Australian A-League Men

FT Thursday, February 25, 2016
Melbourne City FC WLLDW 1
–
Wellington Phoenix LLLWL 2
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MBC101
WEL202
Sky Stadium · 6,591 att.

Team Stats

14
Fouls
20
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
6
57.3
Possession
42.7
16
SHOTS
6
7
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
314
Accurate Passes
223
426
Passes
334
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
2
27
Crosses
5
0.2
Cross %
0.4
51
Long Balls
58
16
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.3
Long Balls %
0.2
4
Blocked Shots
1
21
Effective Tackles
18
25
Tackles
24
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
3
Effective Clearances
20
7
Clearances
26

Head to Head

MBC leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

WEL · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Glen MossG
  2. 22Andrew DuranteCD-L
  3. 6Dylan FoxCD-R
  4. 19Tom DoyleLB
  5. 2Manny MuscatRB
  6. 23Matthew RidentonM
  7. 13Albert RieraCM
  8. 10Michael McGlincheyAM
  9. 8Alex RodriguezLM
  10. 4Roly BonevaciaRM
  11. 16Louis FentonCF-R

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 2Alex WilkinsonCD-L
  3. 24Patrick KisnorboCD-R
  4. 11Michael ZulloLB
  5. 5Ivan FranjicRB
  6. 33Osama MalikCM
  7. 8Aaron MooyLM
  8. 29Anthony CáceresRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 19Ben GaruccioLF
  11. 27Nick FitzgeraldRF

Timeline

  1. 4' Patrick Kisnorbo (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 12' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne City FC 0. Louis Fenton (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michael McGlinchey with a cross.
  3. 15' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Melbourne City FC 0. Matthew Ridenton (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Roly Bonevacia with a cross.
  4. 19' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Melbourne City FC 1. Aaron Mooy (Melbourne City FC) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  5. 25' Louis Fenton (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 35' Michael Zullo (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 41' Dylan Fox (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 45' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Dean Bouzanis replaces Thomas Sørensen because of an injury.
  9. 64' Jacob Melling (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 64'
  10. 64' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Jacob Melling replaces Ben Garuccio.
  11. 67' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Justin Gulley replaces Alex Rodriguez.
  12. 83' Manny Muscat (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 85' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Ben Sigmund replaces Matthew Ridenton.
  14. 89' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Kwabena Appiah-Kubi replaces Michael McGlinchey.

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