Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, November 3, 2017
Sydney FC LWWDW 1
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Melbourne City FC LWWWW 0
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AAMI Park · 11,034 att.

Match Report

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Tim Cahill injured as Sydney beat Melbourne City

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
1
57
Possession
43
9
SHOTS
4
2
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
521
Accurate Passes
357
620
Passes
464
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
2
10
Crosses
10
0.3
Cross %
0.2
63
Long Balls
69
28
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
0
14
Effective Tackles
6
22
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
26
Effective Clearances
17
26
Clearances
17

Head to Head

SYD leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MBC · 4-4-2

  1. 18Eugene GalekovicG
  2. 25Iacopo La RoccaCD-L
  3. 5Bart SchenkeveldCD-R
  4. 22Michael JakobsenLB
  5. 2Manny MuscatRB
  6. 13Stefan MaukCM-L
  7. 26Luke BrattanCM-R
  8. 7Nick FitzgeraldLM
  9. 11Bruce KamauRM
  10. 44Ross McCormackCF-L
  11. 17Tim CahillCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Marcin BudzinskiSUB
  2. 9Marcelo CarruscaSUB
  3. 8Neil KilkennySUB
  4. 21Ruon TongyikSUB
  5. 1Dean BouzanisSUB

SYD · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Andrew RedmayneG
  2. 4Alex WilkinsonCD-L
  3. 5Jordy BuijsCD-R
  4. 7Michael ZulloLB
  5. 26Luke WilkshireRB
  6. 14Alex BrosqueAM
  7. 13Brandon O'NeillLM
  8. 6Josh BrillanteRM
  9. 9BobôF
  10. 10Milos NinkovicAM-L
  11. 17David CarneyAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 30Tom Heward-BelleSUB
  2. 8Paulo RetreSUB
  3. 22Sebastian RyallSUB
  4. 18Matt SimonSUB
  5. 16Anthony KalikSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Marcin Budzinski replaces Tim Cahill because of an injury.
  2. 40' Nick Fitzgerald (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 59' Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Sydney FC 1. Luke Wilkshire (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Michael Zullo with a cross.
  4. 72' Bruce Kamau (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 75' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Marcelo Carrusca replaces Manny Muscat.
  6. 76' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Neil Kilkenny replaces Luke Brattan.
  7. 77' Luke Wilkshire (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 82' Substitution, Sydney FC. Matt Simon replaces Alex Brosque.
  9. 83' Michael Zullo (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  10. 90'+2' Substitution, Sydney FC. Paulo Retre replaces Milos Ninkovic.

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