Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, February 17, 2017
Melbourne City FC LWLLD 5
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Wellington Phoenix WLDLL 1
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Match Report

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Melbourne City thrash Wellington Phoenix 5-1 in A-League

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
1
54.5
Possession
45.5
15
SHOTS
11
5
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
332
Accurate Passes
264
407
Passes
335
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
5
12
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.2
41
Long Balls
47
19
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
19
Effective Tackles
15
22
Tackles
25
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
8
22
Clearances
8

Head to Head

MBC leads series 4-1

Lineups

WEL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Glen MossG
  2. 13Marco RossiCD-L
  3. 5Ryan LowCD-R
  4. 19Tom DoyleLB
  5. 23Matthew RidentonRB
  6. 4Roly BonevaciaCM
  7. 17Vince LiaLM
  8. 8Alex RodriguezRM
  9. 11Hamish WatsonF
  10. 21Roy KrishnaLF
  11. 9Kosta BarbarousesRF

MBC · 4-3-3

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

Timeline

  1. 9' Anthony Caceres (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 20' Own Goal by Ryan Lowry, Wellington Phoenix. Wellington Phoenix 0, Melbourne City FC 1.
  3. 29' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 0, Melbourne City FC 2. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Manny Muscat following a set piece situation.
  4. 40' Manny Muscat (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 46' Osama Malik (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 54' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Shane Smeltz replaces Roy Krishna because of an injury.
  7. 59' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 0, Melbourne City FC 3. Anthony Caceres (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  8. 67' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Sarpreet Singh replaces Alex Rodriguez.
  9. 70' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne City FC 3. Kosta Barbarouses (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roly Bonevacia.
  10. 74' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nicolás Colazo replaces Fernando Brandán.
  11. 75' Shane Smeltz (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 81' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Adam Parkhouse replaces Tom Doyle because of an injury.
  13. 82' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne City FC 4. Neil Kilkenny (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  14. 86' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Tim Cahill replaces Bruno Fornaroli.
  15. 87' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne City FC 5. Nicolás Colazo (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nick Fitzgerald.
  16. 88' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Paulo Retre replaces Anthony Caceres.

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