Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, March 24, 2017
Melbourne City FC DWLWW 1
–
Western Sydney Wanderers FC LLDWW 3
1st2ndT
MBC101
WSW123
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Match Report

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Brendon Santalab nets hat trick as Wanderers beat Melbourne City

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
4
57.8
Possession
42.2
12
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
403
Accurate Passes
270
488
Passes
359
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
23
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.4
66
Long Balls
52
38
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
10
14
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
26
18
Clearances
26

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

WSW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Vedran JanjetovicG
  2. 22Jonathan AspropotamitisCD-L
  3. 18Robert CornthwaiteCD-R
  4. 3Jack ClisbyLB
  5. 12Scott NevilleRB
  6. 6Mitch NicholsAM
  7. 15Kearyn BaccusLM
  8. 24Terry AntonisRM
  9. 11Brendon SantalabF
  10. 14Jumpei KusukamiAM-L
  11. 10Nicolás MartínezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Jerrad TysonSUB
  2. 23Lachlan ScottSUB
  3. 16Jaushua SotirioSUB
  4. 2Shannon ColeSUB
  5. 5Brendan HamillSUB

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 21Ruon TongyikCD-L
  3. 6Osama MalikCD-R
  4. 3Joshua RoseLB
  5. 5Ivan FranjicRB
  6. 10Anthony CáceresAM
  7. 8Neil KilkennyLM
  8. 26Luke BrattanRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 11Bruce KamauAM-L
  11. 12Nick FitzgeraldAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Dean BouzanisSUB
  2. 14Daniel ArzaniSUB
  3. 2Manny MuscatSUB
  4. 9Nicolás ColazoSUB
  5. 18Paulo RetreSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Neil Kilkenny (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nick Fitzgerald.
  2. 9' Kearyn Baccus (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 22' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1, Melbourne City FC 1. Brendon Santalab (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nicolás Martínez.
  4. 43' Jack Clisby (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Osama Malik (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 60' Brendon Santalab (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 64' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2, Melbourne City FC 1. Brendon Santalab (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Scott Neville with a cross.
  8. 68' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3, Melbourne City FC 1. Brendon Santalab (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Clisby.
  9. 70' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nicolás Colazo replaces Bruce Kamau.
  10. 75' Penalty saved! Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  11. 78' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Brendan Hamill replaces Kearyn Baccus.
  12. 81' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Jaushua Sotirio replaces Nicolás Martínez.
  13. 81' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Daniel Arzani replaces Neil Kilkenny.
  14. 84' Ruon Tongyik (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 86' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Lachlan Scott replaces Brendon Santalab.
  16. 86' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Paulo Retre replaces Luke Brattan.

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