Australian A-League Men

FT Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Perth Glory FC WLDLL 3
–
Melbourne City FC DWDDL 3
1st2ndT
PER213
MBC213
AAMI Park · 11,269 att.

Match Report

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Melbourne City and Perth Glory share spoils in six-goal thriller

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
5
8
Saves
3
30.5
Possession
69.5
10
SHOTS
24
6
ON GOAL
11
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
3
142
Accurate Passes
456
215
Passes
522
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
8
21
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.4
53
Long Balls
54
26
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
6
14
Effective Tackles
4
17
Tackles
5
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
32
Effective Clearances
17
32
Clearances
17

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

MBC · 3-4-3-d

  1. 20Dean BouzanisG
  2. 21Ruon TongyikCD
  3. 2Manny MuscatCD-L
  4. 5Ivan FranjicDM
  5. 8Neil KilkennySW
  6. 17Tim CahillAM
  7. 10Anthony CáceresLM
  8. 26Luke BrattanRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 9Nicolás ColazoLF
  11. 11Bruce KamauRF

Substitutes

  1. 27Brandán Fernando
  2. 1Thomas Sorensen
  3. 14Daniel Arzani
  4. 4Connor Chapman
  5. 34Denis Genreau

PER · 4-4-2

  1. 33Liam ReddyG
  2. 2Alex GrantCD-L
  3. 6Dino DjulbicCD-R
  4. 3Marc WarrenLB
  5. 19Joshua RisdonRB
  6. 8Rostyn GriffithsCM-L
  7. 15Brandon WilsonCM-R
  8. 17Diego CastroLM
  9. 14Chris HaroldRM
  10. 9Andy KeoghCF-L
  11. 22Adam TaggartCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Joel ChianeseSUB
  2. 24Milan SmiljanicSUB
  3. 30Jordan ThurtellSUB
  4. 10Nebojsa MarinkovicSUB
  5. 20Aryn WilliamsSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Perth Glory 0. Tim Cahill (Melbourne City FC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolás Colazo with a cross following a corner.
  2. 16' Marc Warren (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 21' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Perth Glory 1. Diego Castro (Perth Glory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Chris Harold.
  4. 28' Manny Muscat (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 36' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Perth Glory 1. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Bruce Kamau.
  6. 39' Penalty saved! Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the top right corner.
  7. 40' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Perth Glory 2. Diego Castro (Perth Glory) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adam Taggart.
  8. 43' Dino Djulbic (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 45'+2' Neil Kilkenny (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 47' Ruon Tongyik (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 56' Substitution, Perth Glory. Nebojsa Marinkovic replaces Adam Taggart.
  12. 58' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Fernando Brandán replaces Manny Muscat.
  13. 61' Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Perth Glory 2. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  14. 64' Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Perth Glory 3. Chris Harold (Perth Glory) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nebojsa Marinkovic with a through ball.
  15. 78' Substitution, Perth Glory. Aryn Williams replaces Marc Warren because of an injury.
  16. 80' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Denis Genreau replaces Anthony Caceres.
  17. 80' Substitution, Perth Glory. Joel Chianese replaces Diego Castro.
  18. 90' Dino Djulbic (Perth Glory) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  19. 90'+3' Fernando Brandán (Melbourne City FC) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  20. 90'+5' Penalty saved! Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  21. 90'+7' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Daniel Arzani replaces Bruce Kamau.

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