Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, February 24, 2017
Sydney FC WWDWL 3
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Melbourne City FC WLLDW 1
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SYD123
MBC101
AAMI Park · 10,706 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Sydney FC go 11 clear in A-League with win over Melbourne City

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
1
3
Saves
6
58.6
Possession
41.4
13
SHOTS
6
9
ON GOAL
4
0.7
On Target %
0.7
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
419
Accurate Passes
272
503
Passes
345
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
9
Accurate Crosses
3
16
Crosses
15
0.6
Cross %
0.2
70
Long Balls
63
41
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
0
20
Effective Tackles
17
30
Tackles
22
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
11
12
Clearances
11

Head to Head

MBC leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

MBC · 4-2-2-2

  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 6Osama MalikCD-L
  3. 2Manny MuscatCD-R
  4. 3Joshua RoseLB
  5. 5Ivan FranjicRB
  6. 26Luke BrattanCM-L
  7. 8Neil KilkennyCM-R
  8. 23Bruno FornaroliCF-L
  9. 17Tim CahillCF-R
  10. 10Anthony CáceresAM-L
  11. 12Nick FitzgeraldAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 40Yaren SozerSUB
  2. 21Ruon TongyikSUB
  3. 18Paulo RetreSUB
  4. 11Bruce KamauSUB
  5. 27Brandán FernandoSUB

SYD · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Danny VukovicG
  2. 4Alex WilkinsonCD-L
  3. 5Jordy BuijsCD-R
  4. 7Michael ZulloLB
  5. 23Rhyan GrantRB
  6. 14Alex BrosqueAM
  7. 13Brandon O'NeillLM
  8. 6Josh BrillanteRM
  9. 9BobôF
  10. 10Milos NinkovicAM-L
  11. 21Filip HoloskoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Bernie Ibini-IseiSUB
  2. 8Milos DimitrijevicSUB
  3. 17David CarneySUB
  4. 1Andrew RedmayneSUB
  5. 18Matt SimonSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Milos Ninkovic (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 23' Manny Muscat (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 24' Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Sydney FC 1. Bobô (Sydney FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 25' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Sydney FC 1. Nick Fitzgerald (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  5. 39' Second yellow card to Manny Muscat (Melbourne City FC) for a bad foul.
  6. 42' Joshua Brillante (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Ruon Tongyik replaces Tim Cahill.
  8. 55' Ruon Tongyik (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  9. 56' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Sydney FC 2. Brandon O'Neill (Sydney FC) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  10. 58' Substitution, Sydney FC. Milos Dimitrijevic replaces Joshua Brillante.
  11. 62' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Fernando Brandán replaces Anthony Caceres.
  12. 67' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Sydney FC 3. Bobô (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Milos Ninkovic with a through ball.
  13. 71' Substitution, Sydney FC. Bernie Ibini-Isei replaces Filip Holosko.
  14. 73' Neil Kilkenny (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 78' Substitution, Sydney FC. David Carney replaces Alex Brosque.
  16. 78' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Bruce Kamau replaces Nick Fitzgerald.

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