Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, April 14, 2018
Melbourne City FC LDWWW 1
–
Wellington Phoenix LLDLL 2
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MBC101
WEL112
North Harbour Stadium · 4,312 att.

Match Report

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Sarpreet Singh double boosts Phoenix hopes of avoiding A-League wooden spoon

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
3
63.6
Possession
36.4
19
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
523
Accurate Passes
262
619
Passes
348
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
5
24
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
66
32
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
3
18
Effective Tackles
18
24
Tackles
25
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
31
12
Clearances
31

Head to Head

MBC leads series 5-0

Lineups

WEL · 4-2-2-2

  1. 20Oliver SailG
  2. 22Andrew DuranteCD-L
  3. 6Dylan FoxCD-R
  4. 26Liberato CacaceLB
  5. 3Scott GallowayRB
  6. 10Michael McGlincheyCM-L
  7. 4Goran ParackiCM-R
  8. 7Nathan BurnsCF-L
  9. 21Roy KrishnaCF-R
  10. 18Sarpreet SinghAM-L
  11. 8Matija LjujicAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Marco RossiSUB
  2. 9Andrija KaludjerovicSUB
  3. 23Matthew RidentonSUB
  4. 1Lewis ItalianoSUB
  5. 24Logan RogersonSUB

MBC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Dean BouzanisG
  2. 6Osama MalikCD-L
  3. 5Bart SchenkeveldCD-R
  4. 26Luke BrattanDM
  5. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  6. 37Nathaniel AtkinsonRB
  7. 8Oliver BozanicCM-L
  8. 13Stefan MaukCM-R
  9. 10Dario VidosicLM
  10. 14Daniel ArzaniRM
  11. 23Bruno FornaroliF

Substitutes

  1. 7Nick FitzgeraldSUB
  2. 2Manny MuscatSUB
  3. 4Harrison DelbridgeSUB
  4. 11Bruce KamauSUB
  5. 18Eugene GalekovicSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner.
  2. 32' Matija Ljujic (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 33' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne City FC 1. Sarpreet Singh (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matija Ljujic.
  4. 51' Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 58' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Melbourne City FC 1. Sarpreet Singh (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Michael McGlinchey.
  6. 73' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nick Fitzgerald replaces Stefan Mauk.
  7. 83' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Matthew Ridenton replaces Scott Galloway.
  8. 83' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Marco Rossi replaces Goran Paracki.
  9. 84' Sarpreet Singh (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 84' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Manny Muscat replaces Nathaniel Atkinson.
  11. 87' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Harrison Delbridge replaces Scott Jamieson because of an injury.
  12. 88' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Logan Rogerson replaces Matija Ljujic.

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