Sydney, who had already booked their knockout stage spot,  started aggressively with Watari Kamijo lining up a shot from distance which sailed just past the left post.

Kaya threatened four minutes later when Daizo Horikoshi was left unmarked on the left wing, with the midfielder cutting through the middle but only managing a tame effort which was easily collected by Sydney keeper Harrison Devenish-Meares.

Both sides continued to toil with Jesus Meliza pulling his effort wide for Kaya in the 18th minute while a minute later, Sydney’s Jaiden Kucharski sent his shot over the bar off Tiago Quintal’s layoff.

Another chance fell for Kaya in the 25th minute but Audie Menzi could not get his shot past the six-yard-box, while Shuto Komaki failed to trouble Devenish-Meares from distance.

The squandered opportunities came back to haunt Kaya  as Sydney took the lead in the 38th minute after Adrian Segecic collected his own rebound off Patrick Wood to strike the ball off the right post and into the net.

The home side doubled their tally in stoppage time after Kamijo gained possession in his own half before sending Wood through on goal for a fine finish past Kaya keeper Patrick Deyto.

Sydney showed the same dominance after the break with Wood capitalising on an errant pass by Deyto in the 48th minute but shot straight at the Philippine custodian.

The visitors were almost caught out four minutes later after Wood outpaced the Kaya defence off a through ball but his low attempt was foiled by Deyto at the near post.

Kucharski confirmed the win in the 75th minute after latching on to Marin France’s through ball following a slick move before finishing with aplomb with Kaya scoring a late consolation through Robert Lopez Mendy to end their campaign with four points.