Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, March 4, 2017
Melbourne City FC LLDWL 3
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Central Coast Mariners FC WWWLD 2
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MBC213
CCM112
polytec Stadium · 5,974 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Melbourne City win five-goal thriller against Central Coast Mariners

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
8
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
6
46.9
Possession
53.1
19
SHOTS
16
8
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
308
Accurate Passes
344
375
Passes
420
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
10
Accurate Crosses
6
18
Crosses
26
0.6
Cross %
0.2
60
Long Balls
61
33
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
6
12
Effective Tackles
9
18
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
12
25
Clearances
12

Head to Head

MBC leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CCM · 4-1-4-1

  1. 20Paul IzzoG
  2. 4Jacob PoscolieroCD-L
  3. 16Liam RoseCD-R
  4. 22Jake McGingDM
  5. 3Scott GallowayLB
  6. 2Storm RouxRB
  7. 7Fábio FerreiraCM-L
  8. 8Nick MontgomeryCM-R
  9. 11Connor PainLM
  10. 13Kwabena Appiah-KubiRM
  11. 9Roy O'DonovanF

Substitutes

  1. 17Josh BinghamSUB
  2. 5Harry AscroftSUB
  3. 12Trent BuhagiarSUB
  4. 14Adam BerrySUB
  5. 1Ivan NecevskiSUB

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 21Ruon TongyikCD-L
  3. 6Osama MalikCD-R
  4. 3Joshua RoseLB
  5. 5Ivan FranjicRB
  6. 8Neil KilkennyCM
  7. 26Luke BrattanLM
  8. 10Anthony CáceresRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 27Brandán FernandoLF
  11. 12Nick FitzgeraldRF

Substitutes

  1. 9Nicolás ColazoSUB
  2. 11Bruce KamauSUB
  3. 40Yaren SozerSUB
  4. 18Paulo RetreSUB
  5. 17Tim CahillSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 16' Own Goal by Nick Montgomery, Central Coast Mariners. Central Coast Mariners 0, Melbourne City FC 2.
  3. 34' Anthony Caceres (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Osama Malik (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+1' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 1, Melbourne City FC 2. Fabio Ferreira (Central Coast Mariners) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  6. 47' Own Goal by Ruon Tongyik, Melbourne City FC. Central Coast Mariners 2, Melbourne City FC 2.
  7. 62' Paul Izzo (Central Coast Mariners) is shown the red card.
  8. 63' Storm Roux (Central Coast Mariners) Yellow Card at 63'
  9. 63' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Ivan Necevski replaces Kwabena Appiah-Kubi.
  10. 64' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 2, Melbourne City FC 3. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  11. 66' Neil Kilkenny (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 73' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Bruce Kamau replaces Fernando Brandán.
  13. 74' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Trent Buhagiar replaces Connor Pain.
  14. 81' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Josh Bingham replaces Fabio Ferreira.
  15. 83' Nick Montgomery (Central Coast Mariners) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 84' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nicolás Colazo replaces Anthony Caceres.
  17. 88' Joshua Rose (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+1' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Paulo Retre replaces Neil Kilkenny.

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