Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, March 5, 2016
Sydney FC LDDDD 0
–
Melbourne City FC LLDWL 3
1st2ndT
SYD000
MBC123
AAMI Park · 8,585 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
5
5
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
3
60.7
Possession
39.3
12
SHOTS
8
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
424
Accurate Passes
246
508
Passes
321
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
2
25
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.1
70
Long Balls
67
46
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
2
18
Effective Tackles
16
24
Tackles
21
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
9
Effective Clearances
12
13
Clearances
16

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

MBC · 4-1-3-2

  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 24Patrick KisnorboCD-L
  3. 2Alex WilkinsonCD-R
  4. 33Osama MalikSW
  5. 19Ben GaruccioLB
  6. 5Ivan FranjicRB
  7. 29Anthony CáceresCM
  8. 25Jacob MellingLM
  9. 8Aaron MooyRM
  10. 23Bruno FornaroliCF-L
  11. 9Harry NovilloCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Paulo Retre
  2. 20Dean Bouzanis
  3. 11Michael Zullo
  4. 27Nick Fitzgerald
  5. 4Connor Chapman

SYD · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Vedran JanjetovicG
  2. 5Matthew JurmanCD-L
  3. 4Zachary AndersonCD-R
  4. 22Ali AbbasLB
  5. 25Aaron CalverRB
  6. 21Filip HoloskoM
  7. 13Brandon O'NeillCM
  8. 10Milos NinkovicAM
  9. 8Milos DimitrijevicLM
  10. 7Andrew HooleRM
  11. 18Matt SimonCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Mickaël Tavares
  2. 9Shane Smeltz
  3. 6Robert Stambolziev
  4. 20Ivan Necevski
  5. 16Riley Woodcock

Timeline

  1. 37' Osama Malik (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 39' Patrick Kisnorbo (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 41' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Sydney FC 0. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
  4. 45' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nick Fitzgerald replaces Jacob Melling.
  5. 62' Substitution, Sydney FC. Robert Stambolziev replaces Ali Abbas.
  6. 70' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Michael Zullo replaces Anthony Caceres.
  7. 70' Substitution, Sydney FC. Shane Smeltz replaces Matt Simon.
  8. 71' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Sydney FC 0. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Novillo with a through ball.
  9. 73' Ben Garuccio (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 74' Substitution, Sydney FC. Mickaël Tavares replaces Brandon O'Neill.
  11. 80' Andrew Hoole (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 82' Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Sydney FC 0. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Michael Zullo with a cross.
  13. 88' Matthew Jurman (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 89' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Paulo Retre replaces Harry Novillo.

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