Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, December 9, 2016
Melbourne City FC LWDWD 1
–
Sydney FC WWDDW 1
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MBC101
SYD011
Accor Stadium · 14,688 att.

Match Report

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Bobo penalty earns Sydney FC draw with Melbourne City

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
0
59.2
Possession
40.8
5
SHOTS
17
1
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
336
Accurate Passes
222
428
Passes
296
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
19
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.1
66
Long Balls
43
39
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
5
14
Effective Tackles
10
14
Tackles
20
1.0
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
22
19
Clearances
22

Head to Head

MBC leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SYD · 4-4-2

  1. 20Danny VukovicG
  2. 4Alex WilkinsonCD-L
  3. 22Sebastian RyallCD-R
  4. 7Michael ZulloLB
  5. 23Rhyan GrantRB
  6. 8Milos DimitrijevicCM-L
  7. 6Josh BrillanteCM-R
  8. 10Milos NinkovicLM
  9. 21Filip HoloskoRM
  10. 14Alex BrosqueCF-L
  11. 9BobôCF-R

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 20Dean BouzanisG
  2. 22Michael JakobsenCD-L
  3. 21Ruon TongyikCD-R
  4. 3Joshua RoseLB
  5. 5Ivan FranjicRB
  6. 8Neil KilkennyCM
  7. 9Nicolás ColazoLM
  8. 26Luke BrattanRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 27Brandán FernandoLF
  11. 10Anthony CáceresRF

Timeline

  1. 25' Joshua Brillante (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 31' Goal! Sydney FC 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Fernando Brandán (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nicolás Colazo.
  3. 36' Neil Kilkenny (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 57' Substitution, Sydney FC. Bernie Ibini-Isei replaces Filip Holosko.
  5. 69' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Paulo Retre replaces Anthony Caceres.
  6. 69' Paulo Retre (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 73' Second yellow card to Joshua Brillante (Sydney FC) for a bad foul.
  8. 78' Bobô (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 78' Substitution, Sydney FC. Brandon O'Neill replaces Milos Dimitrijevic.
  10. 81' Goal! Sydney FC 1, Melbourne City FC 1. Bobô (Sydney FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  11. 82' Substitution, Sydney FC. Matt Simon replaces Bobô.
  12. 84' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Tim Cahill replaces Ivan Franjic.
  13. 85' Matt Simon (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+2' Tim Cahill (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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