Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, February 24, 2018
Melbourne City FC DWDWL 1
–
Perth Glory FC LLWLL 2
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MBC101
PER022
HBF Park · 8,029 att.

Match Report

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Adam Taggart grabs late, late winner for Perth Glory against Melbourne

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
16
0
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
0
48.3
Possession
51.7
7
SHOTS
15
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
370
Accurate Passes
388
467
Passes
495
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.3
78
Long Balls
65
38
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
4
10
Effective Tackles
17
15
Tackles
27
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
24
28
Clearances
24

Head to Head

PER leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

PER · 4-4-1-1

  1. 33Liam ReddyG
  2. 2Alex GrantCD-L
  3. 66Dino DjulbicCD-R
  4. 16Joseph MillsLB
  5. 23Scott NevilleRB
  6. 8Xavi TorresCM-L
  7. 88Neil KilkennyCM-R
  8. 26Jacob ItalianoLM
  9. 7Joel ChianeseRM
  10. 9Andy KeoghF
  11. 17Diego CastroRCF

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dean BouzanisG
  2. 22Michael JakobsenCD-L
  3. 5Bart SchenkeveldCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 37Nathaniel AtkinsonRB
  6. 10Dario VidosicAM
  7. 8Oliver BozanicLM
  8. 26Luke BrattanRM
  9. 27Marcin BudzinskiF
  10. 14Daniel ArzaniAM-L
  11. 7Nick FitzgeraldAM-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Scott Neville (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 44' Goal! Perth Glory 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Daniel Arzani (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Scott Jamieson.
  3. 56' Bart Schenkeveld (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 58' Substitution, Perth Glory. Adam Taggart replaces Jacob Italiano.
  5. 58' Substitution, Perth Glory. Andreu Mayoral replaces Xavi Torres.
  6. 67' Second yellow card to Bart Schenkeveld (Melbourne City FC) for a bad foul.
  7. 68' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Harrison Delbridge replaces Daniel Arzani.
  8. 75' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Bruce Kamau replaces Nathaniel Atkinson because of an injury.
  9. 80' Substitution, Perth Glory. Jake Brimmer replaces Diego Castro because of an injury.
  10. 85' Goal! Perth Glory 1, Melbourne City FC 1. Neil Kilkenny (Perth Glory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  11. 86' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Bruno Fornaroli replaces Marcin Budzinski.
  12. 90'+7' Goal! Perth Glory 2, Melbourne City FC 1. Adam Taggart (Perth Glory) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Joel Chianese with a cross following a fast break.
  13. 90'+8' Adam Taggart (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.

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