Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, December 2, 2017
Melbourne City FC WLDLL 2
–
Newcastle Jets DWWLW 1
1st2ndT
MBC112
NEW101
McDonald Jones Stadium · 8,108 att.

Match Report

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Manny Muscat scores as Melbourne City beat Newcastle Jets

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
5
7
Saves
2
46.7
Possession
53.3
8
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.6
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
302
Accurate Passes
367
422
Passes
485
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
2
16
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.2
88
Long Balls
69
30
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
13
17
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
15
22
Clearances
15

Head to Head

MBC leads series 3-2

Lineups

NEW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Glen MossG
  2. 44Nikolai Topor-StanleyCD-L
  3. 4Nigel BoogaardCD-R
  4. 13Ivan VujicaLB
  5. 18Johnny KoutroumbisRB
  6. 7Dimitrios PetratosAM
  7. 5Benjamin KantarovskiLM
  8. 6Steven UgarkovicRM
  9. 15Andrew NabboutF
  10. 24Joe ChampnessAM-L
  11. 3Jason HoffmanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Kosta PetratosSUB
  2. 30Ivan NecevskiSUB
  3. 12Mario ShabowSUB
  4. 22Lachlan JacksonSUB
  5. 23Devante ClutSUB

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dean BouzanisG
  2. 25Iacopo La RoccaCD-L
  3. 5Bart SchenkeveldCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 2Manny MuscatRB
  6. 13Stefan MaukAM
  7. 22Michael JakobsenLM
  8. 26Luke BrattanRM
  9. 44Ross McCormackF
  10. 27Marcin BudzinskiAM-L
  11. 7Nick FitzgeraldAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Bruce KamauSUB
  2. 18Eugene GalekovicSUB
  3. 14Daniel ArzaniSUB
  4. 21Ruon TongyikSUB
  5. 17Tim CahillSUB

Timeline

  1. 32' Goal! Newcastle Jets 1, Melbourne City FC 0. Andrew Nabbout (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  2. 38' Bart Schenkeveld (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 40' Goal! Newcastle Jets 1, Melbourne City FC 1. Ross McCormack (Melbourne City FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  4. 45' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Bruce Kamau replaces Marcin Budzinski.
  5. 51' Michael Jakobsen (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 73' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Mario Shabow replaces Joseph Champness.
  7. 77' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Tim Cahill replaces Ross McCormack.
  8. 86' Goal! Newcastle Jets 1, Melbourne City FC 2. Manny Muscat (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  9. 88' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Devante Clut replaces Jason Hoffman.
  10. 90'+1' Manny Muscat (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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