Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, March 30, 2019
Melbourne City FC DLDDW 0
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Western Sydney Wanderers FC WWDWL 3
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Match Report

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Western Sydney Wanderers dent Melbourne's finals hopes

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
11
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
6
0
Saves
2
53.3
Possession
46.7
10
SHOTS
12
1
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
309
Accurate Passes
260
438
Passes
378
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
4
21
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.2
80
Long Balls
95
30
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
5
13
Tackles
12
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
9
Interceptions
19
17
Effective Clearances
22
17
Clearances
22

Head to Head

MBC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

WSW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Vedran JanjetovicG
  2. 21Tarek ElrichCD-L
  3. 5Brendan HamillCD-R
  4. 24Raúl LlorenteLB
  5. 11Bruce KamauRB
  6. 27Kwame YeboahAM
  7. 3Giancarlo GallifuocoLM
  8. 22Rashid MahaziRM
  9. 9Oriol RieraF
  10. 28Roly BonevaciaAM-L
  11. 12Mitchell DukeAM-R

MBC · 5-3-2

  1. 18Eugene GalekovicG
  2. 25Iacopo La RoccaCD
  3. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  4. 5Bart SchenkeveldCD-R
  5. 4Harrison DelbridgeLB
  6. 2Ritchie de LaetRB
  7. 7Rostyn GriffithsCM
  8. 26Luke BrattanCM-L
  9. 15Kearyn BaccusCM-R
  10. 27Florin BerenguerCF-L
  11. 9Shayon HarrisonCF-R

Timeline

  1. 35' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1, Melbourne City FC 0. Oriol Riera (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 40' Rostyn Griffiths (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 42' Luke Brattan (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+2' Oriol Riera (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Abraham Majok replaces Roly Bonevacia.
  6. 53' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2, Melbourne City FC 0. Mitchell Duke (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raúl Llorente.
  7. 60' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Lachlan Wales replaces Iacopo La Rocca.
  8. 61' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Riley McGree replaces Florin Berenguer.
  9. 66' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Keanu Baccus replaces Giancarlo Gallifuoco.
  10. 75' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Connor Metcalfe replaces Rostyn Griffiths.
  11. 75' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Alexander Baumjohann replaces Mitchell Duke.
  12. 80' Raúl Llorente (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 80' Rashid Mahazi (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 80' Shayon Harrison (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 84' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3, Melbourne City FC 0. Oriol Riera (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexander Baumjohann.
  16. 90' Curtis Good (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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