Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, October 7, 2016
Melbourne City FC WLLWL 1
–
Wellington Phoenix WLLLL 0
1st2ndT
MBC101
WEL000
Sky Stadium · 10,034 att. · ESPN3

Team Stats

20
Fouls
20
3
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
6
8
Corner Kicks
7
1
Saves
4
55.1
Possession
44.9
14
SHOTS
9
5
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
315
Accurate Passes
230
413
Passes
331
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
4
17
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.3
76
Long Balls
53
33
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
4
16
Effective Tackles
21
20
Tackles
29
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
17
22
Clearances
21

Head to Head

MBC leads series 4-1

Lineups

WEL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Glen MossG
  2. 13Marco RossiCD-L
  3. 6Dylan FoxCD-R
  4. 12Adam ParkhouseLB
  5. 2Jacob TrattRB
  6. 17Vince LiaCM
  7. 8Alex RodriguezLM
  8. 4Roly BonevaciaRM
  9. 7Guilherme FinklerF
  10. 21Roy KrishnaLF
  11. 11Hamish WatsonRF

MBC · 3-5-2

  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 22Michael JakobsenCD
  3. 3Joshua RoseCD-L
  4. 4Connor ChapmanCD-R
  5. 10Anthony CáceresCM-L
  6. 26Luke BrattanCM-R
  7. 8Neil KilkennyAM
  8. 27Brandán FernandoLM
  9. 11Bruce KamauRM
  10. 9Nicolás ColazoCF-L
  11. 23Bruno FornaroliCF-R

Timeline

  1. 31' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Anthony Caceres (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bruce Kamau.
  2. 45' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Alex Rufer replaces Hamish Watson.
  3. 58' Thomas Sørensen (Melbourne City FC) is shown the red card.
  4. 62' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Dean Bouzanis replaces Fernando Brandán.
  5. 63' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Manny Muscat replaces Anthony Caceres.
  6. 67' Neil Kilkenny (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 70' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nick Fitzgerald replaces Nicolás Colazo.
  8. 75' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Logan Rogerson replaces Vince Lia.
  9. 81' Dean Bouzanis (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 90'+6' Nick Fitzgerald (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90'+8' Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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