Australian A-League Men

FT Monday, January 1, 2018
Melbourne City FC LWWLL 1
–
Western Sydney Wanderers FC LLLWL 2
1st2ndT
MBC101
WSW202
Accor Stadium · 11,628 att.

Match Report

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Ross McCormack misses penalty as Western Sydney beat Melbourne City

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
21
0
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
3
44.2
Possession
55.8
9
SHOTS
9
4
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
310
Accurate Passes
425
401
Passes
514
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
4
16
Crosses
15
0.1
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
45
27
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
6
18
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
20
14
Clearances
20

Head to Head

WSW leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

WSW · 4-3-3

  1. 20Vedran JanjetovicG
  2. 33Michael ThwaiteCD-L
  3. 18Robert CornthwaiteCD-R
  4. 24Raúl LlorenteLB
  5. 4Joshua RisdonRB
  6. 42Keanu BaccusCM
  7. 8Roly BonevaciaLM
  8. 15Kearyn BaccusRM
  9. 9Oriol RieraF
  10. 19Mark BridgeLF
  11. 10Álvaro CejudoRF

Substitutes

  1. 25Chris HerdSUB
  2. 22Jonathan AspropotamitisSUB
  3. 11Brendon SantalabSUB
  4. 14Jumpei KusukamiSUB
  5. 30John HallSUB

MBC · 4-4-2

  1. 1Dean BouzanisG
  2. 25Iacopo La RoccaCD-L
  3. 5Bart SchenkeveldCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 37Nathaniel AtkinsonRB
  6. 22Michael JakobsenCM-L
  7. 6Osama MalikCM-R
  8. 7Nick FitzgeraldLM
  9. 26Luke BrattanRM
  10. 44Ross McCormackCF-L
  11. 11Bruce KamauCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Marcin BudzinskiSUB
  2. 14Daniel ArzaniSUB
  3. 21Ruon TongyikSUB
  4. 13Stefan MaukSUB
  5. 18Eugene GalekovicSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Kearyn Baccus (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 10' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Jumpei Kusukami replaces Álvaro Cejudo because of an injury.
  3. 25' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Ross McCormack (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  4. 30' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1, Melbourne City FC 1. Oriol Riera (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  5. 32' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2, Melbourne City FC 1. Mark Bridge (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Oriol Riera.
  6. 39' Penalty saved! Ross McCormack (Melbourne City FC) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  7. 51' Roly Bonevacia (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 52' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Chris Herd replaces Josh Risdon because of an injury.
  9. 71' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Daniel Arzani replaces Ross McCormack.
  10. 85' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Brendon Santalab replaces Jumpei Kusukami.
  11. 90'+4' Chris Herd (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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