Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, February 20, 2016
Central Coast Mariners FC LLWLL 1
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Melbourne City FC DWLLD 4
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AAMI Park · 7,535 att.

Match Report

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Melbourne City beat Central Coast Mariners as Storm Roux suffers injury

Melbourne City woke up from a snoozy start to beat Central Coast 4-1.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
0
Corner Kicks
5
9
Saves
0
41.2
Possession
58.8
5
SHOTS
21
1
ON GOAL
13
0.2
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
232
Accurate Passes
368
328
Passes
460
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
21
0.1
Cross %
0.3
86
Long Balls
56
31
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
3
27
Effective Tackles
22
32
Tackles
25
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
6
22
Clearances
8

Head to Head

MBC leads series 3-2

Lineups

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 24Patrick KisnorboCD-L
  3. 2Alex WilkinsonCD-R
  4. 11Michael ZulloLB
  5. 5Ivan FranjicRB
  6. 33Osama MalikCM
  7. 18Paulo RetreLM
  8. 8Aaron MooyRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 19Ben GaruccioLF
  11. 27Nick FitzgeraldRF

CCM · 4-3-3

  1. 1Paul IzzoG
  2. 4Jacob PoscolieroCD-L
  3. 5Harry AscroftCD-R
  4. 3Joshua RoseLB
  5. 2Storm RouxRB
  6. 12Trent BuhagiarCM
  7. 8Nick MontgomeryLM
  8. 16Liam RoseRM
  9. 19Josh BinghamF
  10. 6Mitch AustinLF
  11. 7Fábio FerreiraRF

Timeline

  1. 34' Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Central Coast Mariners 1. Mitchell Austin (Central Coast Mariners) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner following a fast break.
  2. 37' Nick Montgomery (Central Coast Mariners) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 42' Jacob Poscoliero (Central Coast Mariners) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 43' Michael Zullo (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 48' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Central Coast Mariners 1. Patrick Kisnorbo (Melbourne City FC) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aaron Mooy with a cross following a set piece situation.
  6. 55' Fabio Ferreira (Central Coast Mariners) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Michael Neill replaces Storm Roux because of an injury.
  8. 66' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Central Coast Mariners 1. Aaron Mooy (Melbourne City FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  9. 69' Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Central Coast Mariners 1. Ben Garuccio (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bruno Fornaroli.
  10. 74' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Adam Berry replaces Trent Buhagiar.
  11. 80' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Jacob Melling replaces Paulo Retre.
  12. 84' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Steve Kuzmanovski replaces Nick Fitzgerald.
  13. 85' Second yellow card to Fabio Ferreira (Central Coast Mariners) for a bad foul.
  14. 87' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Wade Dekker replaces Ben Garuccio.
  15. 90' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Brad McDonald replaces Mitchell Austin.
  16. 90'+10' Goal! Melbourne City FC 4, Central Coast Mariners 1. Aaron Mooy (Melbourne City FC) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

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