Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, October 28, 2017
Melbourne City FC LLWWW 2
–
Adelaide United FC DLDWD 0
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MBC202
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Coopers Stadium · 11,689 att.

Match Report

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Melbourne City beat Adelaide United to make it four wins from four

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Team Stats

22
Fouls
18
3
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
1
34.1
Possession
65.9
10
SHOTS
20
3
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
182
Accurate Passes
426
272
Passes
514
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
7
Crosses
27
0.3
Cross %
0.2
70
Long Balls
60
36
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
4
18
Effective Tackles
13
31
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
38
Effective Clearances
10
38
Clearances
10

Head to Head

ADL leads series 3-2

Lineups

ADL · 4-3-3

  1. 20Paul IzzoG
  2. 4Ben WarlandCD-L
  3. 23Jordan ElseyCD-R
  4. 19Ben GaruccioLB
  5. 2Michael MarroneRB
  6. 8Isaías CM
  7. 16Nathan KonstandopoulosLM
  8. 37Daniel AdlungRM
  9. 14George BlackwoodF
  10. 10Karim MatmourLF
  11. 17Nikola MileusnicRF

Substitutes

  1. 25Apostolos StamatelopoulosSUB
  2. 24Jordan O'DohertySUB
  3. 1Daniel MargushSUB
  4. 12Mark OchiengSUB
  5. 7Ryan KittoSUB

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. 9Marcelo CarruscaSUB
  2. 26Luke BrattanSUB
  3. 1Dean BouzanisSUB
  4. 17Tim CahillSUB
  5. 27Marcin BudzinskiSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Paul Izzo (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 11' Goal! Adelaide United 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Ross McCormack (Melbourne City FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 16' Goal! Adelaide United 0, Melbourne City FC 2. Ross McCormack (Melbourne City FC) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 33' Osama Malik (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 39' Karim Matmour (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 44' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Luke Brattan replaces Scott Jamieson because of an injury.
  7. 47' Ben Garuccio (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 61' Second yellow card to Osama Malik (Melbourne City FC) for a bad foul.
  9. 71' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Tim Cahill replaces Ross McCormack.
  10. 79' Substitution, Adelaide United. Apostolos Stamatelopoulos replaces Michael Marrone.
  11. 83' Michael Jakobsen (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 85' Substitution, Adelaide United. Jordan O'Doherty replaces Nathan Konstandopoulos.
  13. 87' Manny Muscat (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  14. 90'+2' Substitution, Adelaide United. Ryan Kitto replaces Karim Matmour.
  15. 90'+5' Bruce Kamau (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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