finals – the third most by any player in a game since the beginning of the 2021 tournament (Ryan Ensor – 13 for Broadmeadow Magic v Bentleigh Greens SC, 21 July 2022 and James Meredith – 12 for Macarthur FC v Sydney FC, 8 December 2021).
