Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, April 20, 2018
Brisbane Roar FC WDWLW 0
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Melbourne City FC DWWWL 2
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MBC022
AAMI Park · 7,757 att.

Match Report

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Melbourne City ease past Brisbane Roar in A-League elimination final

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
19
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
8
7
Saves
0
42.5
Possession
57.5
4
SHOTS
21
0
ON GOAL
9
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
256
Accurate Passes
396
364
Passes
499
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
5
13
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
77
21
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
4
16
Effective Tackles
12
22
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
38
Effective Clearances
10
38
Clearances
10

Head to Head

MBC leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MBC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Dean BouzanisG
  2. 6Osama MalikCD-L
  3. 5Bart SchenkeveldCD-R
  4. 26Luke BrattanDM
  5. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  6. 37Nathaniel AtkinsonRB
  7. 8Oliver BozanicCM-L
  8. 13Stefan MaukCM-R
  9. 10Dario VidosicLM
  10. 14Daniel ArzaniRM
  11. 23Bruno FornaroliF

Substitutes

  1. 7Nick FitzgeraldSUB
  2. 18Eugene GalekovicSUB
  3. 2Manny MuscatSUB
  4. 27Marcin BudzinskiSUB
  5. 4Harrison DelbridgeSUB

BRI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 21Jamie YoungG
  2. 24Connor O'TooleCD-L
  3. 8Jacob PepperCD-R
  4. 77Ivan FranjicLB
  5. 19Jack HingertRB
  6. 14Fahid Ben KhalfallahAM
  7. 17Matt McKayLM
  8. 7Thomas KristensenRM
  9. 9Massimo MaccaroneF
  10. 33HenriqueAM-L
  11. 22Eric BauthéacAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Corey GameiroSUB
  2. 5Corey BrownSUB
  3. 16Mitchell OxborrowSUB
  4. 31Brendan WhiteSUB
  5. 25Rahmat AkbariSUB

Timeline

  1. 40' Dario Vidosic (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Daniel Arzani (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 54' Jacob Pepper (Brisbane Roar FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 59' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Brisbane Roar FC 0. Stefan Mauk (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Bruno Fornaroli.
  5. 65' Éric Bautheac (Brisbane Roar FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 73' Substitution, Brisbane Roar FC. Corey Gameiro replaces Fahid Ben Khalfallah.
  7. 77' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nick Fitzgerald replaces Daniel Arzani.
  8. 86' Substitution, Brisbane Roar FC. Corey Brown replaces Connor O'Toole.
  9. 89' Bart Schenkeveld (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 90'+1' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Brisbane Roar FC 0. Nick Fitzgerald (Melbourne City FC) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Dario Vidosic with a cross.
  11. 90'+2' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Manny Muscat replaces Bruno Fornaroli.
  12. 90'+3' Substitution, Brisbane Roar FC. Mitchell Oxborrow replaces Thomas Kristensen.

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