Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, November 27, 2015
Perth Glory FC LWLLD 1
–
Melbourne City FC WLWLD 5
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PER101
MBC325
AAMI Park · 5,943 att.

Match Report

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Aaron Mooy shines as Melbourne City score five against Perth Glory

Vidosic, making his first start for the club, struck just before half-time to take his side off the bottom of the table.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
21
2
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
3
6
Saves
3
45.9
Possession
54.1
17
SHOTS
25
4
ON GOAL
11
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
304
Accurate Passes
406
400
Passes
475
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
9
Accurate Crosses
6
20
Crosses
13
0.5
Cross %
0.5
74
Long Balls
54
33
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
6
Blocked Shots
6
15
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
12
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
7
Effective Clearances
11
10
Clearances
14

Head to Head

PER leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 25Jacob MellingCD-L
  3. 4Connor ChapmanCD-R
  4. 22Jack ClisbyLB
  5. 5Ivan FranjicRB
  6. 6Erik PaartaluCM
  7. 8Aaron MooyLM
  8. 18Paulo RetreRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 9Harry NovilloLF
  11. 7Corey GameiroRF

Substitutes

  1. 21Stefan MaukSUB
  2. 15David WilliamsSUB
  3. 20Tando VelaphiSUB
  4. 36Matthew MillarSUB
  5. 30Hernan EspindolaSUB

PER · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Ante CovicG
  2. 5Antony GolecCD-L
  3. 29Aryn WilliamsCD-R
  4. 23Michael ThwaiteDM
  5. 3Marc WarrenLB
  6. 13Diogo FerreiraRB
  7. 11Richard GarciaAM
  8. 17Diego CastroLM
  9. 10Nebojsa MarinkovicRM
  10. 14Chris HaroldCF-L
  11. 16SidneiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Jerrad TysonSUB
  2. 15Hagi GligorSUB
  3. 28Joseph KnowlesSUB
  4. 24Jamal ReinersSUB
  5. 18Mitchell OxborrowSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Perth Glory 0. Erik Paartalu (Melbourne City FC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aaron Mooy with a cross following a set piece situation.
  2. 19' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Perth Glory 0. Connor Chapman (Melbourne City FC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aaron Mooy with a cross following a set piece situation.
  3. 29' Paulo Retre (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 31' Michael Thwaite (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 35' Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Perth Glory 0. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Corey Gameiro.
  6. 45'+1' Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Perth Glory 1. Sidnei (Perth Glory) header from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Nebojsa Marinkovic with a cross following a corner.
  7. 53' Goal! Melbourne City FC 4, Perth Glory 1. Harry Novillo (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  8. 57' Substitution, Perth Glory. Joseph Knowles replaces Chris Harold.
  9. 65' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. David Williams replaces Corey Gameiro because of an injury.
  10. 67' Marc Warren (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 71' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Matthew Millar replaces Ivan Franjic.
  12. 72' Substitution, Perth Glory. Jamal Reiners replaces Diego Castro.
  13. 75' Aryn Williams (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 80' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Stefan Mauk replaces Paulo Retre.
  15. 82' Second yellow card to Aryn Williams (Perth Glory) for a bad foul.
  16. 82' Goal! Melbourne City FC 5, Perth Glory 1. Aaron Mooy (Melbourne City FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  17. 84' Matthew Millar (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 87' Harry Novillo (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 88' Substitution, Perth Glory. Mitchell Oxborrow replaces Sidnei.

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