Australian A-League Men

FT Thursday, November 10, 2016
Newcastle Jets DWDLL 1
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Melbourne City FC WWLWL 2
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NEW101
MBC202
AAMI Park · 7,745 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Bruno Fornaroli hits brace as Melbourne City beat Newcastle

Melbourne City FC's Bruno Fornaroli continued his rich vein of form by scoring twice in a 2-1 A-League win over Newcastle Jets.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
10
3
Saves
0
36.9
Possession
63.1
7
SHOTS
11
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
234
Accurate Passes
458
314
Passes
530
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
8
13
Crosses
36
0.3
Cross %
0.2
65
Long Balls
61
35
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
4
18
Effective Tackles
9
19
Tackles
12
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
38
Effective Clearances
22
38
Clearances
22

Head to Head

MBC leads series 3-2

Lineups

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 20Dean BouzanisG
  2. 22Michael JakobsenCD-L
  3. 6Osama MalikCD-R
  4. 2Manny MuscatLB
  5. 5Ivan FranjicRB
  6. 8Neil KilkennyCM
  7. 17Tim CahillLM
  8. 10Anthony CáceresRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 27Brandán FernandoLF
  11. 11Bruce KamauRF

Substitutes

  1. 12Nick FitzgeraldSUB
  2. 4Connor ChapmanSUB
  3. 35Christian CavalloSUB
  4. 1Thomas SorensenSUB
  5. 18Paulo RetreSUB

NEW · 4-4-2

  1. 20Jack DuncanG
  2. 4Nigel BoogaardCD-L
  3. 28Johnny KoutroumbisCD-R
  4. 13Ivan VujicaLB
  5. 3Jason HoffmanRB
  6. 8Mateo PoljakCM-L
  7. 10Wayne BrownCM-R
  8. 15Andrew NabboutLM
  9. 7Andrew HooleRM
  10. 9Aleksandr KokkoCF-L
  11. 19Morten NordstrandCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Labinot HalitiSUB
  2. 6Steven UgarkovicSUB
  3. 16Nick CowburnSUB
  4. 23Devante ClutSUB
  5. 40Jim FogartySUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Newcastle Jets 0. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fernando Brandán with a cross.
  2. 22' Wayne Brown (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 27' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Newcastle Jets 0. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bruce Kamau with a cross.
  4. 35' Fernando Brandán (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 35' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Newcastle Jets 1. Andrew Nabbout (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nigel Boogaard.
  6. 42' Andrew Hoole (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 63' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Devante Clut replaces Aleksandr Kokko.
  8. 65' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Labinot Haliti replaces Andrew Nabbout.
  9. 72' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Steven Ugarkovic replaces Wayne Brown because of an injury.
  10. 73' Osama Malik (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 85' Nigel Boogaard (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 86' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nick Fitzgerald replaces Fernando Brandán.
  13. 86' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Paulo Retre replaces Tim Cahill.

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