Australian A-League Men

FT Monday, January 25, 2016
Wellington Phoenix DLLDL 1
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Melbourne City FC WLDWD 3
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WEL011
MBC213
AAMI Park · 10,825 att.

Match Report

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Melbourne City see off Wellington Phoenix as Harry Novillo hits brace

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
3
48.7
Possession
51.3
9
SHOTS
19
4
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
359
Accurate Passes
369
452
Passes
470
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
7
18
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.4
46
Long Balls
68
22
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
6
12
Effective Tackles
19
18
Tackles
24
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
13
23
Clearances
19

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

MBC · 5-3-2

  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 3Aaron HughesCD
  3. 25Jacob MellingCD-L
  4. 24Patrick KisnorboCD-R
  5. 11Michael ZulloLB
  6. 5Ivan FranjicRB
  7. 8Aaron MooyCM
  8. 6Erik PaartaluCM-L
  9. 29Anthony CáceresCM-R
  10. 9Harry NovilloCF-L
  11. 23Bruno FornaroliCF-R

WEL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Glen MossG
  2. 22Andrew DuranteCD-L
  3. 2Manny MuscatCD-R
  4. 19Tom DoyleLB
  5. 23Matthew RidentonRB
  6. 17Vince LiaCM
  7. 13Albert RieraLM
  8. 4Roly BonevaciaRM
  9. 12Blake PowellF
  10. 8Alex RodriguezLF
  11. 10Michael McGlincheyRF

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Michael Zullo.
  2. 14' Andrew Durante (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  3. 31' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Wellington Phoenix 0. Harry Novillo (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michael Zullo with a cross.
  4. 49' Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Wellington Phoenix 0. Harry Novillo (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Aaron Mooy.
  5. 52' Vince Lia (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 53' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Louis Fenton replaces Vince Lia.
  7. 59' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Joel Stevens replaces Matthew Ridenton.
  8. 62' Michael Zullo (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 63' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Paulo Retre replaces Ivan Franjic.
  10. 66' Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Wellington Phoenix 1. Roly Bonevacia (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Alex Rodriguez.
  11. 69' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Osama Malik replaces Anthony Caceres.
  12. 71' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Kwabena Appiah-Kubi replaces Alex Rodriguez.
  13. 80' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nick Fitzgerald replaces Erik Paartalu.

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