Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, March 16, 2018
Melbourne City FC DWLLL 1
–
Adelaide United FC WWDLL 1
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MBC011
ADL101
Coopers Stadium · 7,668 att.

Match Report

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Adelaide United, Melbourne City share the spoils in A-League encounter

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
20
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
3
55.4
Possession
44.6
11
SHOTS
7
4
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
407
Accurate Passes
288
484
Passes
380
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
3
13
Crosses
17
0.0
Cross %
0.2
46
Long Balls
53
28
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
11
20
Tackles
26
0.4
Tackle %
0.4
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
28
16
Clearances
28

Head to Head

MBC leads series 4-1

Lineups

ADL · 4-3-3

  1. 20Paul IzzoG
  2. 22Ersan GülümCD-L
  3. 23Jordan ElseyCD-R
  4. 19Ben GaruccioLB
  5. 2Michael MarroneRB
  6. 8Isaías CM
  7. 37Daniel AdlungLM
  8. 16Nathan KonstandopoulosRM
  9. 77Dzengis CavusevicF
  10. 11Johan AbsalonsenLF
  11. 17Nikola MileusnicRF

Substitutes

  1. 7Ryan KittoSUB
  2. 1Daniel MargushSUB
  3. 5Taylor ReganSUB
  4. 29Ryan StrainSUB
  5. 14George BlackwoodSUB

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Dean BouzanisG
  2. 22Michael JakobsenCD-L
  3. 5Bart SchenkeveldCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 37Nathaniel AtkinsonRB
  6. 26Luke BrattanCM
  7. 8Oliver BozanicLM
  8. 13Stefan MaukRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 14Daniel ArzaniLF
  11. 10Dario VidosicRF

Substitutes

  1. 7Nick FitzgeraldSUB
  2. 2Manny MuscatSUB
  3. 4Harrison DelbridgeSUB
  4. 27Marcin BudzinskiSUB
  5. 18Eugene GalekovicSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Luke Brattan (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 16' Stefan Mauk (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 28' Jordan Elsey (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 33' Penalty saved! Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  5. 41' Dzengis Cavusevic (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+1' Goal! Adelaide United 1, Melbourne City FC 0. Johan Absalonsen (Adelaide United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Nathan Konstandopoulos.
  7. 53' Goal! Adelaide United 1, Melbourne City FC 1. Stefan Mauk (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  8. 63' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Manny Muscat replaces Nathaniel Atkinson because of an injury.
  9. 70' Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 74' Substitution, Adelaide United. Ryan Kitto replaces Johan Absalonsen.
  11. 79' Substitution, Adelaide United. Ryan Strain replaces Nathan Konstandopoulos.
  12. 79' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nick Fitzgerald replaces Oliver Bozanic.
  13. 81' Substitution, Adelaide United. George Blackwood replaces Dzengis Cavusevic.

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