Alex Baumjohann - 6.5

The loss of Grant might have caused some headaches but Baumjohann was linking up sensationally without the Socceroos right-back. 

Luke Brattan - 7.5

Pulling the strings as good as he ever has in a Sydney FC shirt. The weight on every pass was sublime.

Paolo Retre - 7.5

Good composure and great finish to put Sydney FC up. A beautiful side-footed finish gave him his first brace in the A-League. 

Anthony Caceres - 6

A commendable job from the midfielder who filled in for Milos Ninkovic in this match. 

Adam le Fondre - 7

Terrific link up play with Barbarouses and despite his height, was causing Michael Jakobsen a lot of problems. 

Kosta Barbarouses - 6.5

Last week he finished calmly under pressure on his left foot, but an even clearer chance in the same position went begging in the 10th minute. He made up for it with an assist for Retre's first goal. 

SUBSTITUTES 

Michael Zullo - N/A

Jordan Swibel - 6

Moments into his debut Swibel ran through one-on-one with Paul Izzo but his dream maiden goal wasn't to be.