Australian A-League Men

FT Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Melbourne City FC WLLLW 2
–
Perth Glory FC LWWLL 0
1st2ndT
MBC202
PER000
HBF Park · 8,016 att.

Match Report

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Ross McCormack scores brace as Melbourne City beat Perth Glory

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
1
50.6
Possession
49.4
8
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
404
Accurate Passes
366
498
Passes
467
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
4
9
Crosses
23
0.1
Cross %
0.2
76
Long Balls
53
33
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
6
13
Effective Tackles
12
18
Tackles
26
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
15
23
Clearances
15

Head to Head

PER leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

PER · 4-4-2

  1. 33Liam ReddyG
  2. 2Alex GrantCD-L
  3. 8Xavi TorresCD-R
  4. 29Jeremy WalkerLB
  5. 23Scott NevilleRB
  6. 18AndreuCM-L
  7. 20Jake BrimmerCM-R
  8. 17Diego CastroLM
  9. 26Jacob ItalianoRM
  10. 9Andy KeoghCF-L
  11. 22Adam TaggartCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Joseph KnowlesSUB
  2. 13Nick FeelySUB
  3. 14Chris HaroldSUB
  4. 24Callum TimminsSUB
  5. 37Walter ScottSUB

MBC · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Dean BouzanisG
  2. 5Bart SchenkeveldCD
  3. 22Michael JakobsenCD-L
  4. 4Harrison DelbridgeCD-R
  5. 6Osama MalikCM-L
  6. 26Luke BrattanCM-R
  7. 3Scott JamiesonLM
  8. 37Nathaniel AtkinsonRM
  9. 44Ross McCormackF
  10. 10Dario VidosicCF-L
  11. 14Daniel ArzaniCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Nick FitzgeraldSUB
  2. 2Manny MuscatSUB
  3. 18Eugene GalekovicSUB
  4. 27Marcin BudzinskiSUB
  5. 9Marcelo CarruscaSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Perth Glory 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Ross McCormack (Melbourne City FC) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  2. 24' Scott Jamieson (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Goal! Perth Glory 0, Melbourne City FC 2. Ross McCormack (Melbourne City FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 41' Luke Brattan (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Perth Glory. Walter Scott replaces Jake Brimmer.
  6. 47' Alex Grant (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 60' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nick Fitzgerald replaces Dario Vidosic.
  8. 63' Andreu Mayoral (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 63' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Manny Muscat replaces Daniel Arzani.
  10. 66' Jacob Italiano (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 72' Substitution, Perth Glory. Chris Harold replaces Adam Taggart.
  12. 88' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Marcin Budzinski replaces Nathaniel Atkinson.
  13. 90'+3' Xavi Torres (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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