Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, April 7, 2018
Central Coast Mariners FC WLLLL 0
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Melbourne City FC LLDWW 1
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AAMI Park · 8,156 att.

Match Report

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Bruno Fornaroli seals home spot for Melbourne City with CCM win

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
9
4
Saves
0
42.3
Possession
57.7
5
SHOTS
16
0
ON GOAL
5
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
332
Accurate Passes
491
413
Passes
570
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
3
22
Crosses
26
0.2
Cross %
0.1
50
Long Balls
45
21
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
6
17
Effective Tackles
13
22
Tackles
21
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
37
Effective Clearances
19
37
Clearances
19

Head to Head

MBC leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

MBC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Dean BouzanisG
  2. 22Michael JakobsenCD-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. 27Marcin BudzinskiSUB
  2. 4Harrison DelbridgeSUB
  3. 18Eugene GalekovicSUB
  4. 7Nick FitzgeraldSUB
  5. 2Manny MuscatSUB

CCM · 3-4-3

  1. 1Ben KennedyG
  2. 15Alan BaróCD
  3. 21Kye RowlesCD-L
  4. 16Liam RoseCD-R
  5. 24Lachlan WalesCM-L
  6. 23Wout BramaCM-R
  7. 3Joshua RoseLM
  8. 4Jake McGingRM
  9. 7Andrew HooleF
  10. 11Connor PainCF-L
  11. 12Trent BuhagiarCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Blake PowellSUB
  2. 22Jacob MellingSUB
  3. 25Peter KekerisSUB
  4. 14Adam BerrySUB
  5. 18Thomas GloverSUB

Timeline

  1. 34' Daniel Arzani (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 39' Connor Pain (Central Coast Mariners) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 49' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Central Coast Mariners 0. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Scott Jamieson.
  4. 55' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nick Fitzgerald replaces Daniel Arzani.
  5. 69' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Jacob Melling replaces Trent Buhagiar.
  6. 78' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Blake Powell replaces Joshua Rose.
  7. 82' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Manny Muscat replaces Stefan Mauk.
  8. 84' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Peter Kekeris replaces Lachlan Wales.
  9. 87' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Harrison Delbridge replaces Nathaniel Atkinson because of an injury.

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