Australian A-League Men

FT Sunday, December 2, 2018
Newcastle Jets LDLDW 0
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Melbourne City FC WDLWL 3
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Match Report

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Melbourne City beat Newcastle Jets with ease as Bruno Fornaroli is dropped

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
11
4
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
3
48.1
Possession
51.9
11
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
374
Accurate Passes
404
468
Passes
496
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
8
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.3
53
Long Balls
66
23
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
4
16
Effective Tackles
20
21
Tackles
25
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
6
Interceptions
15
20
Effective Clearances
13
20
Clearances
13

Head to Head

MBC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MBC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 18Eugene GalekovicG
  2. 18Eugene GalekovicG
  3. 4Harrison DelbridgeCD-L
  4. 5Bart SchenkeveldCD-R
  5. 15Kearyn BaccusDM
  6. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  7. 2Ritchie de LaetRB
  8. 27Florin BerenguerCM-L
  9. 26Luke BrattanCM-R
  10. 10Dario VidosicLM
  11. 8Riley McGreeRM
  12. 19Lachlan WalesF

Substitutes

  1. 17Anthony CáceresSUB
  2. 1Mark BirighittiSUB
  3. 7Rostyn GriffithsSUB
  4. 22Curtis GoodSUB
  5. 13Nathaniel AtkinsonSUB

NEW · 4-3-3

  1. 1Glen MossG
  2. 1Glen MossG
  3. 44Nikolai Topor-StanleyCD-L
  4. 4Nigel BoogaardCD-R
  5. 22Lachlan JacksonLB
  6. 17Daniel GeorgievskiRB
  7. 5Benjamin KantarovskiCM
  8. 16Nick CowburnLM
  9. 6Steven UgarkovicRM
  10. 10Ronald VargasF
  11. 3Jason HoffmanLF
  12. 7Dimitrios PetratosRF

Substitutes

  1. 23Matthew RidentonSUB
  2. 18Johnny KoutroumbisSUB
  3. 32Angus ThurgateSUB
  4. 20Lewis ItalianoSUB
  5. 13Ivan VujicaSUB

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Newcastle Jets 0. Riley McGree (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Florin Berenguer with a cross following a corner.
  2. 17' Lachlan Jackson (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+2' Daniel Georgievski (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+3' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Newcastle Jets 0. Luke Brattan (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
  5. 59' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Matthew Ridenton replaces Steven Ugarkovic.
  6. 71' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Rostyn Griffiths replaces Dario Vidosic.
  7. 72' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Angus Thurgate replaces Jason Hoffman.
  8. 74' Benjamin Kantarovski (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 75' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Ivan Vujica replaces Lachlan Jackson.
  10. 75' Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Newcastle Jets 0. Lachlan Wales (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ritchie de Laet.
  11. 82' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Anthony Caceres replaces Luke Brattan.
  12. 87' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Curtis Good replaces Lachlan Wales.
  13. 90'+3' Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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