Australian A-League Men

FT Sunday, April 16, 2017
Melbourne City FC WWLLW 4
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Perth Glory FC DLLDW 5
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MBC134
PER145
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Match Report

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Melbourne City hold onto fourth despite loss to Perth Glory

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Team Stats

22
Fouls
16
5
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
8
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
3
61.6
Possession
38.4
28
SHOTS
20
7
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
376
Accurate Passes
199
459
Passes
278
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
7
27
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.3
61
Long Balls
53
33
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
11
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
0
Interceptions
0
13
Effective Clearances
46
13
Clearances
46

Head to Head

PER leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

PER · 4-4-2

  1. 33Liam ReddyG
  2. 26Lucian GoianCD-L
  3. 6Dino DjulbicCD-R
  4. 3Marc WarrenLB
  5. 16Joseph MillsLB
  6. 19Joshua RisdonRB
  7. 11Richard GarciaCM-L
  8. 18Mitchell OxborrowCM-R
  9. 17Diego CastroLM
  10. 7Joel ChianeseRM
  11. 9Andy KeoghCF-L
  12. 22Adam TaggartCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Chris HaroldSUB
  2. 13Nick FeelySUB
  3. 8Rostyn GriffithsSUB
  4. 15Brandon WilsonSUB
  5. 10Nebojsa MarinkovicSUB

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Dean BouzanisG
  2. 6Osama MalikCD-L
  3. 22Michael JakobsenCD-R
  4. 3Joshua RoseLB
  5. 5Ivan FranjicRB
  6. 17Tim CahillAM
  7. 8Neil KilkennyLM
  8. 26Luke BrattanRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 9Nicolás ColazoAM-L
  11. 11Bruce KamauAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Nick FitzgeraldSUB
  2. 10Anthony CáceresSUB
  3. 1Thomas SorensenSUB
  4. 21Ruon TongyikSUB
  5. 18Paulo RetreSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Perth Glory 1, Melbourne City FC 0. Diego Castro (Perth Glory) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 21' Goal! Perth Glory 1, Melbourne City FC 1. Tim Cahill (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bruce Kamau.
  3. 26' Marc Warren (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 28' Tim Cahill (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 44' Michael Jakobsen (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 50' Goal! Perth Glory 2, Melbourne City FC 1. Andy Keogh (Perth Glory) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diego Castro.
  7. 53' Substitution, Perth Glory. Chris Harold replaces Joel Chianese.
  8. 56' Goal! Perth Glory 3, Melbourne City FC 1. Chris Harold (Perth Glory) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Josh Risdon with a cross.
  9. 57' Substitution, Perth Glory. Rostyn Griffiths replaces Richard Garcia.
  10. 60' Osama Malik (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 62' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nick Fitzgerald replaces Bruce Kamau.
  12. 65' Joshua Rose (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 70' Luke Brattan (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 73' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Anthony Caceres replaces Luke Brattan.
  15. 75' Substitution, Perth Glory. Nebojsa Marinkovic replaces Mitchell Oxborrow.
  16. 75' Goal! Perth Glory 4, Melbourne City FC 1. Nebojsa Marinkovic (Perth Glory) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  17. 79' Lucian Goian (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 80' Goal! Perth Glory 4, Melbourne City FC 2. Tim Cahill (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolás Colazo following a fast break.
  19. 84' Goal! Perth Glory 4, Melbourne City FC 3. Nicolás Colazo (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bruno Fornaroli.
  20. 88' Goal! Perth Glory 5, Melbourne City FC 3. Adam Taggart (Perth Glory) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Chris Harold.
  21. 90' Goal! Perth Glory 5, Melbourne City FC 4. Nick Fitzgerald (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Caceres.
  22. 90'+1' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Paulo Retre replaces Neil Kilkenny.

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