Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, November 26, 2016
Wellington Phoenix LLLWW 1
–
Melbourne City FC LWLWD 2
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MBC112
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Match Report

Team Stats

23
Fouls
23
6
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
11
3
Saves
4
42
Possession
58
12
SHOTS
13
5
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
222
Accurate Passes
317
316
Passes
407
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
8
14
Crosses
41
0.4
Cross %
0.2
42
Long Balls
61
13
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
4
14
Effective Tackles
15
20
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
33
Effective Clearances
26
33
Clearances
26

Head to Head

MBC leads series 4-1

Lineups

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 20Dean BouzanisG
  2. 22Michael JakobsenCD-L
  3. 4Connor ChapmanCD-R
  4. 3Joshua RoseLB
  5. 5Ivan FranjicRB
  6. 8Neil KilkennyCM
  7. 10Anthony CáceresLM
  8. 26Luke BrattanRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 27Brandán FernandoLF
  11. 12Nick FitzgeraldRF

WEL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Glen MossG
  2. 13Marco RossiCD-L
  3. 22Andrew DuranteCD-R
  4. 12Adam ParkhouseLB
  5. 2Jacob TrattRB
  6. 17Vince LiaCM
  7. 4Roly BonevaciaLM
  8. 8Alex RodriguezRM
  9. 7Guilherme FinklerF
  10. 9Kosta BarbarousesLF
  11. 21Roy KrishnaRF

Timeline

  1. 39' Alex Rodriguez (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 44' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Nick Fitzgerald (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Neil Kilkenny.
  3. 59' Penalty saved! Roy Krishna (Wellington Phoenix) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  4. 59' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 1. Roy Krishna (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  5. 65' Jacob Tratt (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 66' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Tim Cahill replaces Fernando Brandán.
  7. 67' Guilherme Finkler (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 69' Marco Rossi (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 69' Andrew Durante (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 71' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Wellington Phoenix 1. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  11. 72' Adam Parkhouse (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 73' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Louis Fenton replaces Adam Parkhouse.
  13. 76' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nicolás Colazo replaces Luke Brattan.
  14. 80' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Bruce Kamau replaces Bruno Fornaroli.
  15. 81' Nicolás Colazo (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 83' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Hamish Watson replaces Roly Bonevacia.
  17. 83' Neil Kilkenny (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 86' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Matthew Ridenton replaces Guilherme Finkler.
  19. 88' Connor Chapman (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.

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