Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, January 6, 2018
Wellington Phoenix LDLLD 1
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Melbourne City FC WWLLL 2
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WEL101
MBC022
AAMI Park · 5,207 att.

Match Report

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Ross McCormack brace fires Melbourne City to Wellington win

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
2
30.5
Possession
69.5
12
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
177
Accurate Passes
562
278
Passes
654
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
5
17
Crosses
22
0.4
Cross %
0.2
72
Long Balls
67
27
Accurate Long Balls
42
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
9
14
Tackles
16
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
24
Effective Clearances
27
24
Clearances
27

Head to Head

MBC leads series 5-0

Lineups

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dean BouzanisG
  2. 22Michael JakobsenCD-L
  3. 5Bart SchenkeveldCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 2Manny MuscatRB
  6. 37Nathaniel AtkinsonAM
  7. 6Osama MalikLM
  8. 26Luke BrattanRM
  9. 44Ross McCormackF
  10. 10Dario VidosicAM-L
  11. 7Nick FitzgeraldAM-R

WEL · 5-3-2

  1. 1Lewis ItalianoG
  2. 22Andrew DuranteCD
  3. 13Marco RossiCD-L
  4. 2Daniel MullenCD-R
  5. 19Tom DoyleLB
  6. 3Scott GallowayRB
  7. 4Goran ParackiCM
  8. 23Matthew RidentonCM-L
  9. 10Michael McGlincheyCM-R
  10. 9Andrija KaludjerovicCF-L
  11. 21Roy KrishnaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 42' Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Wellington Phoenix 1. Roy Krishna (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal.
  2. 45'+1' Luke Brattan (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 53' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Daniel Arzani replaces Manny Muscat.
  4. 64' Marco Rossi (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 65' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Marcelo Carrusca replaces Nick Fitzgerald.
  6. 70' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Nathan Burns replaces Roy Krishna.
  7. 72' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 1. Ross McCormack (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  8. 80' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Wellington Phoenix 1. Ross McCormack (Melbourne City FC) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Arzani with a cross.
  9. 82' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Harrison Delbridge replaces Dario Vidosic.
  10. 84' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Adam Parkhouse replaces Andrew Durante.
  11. 87' Scott Galloway (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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