Australian A-League Men

FT Sunday, April 1, 2018
Melbourne City FC LLLDW 3
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Newcastle Jets DWWWL 0
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McDonald Jones Stadium · 11,423 att.

Match Report

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Daniel Arzani masterclass, Dario Vidosic double sees Melbourne past Newcastle

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
2
48.4
Possession
51.6
14
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
343
Accurate Passes
377
425
Passes
461
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
3
18
Crosses
10
0.3
Cross %
0.3
78
Long Balls
54
33
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
5
Effective Tackles
8
9
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
12
11
Clearances
12

Head to Head

MBC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NEW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jack DuncanG
  2. 44Nikolai Topor-StanleyCD-L
  3. 5Benjamin KantarovskiCD-R
  4. 13Ivan VujicaLB
  5. 17Daniel GeorgievskiRB
  6. 8Ronald VargasAM
  7. 16Nick CowburnLM
  8. 6Steven UgarkovicRM
  9. 9Roy O'DonovanF
  10. 27Riley McGreeAM-L
  11. 7Dimitrios PetratosAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Lachlan JacksonSUB
  2. 11Patricio RodríguezSUB
  3. 20Glen MossSUB
  4. 18Johnny KoutroumbisSUB
  5. 24Joe ChampnessSUB

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. 18Eugene GalekovicSUB
  2. 4Harrison DelbridgeSUB
  3. 2Manny MuscatSUB
  4. 27Marcin BudzinskiSUB
  5. 7Nick FitzgeraldSUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Daniel Arzani (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 25' Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 40' Ivan Vujica (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 42' Goal! Newcastle Jets 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  5. 53' Goal! Newcastle Jets 0, Melbourne City FC 2. Dario Vidosic (Melbourne City FC) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luke Brattan with a cross following a corner.
  6. 62' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Patito Rodríguez replaces Nick Cowburn.
  7. 69' Daniel Georgievski (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 74' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Joseph Champness replaces Ronald Vargas.
  9. 74' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nick Fitzgerald replaces Bruno Fornaroli.
  10. 77' Goal! Newcastle Jets 0, Melbourne City FC 3. Dario Vidosic (Melbourne City FC) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  11. 80' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Manny Muscat replaces Daniel Arzani.
  12. 82' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Harrison Delbridge replaces Michael Jakobsen.

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