Australian A-League Men

FT Tuesday, January 1, 2019
Melbourne City FC LWLWD 2
–
Western Sydney Wanderers FC LLWLD 0
1st2ndT
MBC202
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Match Report

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
13
4
Yellow Cards
4
1
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
12
6
Saves
0
51.7
Possession
48.3
9
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
415
Accurate Passes
361
504
Passes
441
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
4
10
Crosses
37
0.1
Cross %
0.1
57
Long Balls
43
24
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
8
10
Effective Tackles
14
20
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
11
Interceptions
10
34
Effective Clearances
13
34
Clearances
13

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

WSW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Vedran JanjetovicG
  2. 5Brendan HamillCD-L
  3. 34Patrick ZieglerCD-R
  4. 24Raúl LlorenteLB
  5. 21Tarek ElrichRB
  6. 10Alexander BaumjohannAM
  7. 8Jordan O'DohertyLM
  8. 17Keanu BaccusRM
  9. 9Oriol RieraF
  10. 28Roly BonevaciaAM-L
  11. 11Bruce KamauAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 49Abraham MajokSUB
  2. 33Tate RussellSUB
  3. 13Tass MourdoukoutasSUB
  4. 40Nick SumanSUB
  5. 7Nick FitzgeraldSUB

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 18Eugene GalekovicG
  2. 4Harrison DelbridgeCD-L
  3. 5Bart SchenkeveldCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 2Ritchie de LaetRB
  6. 26Luke BrattanAM
  7. 15Kearyn BaccusLM
  8. 7Rostyn GriffithsRM
  9. 19Lachlan WalesF
  10. 10Dario VidosicAM-L
  11. 8Riley McGreeAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Mark BirighittiSUB
  2. 13Nathaniel AtkinsonSUB
  3. 6Osama MalikSUB
  4. 21Ramy NajjarineSUB
  5. 11Michael O'HalloranSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Bruce Kamau (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 13' Rostyn Griffiths (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 35' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Lachlan Wales (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dario Vidosic.
  4. 37' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0, Melbourne City FC 2. Ritchie de Laet (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riley McGree.
  5. 46' Riley McGree (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 53' Alexander Baumjohann (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 56' Second yellow card to Rostyn Griffiths (Melbourne City FC) for a bad foul.
  8. 62' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Osama Malik replaces Luke Brattan.
  9. 69' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nathaniel Atkinson replaces Riley McGree.
  10. 73' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Ramy Najjarine replaces Ritchie de Laet.
  11. 76' Keanu Baccus (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 78' Ramy Najjarine (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 78' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Nick Fitzgerald replaces Jordan O'Doherty.
  14. 78' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Abraham Majok replaces Bruce Kamau.
  15. 85' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Tass Mourdoukoutas replaces Raúl Llorente.
  16. 85' Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 87' Penalty saved! Oriol Riera (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  18. 89' Brendan Hamill (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 90'+2' Scott Jamieson (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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