Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, October 10, 2015
Melbourne City FC DLLWL 1
–
Sydney FC WWWWL 1
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MBC101
SYD101
Allianz Stadium · 17,051 att.

Match Report

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Sydney and Melbourne City play out draw in their first game of the season

It was visitors Melbourne who opened the scoring in the 16th minute at the Allianz Stadium, with Wade Dekker pouncing on a Sydney error.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
17
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
5
7
Saves
0
48.6
Possession
51.4
3
SHOTS
9
1
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.9
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
312
Accurate Passes
341
425
Passes
443
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
21
0.1
Cross %
0.3
71
Long Balls
65
33
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
1
16
Effective Tackles
21
18
Tackles
25
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
8
16
Clearances
11

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

SYD · 4-3-3

  1. 1Vedran JanjetovicG
  2. 5Matthew JurmanCD-L
  3. 19Jacques FatyCD-R
  4. 23Rhyan GrantLB
  5. 2Sebastian RyallRB
  6. 13Brandon O'NeillCM
  7. 10Milos NinkovicLM
  8. 8Milos DimitrijevicRM
  9. 9Shane SmeltzF
  10. 14Alex BrosqueLF
  11. 21Filip HoloskoRF

Substitutes

  1. 27Mickaël TavaresSUB
  2. 24George BlackwoodSUB
  3. 3Alex GersbachSUB
  4. 20Ivan NecevskiSUB
  5. 18Matt SimonSUB

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 24Patrick KisnorboCD-L
  3. 4Connor ChapmanCD-R
  4. 22Jack ClisbyLB
  5. 18Paulo RetreRB
  6. 10Robert KorenCM
  7. 16Jason TrifiroLM
  8. 6Erik PaartaluRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 17Wade DekkerLF
  11. 30Hernan EspindolaRF

Substitutes

  1. 34Stephen ZinniSUB
  2. 11Michael ZulloSUB
  3. 20Tando VelaphiSUB
  4. 28Steve KuzmanovskiSUB
  5. 8Aaron MooySUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Sydney FC 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Wade Dekker (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bruno Fornaroli.
  2. 41' Jason Trifiro (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+3' Goal! Sydney FC 1, Melbourne City FC 1. Filip Holosko (Sydney FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Alex Brosque.
  4. 57' Aaron Mooy (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 57'
  5. 57' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Aaron Mooy replaces Jason Trifiro.
  6. 58' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Stefan Zinni replaces Hernan Espindola.
  7. 62' Substitution, Sydney FC. George Blackwood replaces Filip Holosko.
  8. 68' Wade Dekker (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 74' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Steve Kuzmanovski replaces Wade Dekker.
  10. 75' Erik Paartalu (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 84' Jacques Faty (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 85' Matthew Simon (Sydney FC) Substitution at 85'
  13. 85' Substitution, Sydney FC. Matt Simon replaces Shane Smeltz.
  14. 86' Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+1' Matt Simon (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+5' Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.

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