Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, March 18, 2017
Newcastle Jets LDLDL 0
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Melbourne City FC LDWLW 4
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MBC134
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Match Report

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Tim Cahill leads Melbourne City to rout of Newcastle Jets

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
2
5
Saves
1
39.2
Possession
60.8
7
SHOTS
19
1
ON GOAL
9
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
302
Accurate Passes
513
385
Passes
594
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
8
10
Crosses
18
0.2
Cross %
0.4
49
Long Balls
68
27
Accurate Long Balls
49
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
6
9
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
16
28
Clearances
16

Head to Head

NEW leads series 3-2

Lineups

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 21Ruon TongyikCD-L
  3. 6Osama MalikCD-R
  4. 3Joshua RoseLB
  5. 5Ivan FranjicRB
  6. 23Bruno FornaroliAM
  7. 8Neil KilkennyLM
  8. 26Luke BrattanRM
  9. 17Tim CahillF
  10. 9Nicolás ColazoAM-L
  11. 10Anthony CáceresAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 40Yaren SozerSUB
  2. 11Bruce KamauSUB
  3. 12Nick FitzgeraldSUB
  4. 18Paulo RetreSUB
  5. 2Manny MuscatSUB

NEW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Jack DuncanG
  2. 22Lachlan JacksonCD-L
  3. 4Nigel BoogaardCD-R
  4. 28Johnny KoutroumbisLB
  5. 2Daniel MullenRB
  6. 10Wayne BrownAM
  7. 6Steven UgarkovicLM
  8. 5Benjamin KantarovskiRM
  9. 9Aleksandr KokkoF
  10. 15Andrew NabboutAM-L
  11. 7Andrew HooleAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Ivan VujicaSUB
  2. 8Mateo PoljakSUB
  3. 18Leilei MaSUB
  4. 19Morten NordstrandSUB
  5. 30Pierce ClarkSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Newcastle Jets 0. Tim Cahill (Melbourne City FC) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Joshua Rose with a cross.
  2. 26' Nigel Boogaard (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 40' Ruon Tongyik (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+2' Wayne Brown (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Morten Nordstrand replaces Aleksandr Kokko.
  6. 57' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nick Fitzgerald replaces Tim Cahill.
  7. 59' Luke Brattan (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 65' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Newcastle Jets 0. Nick Fitzgerald (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Caceres with a through ball.
  9. 73' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Bruce Kamau replaces Nicolás Colazo.
  10. 73' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Ma Leilei replaces Benjamin Kantarovski.
  11. 75' Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Newcastle Jets 0. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  12. 81' Goal! Melbourne City FC 4, Newcastle Jets 0. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Caceres.
  13. 85' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Mateo Poljak replaces Steven Ugarkovic.
  14. 87' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Paulo Retre replaces Luke Brattan.

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