Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, February 10, 2018
Sydney FC WDDWW 4
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Melbourne City FC WDWDW 0
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AAMI Park · 8,587 att.

Match Report

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Ruthless Sydney see off Melbourne City as title defence moves closer

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
3
48.5
Possession
51.5
8
SHOTS
16
7
ON GOAL
3
0.9
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
402
Accurate Passes
425
500
Passes
505
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
4
Crosses
25
0.5
Cross %
0.2
63
Long Balls
44
29
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
5
19
Effective Tackles
10
25
Tackles
19
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
6
25
Clearances
6

Head to Head

SYD leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dean BouzanisG
  2. 4Harrison DelbridgeCD-L
  3. 5Bart SchenkeveldCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 2Manny MuscatRB
  6. 13Stefan MaukAM
  7. 22Michael JakobsenLM
  8. 26Luke BrattanRM
  9. 27Marcin BudzinskiF
  10. 10Dario VidosicAM-L
  11. 14Daniel ArzaniAM-R

SYD · 4-4-2

  1. 1Andrew RedmayneG
  2. 4Alex WilkinsonCD-L
  3. 5Jordy BuijsCD-R
  4. 7Michael ZulloLB
  5. 26Luke WilkshireRB
  6. 13Brandon O'NeillCM-L
  7. 6Josh BrillanteCM-R
  8. 10Milos NinkovicLM
  9. 11Adrian MierzejewskiRM
  10. 9BobôCF-L
  11. 14Alex BrosqueCF-R

Timeline

  1. 19' Luke Wilkshire (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Sydney FC 1. Bobô (Sydney FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  3. 43' Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Sydney FC 2. Milos Ninkovic (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Michael Zullo.
  4. 64' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Bruno Fornaroli replaces Manny Muscat.
  5. 65' Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Sydney FC 3. Bobô (Sydney FC) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michael Zullo with a cross.
  6. 71' Joshua Brillante (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 72' Substitution, Sydney FC. David Carney replaces Alex Brosque.
  8. 79' Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Sydney FC 4. Adrian Mierzejewski (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Michael Zullo with a cross.
  9. 80' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Denis Genreau replaces Stefan Mauk.
  10. 83' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Bruce Kamau replaces Daniel Arzani.
  11. 84' Substitution, Sydney FC. Matt Simon replaces Bobô.
  12. 85' Luke Brattan (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+1' Substitution, Sydney FC. Paulo Retre replaces Joshua Brillante.

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