Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, August 1, 2020
Sydney FC WDDWL 0
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Melbourne City FC WWDWL 2
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Match Report

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Melbourne City beat flat Sydney FC to tighten grip on second

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
19
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
10
7
Saves
2
49.7
Possession
50.3
7
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
407
Accurate Passes
421
499
Passes
503
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
5
21
Crosses
25
0.2
Cross %
0.2
54
Long Balls
62
22
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
6
12
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
10
Interceptions
9
17
Effective Clearances
26
17
Clearances
26

Head to Head

SYD leads series 3-2

Lineups

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  3. 40Richard WindbichlerCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 4Harrison DelbridgeRB
  6. 6Josh BrillanteCM
  7. 10Florin BerenguerLM
  8. 20Adrián LunaRM
  9. 9Jamie MaclarenF
  10. 11Craig NooneLF
  11. 19Lachlan WalesRF

SYD · 4-4-2

  1. 1Andrew RedmayneG
  2. 4Alex WilkinsonCD-L
  3. 6Ryan McGowanCD-R
  4. 16Joel KingLB
  5. 8Paulo RetreRB
  6. 17Anthony CáceresCM-L
  7. 26Luke BrattanCM-R
  8. 10Milos NinkovicLM
  9. 5Alexander BaumjohannRM
  10. 9Adam Le FondreCF-L
  11. 11Kosta BarbarousesCF-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Richard Windbichler (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 40' Paulo Retre (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 55' Curtis Good (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 57' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Sydney FC 0. Craig Noone (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adrián Luna.
  5. 59' Luke Brattan (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 67' Substitution, Sydney FC. Luke Ivanovic replaces Alexander Baumjohann.
  7. 67' Substitution, Sydney FC. Trent Buhagiar replaces Kosta Barbarouses.
  8. 68' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Sydney FC 0. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Craig Noone.
  9. 69' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nathaniel Atkinson replaces Lachlan Wales.
  10. 69' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Connor Metcalfe replaces Adrián Luna.
  11. 74' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Moudi Najjar replaces Jamie Maclaren.
  12. 80' Substitution, Sydney FC. Chris Zuvela replaces Luke Brattan.
  13. 80' Substitution, Sydney FC. Michael Zullo replaces Joel King.
  14. 86' Substitution, Sydney FC. Harry Van der Saag replaces Paulo Retre.
  15. 88' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Ramy Najjarine replaces Craig Noone.

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