Australian A-League Men

FT Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Western Sydney Wanderers FC LLLLL 3
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Melbourne City FC WWWLD 4
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WSW123
MBC224
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Match Report

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Melbourne City beat Western Sydney Wanderers in 7-goal thriller

Melbourne City's Bart Schenkeveld scored an injury time winner to stun 10-man Western Sydney Wanderers 4-3 in a pulsating A-League encounter.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
4
1
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
8
Corner Kicks
11
7
Saves
5
40.7
Possession
59.3
16
SHOTS
24
8
ON GOAL
10
0.5
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
245
Accurate Passes
387
335
Passes
483
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
14
18
Crosses
34
0.3
Cross %
0.4
45
Long Balls
54
16
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
7
12
Effective Tackles
15
23
Tackles
21
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
7
24
Effective Clearances
16
24
Clearances
16

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 18Eugene GalekovicG
  2. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  3. 5Bart SchenkeveldCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 4Harrison DelbridgeRB
  6. 26Luke BrattanAM
  7. 15Kearyn BaccusLM
  8. 7Rostyn GriffithsRM
  9. 2Ritchie de LaetF
  10. 27Florin BerenguerAM-L
  11. 8Riley McGreeAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Nathaniel AtkinsonSUB
  2. 1Mark BirighittiSUB
  3. 25Iacopo La RoccaSUB
  4. 19Lachlan WalesSUB
  5. 30Moudi NajjarSUB

WSW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 40Nick SumanG
  2. 21Tarek ElrichCD-L
  3. 13Tass MourdoukoutasCD-R
  4. 24Raúl LlorenteLB
  5. 33Tate RussellRB
  6. 28Roly BonevaciaAM
  7. 8Jordan O'DohertyLM
  8. 17Keanu BaccusRM
  9. 49Abraham MajokF
  10. 7Nick FitzgeraldAM-L
  11. 16Jaushua SotirioAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Bruce KamauSUB
  2. 9Oriol RieraSUB
  3. 18Marc TokichSUB
  4. 14Mathieu CordierSUB
  5. 20Vedran JanjetovicSUB

Timeline

  1. 1' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0. Ritchie de Laet (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner.
  2. 28' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1. Roly Bonevacia (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 32' Roly Bonevacia (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 38' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1. Luke Brattan (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Scott Jamieson.
  5. 49' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2. Tass Mourdoukoutas (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan O'Doherty with a cross following a corner.
  6. 51' Kearyn Baccus (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 54' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3. Jaushua Sotirio (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Roly Bonevacia.
  8. 56' Keanu Baccus (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 56' Ritchie de Laet (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 58' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Lachlan Wales replaces Florin Berenguer.
  11. 62' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nathaniel Atkinson replaces Curtis Good.
  12. 66' Second yellow card to Keanu Baccus (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) for a bad foul.
  13. 72' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Marc Tokich replaces Roly Bonevacia.
  14. 72' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Bruce Kamau replaces Nick Fitzgerald.
  15. 83' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Moudi Najjar replaces Luke Brattan.
  16. 84' Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3. Ritchie de Laet (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riley McGree.
  17. 85' Lachlan Wales (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 86' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Oriol Riera replaces Abraham Majok.
  19. 90'+4' Goal! Melbourne City FC 4, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3. Bart Schenkeveld (Melbourne City FC) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Scott Jamieson with a cross following a corner.
  20. 90'+5' Bart Schenkeveld (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.

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