Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, February 2, 2019
Melbourne City FC WLDWL 0
–
Sydney FC LWWWL 2
1st2ndT
MBC000
SYD112
Netstrata Jubilee Stadium · 13,029 att.

Match Report

Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
4
62.8
Possession
37.2
13
SHOTS
15
4
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
460
Accurate Passes
255
563
Passes
343
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
1
30
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.1
63
Long Balls
51
27
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
11
19
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
12
9
Effective Clearances
33
9
Clearances
33

Head to Head

SYD leads series 5-0

Lineups

SYD · 4-2-2-2

  1. 1Andrew RedmayneG
  2. 3Ben WarlandCD-L
  3. 4Alex WilkinsonCD-R
  4. 2Aaron CalverLB
  5. 23Rhyan GrantRB
  6. 13Brandon O'NeillCM-L
  7. 6Josh BrillanteCM-R
  8. 9Adam Le FondreCF-L
  9. 31Luke IvanovicCF-R
  10. 10Milos NinkovicAM-L
  11. 8Paulo RetreAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Mitch AustinSUB
  2. 11Danny De SilvaSUB
  3. 20Alex CisakSUB
  4. 5Jop van der LindenSUB
  5. 24Cameron DevlinSUB

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 18Eugene GalekovicG
  2. 4Harrison DelbridgeCD-L
  3. 5Bart SchenkeveldCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 2Ritchie de LaetRB
  6. 15Kearyn BaccusCM
  7. 27Florin BerenguerLM
  8. 7Rostyn GriffithsRM
  9. 19Lachlan WalesF
  10. 26Luke BrattanLF
  11. 8Riley McGreeRF

Substitutes

  1. 1Mark BirighittiSUB
  2. 36Dylan PieriasSUB
  3. 13Nathaniel AtkinsonSUB
  4. 25Iacopo La RoccaSUB
  5. 10Dario VidosicSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Sydney FC 1, Melbourne City FC 0. Luke Ivanovic (Sydney FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Milos Ninkovic.
  2. 11' Harrison Delbridge (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 32' Substitution, Sydney FC. Mitchell Austin replaces Luke Ivanovic because of an injury.
  4. 58' Substitution, Sydney FC. Daniel De Silva replaces Paulo Retre.
  5. 64' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nathaniel Atkinson replaces Luke Brattan.
  6. 69' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Dario Vidosic replaces Lachlan Wales.
  7. 73' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Dylan Pierias replaces Florin Berenguer.
  8. 73' Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 80' Penalty saved! Riley McGree (Melbourne City FC) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  10. 80' Kearyn Baccus (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 86' Goal! Sydney FC 2, Melbourne City FC 0. Adam Le Fondre (Sydney FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Milos Ninkovic.
  12. 90'+2' Substitution, Sydney FC. Cameron Devlin replaces Milos Ninkovic.

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