Australian A-League Men

FT Thursday, November 5, 2015
Melbourne City FC LDLWL 4
–
Adelaide United FC LDDLL 2
1st2ndT
MBC224
ADL022
Coopers Stadium · 8,632 att.

Team Stats

17
Fouls
17
5
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
6
4
Corner Kicks
12
6
Saves
2
46.5
Possession
53.5
13
SHOTS
21
6
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
264
Accurate Passes
300
356
Passes
387
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
11
10
Crosses
41
0.6
Cross %
0.3
63
Long Balls
48
32
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
17
12
Tackles
20
0.9
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
35
Effective Clearances
8
51
Clearances
9

Head to Head

ADL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

ADL · 4-3-3

  1. 20John HallG
  2. 5Osama MalikCD-L
  3. 4Dylan McgowanCD-R
  4. 16Craig GoodwinLB
  5. 21Tarek ElrichRB
  6. 8Isaías CM
  7. 10Marcelo CarruscaLM
  8. 18James JeggoRM
  9. 11Bruce DjitéF
  10. 9Sergio CirioLF
  11. 17Mate DugandzicRF

Substitutes

  1. 7Pablo SánchezSUB
  2. 2Michael MarroneSUB
  3. 14George MellsSUB
  4. 24Bruce KamauSUB
  5. 30John SolariSUB

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 24Patrick KisnorboCD-L
  3. 4Connor ChapmanCD-R
  4. 19Ben GaruccioLB
  5. 18Paulo RetreRB
  6. 8Aaron MooyCM
  7. 6Erik PaartaluLM
  8. 25Jacob MellingRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 21Stefan MaukLF
  11. 15David WilliamsRF

Substitutes

  1. 9Harry NovilloSUB
  2. 34Stephen ZinniSUB
  3. 22Jack ClisbySUB
  4. 20Tando VelaphiSUB
  5. 3Aaron HughesSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 8' Goal! Adelaide United 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Erik Paartalu (Melbourne City FC) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aaron Mooy with a cross following a corner.
  3. 24' Jacob Melling (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 35' Goal! Adelaide United 0, Melbourne City FC 2. Aaron Mooy (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  5. 38' Erik Paartalu (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 44' Thomas Sørensen (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 55' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Harry Novillo replaces David Williams.
  8. 56' Goal! Adelaide United 0, Melbourne City FC 3. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  9. 63' Bruce Kamau (Adelaide United) Substitution at 63'
  10. 63' Substitution, Adelaide United. Pablo Sánchez replaces Bruce Djite.
  11. 63' Substitution, Adelaide United. Bruce Kamau replaces James Jeggo.
  12. 66' Goal! Adelaide United 1, Melbourne City FC 3. Sergio Cirio (Adelaide United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mate Dugandzic.
  13. 71' Goal! Adelaide United 1, Melbourne City FC 4. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Novillo with a through ball.
  14. 73' Jack Clisby (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 73'
  15. 73' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Jack Clisby replaces Ben Garuccio because of an injury.
  16. 76' Substitution, Adelaide United. George Mells replaces Marcelo Carrusca.
  17. 79' Jack Clisby (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 85' Goal! Adelaide United 2, Melbourne City FC 4. Pablo Sánchez (Adelaide United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  19. 87' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Stefan Zinni replaces Stefan Mauk.
  20. 90'+4' Paulo Retre (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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