Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, January 2, 2016
Sydney FC DWLDW 2
–
Melbourne City FC WWWWL 2
1st2ndT
SYD022
MBC112
AAMI Park · 10,140 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
11
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
7
53.8
Possession
46.2
20
SHOTS
9
9
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
337
Accurate Passes
283
437
Passes
381
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
11
Accurate Crosses
3
29
Crosses
15
0.4
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
65
30
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
1
23
Effective Tackles
17
27
Tackles
23
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
14
17
Clearances
24

Head to Head

MBC leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 24Patrick KisnorboCD-L
  3. 3Aaron HughesCD-R
  4. 22Jack ClisbyLB
  5. 36Matthew MillarRB
  6. 10Robert KorenAM
  7. 39Ali EyigunLM
  8. 25Jacob MellingRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 9Harry NovilloAM-L
  11. 21Stefan MaukAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Tando VelaphiSUB
  2. 16Jason TrifiroSUB
  3. 11Michael ZulloSUB
  4. 19Ben GaruccioSUB
  5. 30Hernan EspindolaSUB

SYD · 4-3-3

  1. 1Vedran JanjetovicG
  2. 5Matthew JurmanCD-L
  3. 2Sebastian RyallCD-R
  4. 3Alex GersbachLB
  5. 23Rhyan GrantRB
  6. 13Brandon O'NeillCM
  7. 10Milos NinkovicLM
  8. 27Mickaël TavaresRM
  9. 24George BlackwoodF
  10. 7Andrew HooleLF
  11. 21Filip HoloskoRF

Substitutes

  1. 11Christopher NaumoffSUB
  2. 8Milos DimitrijevicSUB
  3. 20Ivan NecevskiSUB
  4. 19Jacques FatySUB
  5. 9Shane SmeltzSUB

Timeline

  1. 22' Milos Ninkovic (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 34' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Michael Zullo replaces Ali Eyigun.
  3. 37' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Sydney FC 0. Aaron Hughes (Melbourne City FC) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harry Novillo with a cross following a corner.
  4. 47' Matthew Millar (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 53' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Sydney FC 1. Milos Ninkovic (Sydney FC) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Filip Holosko.
  6. 60' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Sydney FC 1. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Harry Novillo.
  7. 73' Substitution, Sydney FC. Shane Smeltz replaces George Blackwood.
  8. 74' Substitution, Sydney FC. Milos Dimitrijevic replaces Brandon O'Neill.
  9. 78' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Sydney FC 2. Milos Ninkovic (Sydney FC) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Filip Holosko with a headed pass.
  10. 81' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Jason Trifiro replaces Jacob Melling because of an injury.
  11. 87' Harry Novillo (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 89' Substitution, Sydney FC. Chris Naumoff replaces Andrew Hoole.

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