Australian A-League Men

FT Thursday, December 3, 2015
Melbourne City FC LWLDW 5
–
Central Coast Mariners FC LDDLL 1
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MBC235
CCM011
polytec Stadium · 4,514 att.

Match Report

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Melbourne City thrash Central Coast Mariners as Harry Novillo scores two

Melbourne City moved back into the A-League playoff positions with a crushing 5-1 win at Central Coast Mariners.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
11
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
4
53.9
Possession
46.1
23
SHOTS
12
9
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
353
Accurate Passes
270
443
Passes
370
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
5
22
Crosses
24
0.2
Cross %
0.2
46
Long Balls
62
27
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
13
18
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
16
16
Clearances
23

Head to Head

CCM leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CCM · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Paul IzzoG
  2. 4Jacob PoscolieroCD-L
  3. 22Jake McGingCD-R
  4. 3Joshua RoseLB
  5. 2Storm RouxRB
  6. 10Anthony CáceresAM
  7. 16Liam RoseLM
  8. 5Harry AscroftRM
  9. 9Roy O'DonovanF
  10. 6Mitch AustinAM-L
  11. 11Nick FitzgeraldAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Matthew SimSUB
  2. 23Tomislav UskokSUB
  3. 19Josh BinghamSUB
  4. 40Tom Heward-BelleSUB
  5. 21Michael NeillSUB

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 24Patrick KisnorboCD-L
  3. 4Connor ChapmanCD-R
  4. 22Jack ClisbyLB
  5. 5Ivan FranjicRB
  6. 8Aaron MooyCM
  7. 6Erik PaartaluLM
  8. 25Jacob MellingRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 9Harry NovilloLF
  11. 21Stefan MaukRF

Substitutes

  1. 18Paulo RetreSUB
  2. 19Ben GaruccioSUB
  3. 30Hernan EspindolaSUB
  4. 20Tando VelaphiSUB
  5. 15David WilliamsSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Jack Clisby (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 26' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Harry Novillo (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bruno Fornaroli following a fast break.
  3. 34' Jacob Poscoliero (Central Coast Mariners) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+1' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 0, Melbourne City FC 2. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Erik Paartalu.
  5. 57' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 0, Melbourne City FC 3. Harry Novillo (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Stefan Mauk.
  6. 64' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Michael Neill replaces Joshua Rose.
  7. 67' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Tomislav Uskok replaces Harry Ascroft.
  8. 72' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Josh Bingham replaces Roy O'Donovan.
  9. 73' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Paulo Retre replaces Jacob Melling.
  10. 75' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 0, Melbourne City FC 4. Stefan Mauk (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aaron Mooy.
  11. 77' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. David Williams replaces Stefan Mauk.
  12. 82' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Hernan Espindola replaces Harry Novillo.
  13. 86' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 1, Melbourne City FC 4. Mitchell Austin (Central Coast Mariners) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  14. 90'+5' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 1, Melbourne City FC 5. Aaron Mooy (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Franjic following a set piece situation.

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