Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, October 15, 2016
Melbourne City FC LLWLW 4
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Melbourne Victory DDDWD 1
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MBC224
MBV011
Marvel Stadium · 43,188 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Tim Cahill on target as Melbourne City rout Melbourne Victory

Tim Cahill scored a wonder-goal and inspired Melbourne City to a 4-1 Melbourne derby win over rivals Melbourne Victory.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
4
54.7
Possession
45.3
15
SHOTS
5
8
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
366
Accurate Passes
268
454
Passes
374
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
5
17
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.4
74
Long Balls
53
39
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
1
18
Effective Tackles
23
20
Tackles
36
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
13
12
Clearances
17

Head to Head

MBV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MBV · 4-3-3

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 15Alan BaróCD-L
  3. 17James DonachieCD-R
  4. 5Daniel GeorgievskiLB
  5. 2Jason GeriaRB
  6. 14Fahid Ben KhalfallahCM
  7. 13Oliver BozanicLM
  8. 21Carl ValeriRM
  9. 8Besart BerishaF
  10. 11Mitch AustinLF
  11. 7Marco RojasRF

Substitutes

  1. 25Sebastian PasqualiSUB
  2. 23Jai InghamSUB
  3. 6Leigh BroxhamSUB
  4. 27Alistair BraySUB
  5. 4Nicholas AnsellSUB

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 20Dean BouzanisG
  2. 22Michael JakobsenCD-L
  3. 8Neil KilkennyCD-R
  4. 3Joshua RoseLB
  5. 2Manny MuscatRB
  6. 17Tim CahillCM
  7. 9Nicolás ColazoLM
  8. 26Luke BrattanRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 27Brandán FernandoLF
  11. 11Bruce KamauRF

Substitutes

  1. 12Nick FitzgeraldSUB
  2. 40Yaren SozerSUB
  3. 4Connor ChapmanSUB
  4. 10Anthony CáceresSUB
  5. 6Osama MalikSUB

Timeline

  1. 18' Neil Kilkenny (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 27' Goal! Melbourne Victory 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Tim Cahill (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
  3. 31' Goal! Melbourne Victory 0, Melbourne City FC 2. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolás Colazo with a cross.
  4. 40' Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+1' Daniel Georgievski (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 52' Goal! Melbourne Victory 0, Melbourne City FC 3. Luke Brattan (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bruce Kamau.
  7. 56' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Leigh Broxham replaces Oliver Bozanic.
  8. 56' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Nicholas Ansell replaces Mitchell Austin.
  9. 62' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Melbourne City FC 3. Marco Rojas (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  10. 63' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Melbourne City FC 4. Fernando Brandán (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joshua Rose.
  11. 66' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Anthony Caceres replaces Tim Cahill.
  12. 70' Alan Baró (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 75' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Sebastian Pasquali replaces Fahid Ben Khalfallah.
  14. 76' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nick Fitzgerald replaces Bruce Kamau because of an injury.
  15. 77' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Osama Malik replaces Fernando Brandán.

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