Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, March 20, 2015
Melbourne City FC DWLLW 1
–
Sydney FC DWWWW 0
1st2ndT
MBC011
SYD000
Allianz Stadium · 11,638 att.

Match Report

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James Brown effort enough for Melbourne to shock Sydney

James Brown scored the only goal as Melbourne City shocked high-flying Sydney FC on Friday.

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Head to Head

SYD leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SYD

  1. 20Vedran JanjetovicG
  2. 16Alex GersbachD
  3. 2Sebastian RyallD
  4. 6Nikola PetkovicD
  5. 5Matthew JurmanD
  6. 11Bernie Ibini-IseiM
  7. 27Mickaël TavaresM
  8. 13Christopher NaumoffM
  9. 14Alex BrosqueM
  10. 8Milos DimitrijevicM
  11. 21Marc JankoF

Substitutes

  1. 1Ivan NecevskiSUB
  2. 34Robert StambolzievSUB
  3. 26Jacques FatySUB
  4. 9Shane SmeltzSUB
  5. 23Rhyan GrantSUB

MBC

  1. 20Tando VelaphiG
  2. 24Patrick KisnorboD
  3. 22Jack ClisbyD
  4. 18Paulo RetreD
  5. 27Kew JaliensD
  6. 13Jonatan GermanoM
  7. 5Erik PaartaluM
  8. 6Aaron MooyM
  9. 14James BrownF
  10. 23Mate DugandzicF
  11. 10Robert KorenF

Substitutes

  1. 7Iain RamsaySUB
  2. 8Massimo MurdoccaSUB
  3. 1Andrew RedmayneSUB
  4. 28Nicholas SymeoySUB
  5. 34Stephen ZinniSUB

Timeline

  1. 29' Paulo Retre (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 29'
  2. 35' Kew Jaliens (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 35'
  3. 58' Jack Clisby (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 62'
  4. 61' Shane Smeltz (Sydney FC) Substitution at 61'
  5. 71' Iain Ramsay (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 71'
  6. 73' Massimo Murdocca (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 73'
  7. 75' Nicholas Symeoy (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 75'
  8. 81' James Brown (Melbourne City FC) Goal at 81'
  9. 82' Marc Janko (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 82'
  10. 84' Robert Stambolziev (Sydney FC) Substitution at 84'
  11. 87' Tando Velaphi (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 87'

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