Australian A-League Men

FT Sunday, November 12, 2017
Western Sydney Wanderers FC WDDDD 1
–
Melbourne City FC WWWWL 1
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WSW101
MBC011
AAMI Park · 7,516 att.

Match Report

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Wasteful Melbourne City held by Western Sydney Wanderers

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
8
Corner Kicks
8
7
Saves
5
55.9
Possession
44.1
11
SHOTS
16
6
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
392
Accurate Passes
285
476
Passes
365
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
7
14
Crosses
23
0.1
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
63
35
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
15
21
Tackles
27
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
19
28
Clearances
19

Head to Head

WSW leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 18Eugene GalekovicG
  2. 25Iacopo La RoccaCD-L
  3. 5Bart SchenkeveldCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 2Manny MuscatRB
  6. 13Stefan MaukAM
  7. 22Michael JakobsenLM
  8. 6Osama MalikRM
  9. 44Ross McCormackF
  10. 7Nick FitzgeraldAM-L
  11. 11Bruce KamauAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Luke BrattanSUB
  2. 1Dean BouzanisSUB
  3. 27Marcin BudzinskiSUB
  4. 8Neil KilkennySUB
  5. 9Marcelo CarruscaSUB

WSW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Vedran JanjetovicG
  2. 33Michael ThwaiteCD-L
  3. 18Robert CornthwaiteCD-R
  4. 24Raúl LlorenteLB
  5. 5Brendan HamillRB
  6. 19Mark BridgeAM
  7. 15Kearyn BaccusLM
  8. 8Roly BonevaciaRM
  9. 9Oriol RieraF
  10. 14Jumpei KusukamiAM-L
  11. 16Jaushua SotirioAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Álvaro CejudoSUB
  2. 11Brendon SantalabSUB
  3. 22Jonathan AspropotamitisSUB
  4. 30John HallSUB
  5. 42Keanu BaccusSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1. Jaushua Sotirio (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 45' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Marcelo Carrusca replaces Stefan Mauk.
  3. 55' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1. Ross McCormack (Melbourne City FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 60' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Álvaro Cejudo replaces Jumpei Kusukami.
  5. 61' Michael Jakobsen (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 71' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Marcin Budzinski replaces Bruce Kamau because of an injury.
  7. 72' Robert Cornthwaite (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 78' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Brendon Santalab replaces Oriol Riera.
  9. 80' Brendon Santalab (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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