Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, October 20, 2017
Wellington Phoenix WDLDL 0
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Melbourne City FC WLLWW 1
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AAMI Park · 9,091 att.

Match Report

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Ross McCormack fires Melbourne City past Wellington Phoenix

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
2
59.9
Possession
40.1
18
SHOTS
10
2
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
480
Accurate Passes
285
591
Passes
387
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
3
19
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.2
79
Long Balls
64
49
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
11
17
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
20
19
Clearances
20

Head to Head

MBC leads series 5-0

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

WEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Keegan SmithG
  2. 13Marco RossiCD-L
  3. 2Daniel MullenCD-R
  4. 17Ali AbbasLB
  5. 3Scott GallowayRB
  6. 10Michael McGlincheyAM
  7. 23Matthew RidentonLM
  8. 4Goran ParackiRM
  9. 9Andrija KaludjerovicF
  10. 8Dario VidosicAM-L
  11. 21Roy KrishnaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Adam ParkhouseSUB
  2. 19Tom DoyleSUB
  3. 14Alex RuferSUB
  4. 11Hamish WatsonSUB
  5. 1Lewis ItalianoSUB

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Tom Doyle replaces Marco Rossi.
  2. 68' Matthew Ridenton (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 69' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Ross McCormack (Melbourne City FC) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 74' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Luke Brattan replaces Stefan Mauk.
  5. 77' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Hamish Watson replaces Matthew Ridenton.
  6. 81' Ross McCormack (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 82' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Tim Cahill replaces Ross McCormack.
  8. 84' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Adam Parkhouse replaces Ali Abbas.

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