Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, November 2, 2018
Sydney FC WDLDW 3
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Melbourne City FC LWLWD 0
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Match Report

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Unbeaten Sydney beat Melbourne City as Adam Le Fondre scores brace

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
1
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
1
40.4
Possession
59.6
7
SHOTS
9
4
ON GOAL
2
0.6
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
322
Accurate Passes
546
424
Passes
626
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
4
11
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.3
72
Long Balls
62
28
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
3
15
Tackles
6
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
9
13
Effective Clearances
18
13
Clearances
18

Head to Head

SYD leads series 5-0

Lineups

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. 26Luke BrattanLM
  8. 8Riley McGreeRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 27Florin BerenguerLF
  11. 10Dario VidosicRF

Substitutes

  1. 19Lachlan WalesSUB
  2. 17Anthony CáceresSUB
  3. 7Rostyn GriffithsSUB
  4. 25Iacopo La RoccaSUB
  5. 1Mark BirighittiSUB

SYD · 4-4-2

  1. 1Andrew RedmayneG
  2. 5Jop van der LindenCD-L
  3. 4Alex WilkinsonCD-R
  4. 7Michael ZulloLB
  5. 23Rhyan GrantRB
  6. 13Brandon O'NeillCM-L
  7. 6Josh BrillanteCM-R
  8. 10Milos NinkovicLM
  9. 8Paulo RetreRM
  10. 9Adam Le FondreCF-L
  11. 14Alex BrosqueCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Danny De SilvaSUB
  2. 21Charles NgoySUB
  3. 24Cameron DevlinSUB
  4. 2Aaron CalverSUB
  5. 20Alex CisakSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Sydney FC 1. Paulo Retre (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rhyan Grant.
  2. 18' Brandon O'Neill (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 26' Harrison Delbridge (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 45' Scott Jamieson (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 61' Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Sydney FC 2. Adam Le Fondre (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paulo Retre with a through ball.
  6. 63' Substitution, Sydney FC. Daniel De Silva replaces Paulo Retre.
  7. 63' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Lachlan Wales replaces Dario Vidosic.
  8. 72' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Rostyn Griffiths replaces Kearyn Baccus.
  9. 72' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Anthony Caceres replaces Luke Brattan.
  10. 75' Riley McGree (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 86' Substitution, Sydney FC. Charles Lokoli Ngoy replaces Alex Brosque.
  12. 90'+1' Substitution, Sydney FC. Aaron Calver replaces Michael Zullo.
  13. 90'+2' Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Sydney FC 3. Adam Le Fondre (Sydney FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Milos Ninkovic.

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