Australian A-League Men

FT Thursday, March 19, 2020
Melbourne City FC WLWWD 4
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Central Coast Mariners FC LLLLL 2
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MBC224
CCM112
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Match Report

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Melbourne City beat Mariners with Maclaren hat trick behind closed doors

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
5
52.7
Possession
47.3
24
SHOTS
10
9
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
391
Accurate Passes
351
479
Passes
427
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.1
51
Long Balls
62
25
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
9
Blocked Shots
1
13
Effective Tackles
7
18
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
10
Interceptions
14
19
Effective Clearances
21
19
Clearances
21

Head to Head

MBC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CCM · 4-2-2-2

  1. 1Mark BirighittiG
  2. 21Ruon TongyikCD-L
  3. 2Ziggy GordonCD-R
  4. 3Jack ClisbyLB
  5. 27Lewis MillerRB
  6. 18Gianni StensnessCM-L
  7. 4Kim Eun-SunCM-R
  8. 9Jordan MurrayCF-L
  9. 24Chris HaroldCF-R
  10. 10Tommy OarAM-L
  11. 26Joshua NisbetAM-R

MBC · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  3. 7Rostyn GriffithsCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 13Nathaniel AtkinsonRB
  6. 10Florin BerenguerCM-L
  7. 6Josh BrillanteCM-R
  8. 11Craig NooneLM
  9. 14Markel SusaetaRM
  10. 9Jamie MaclarenF
  11. 20Adrián LunaRCF

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 1, Melbourne City FC 0. Jordan Murray (Central Coast Mariners) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Clisby with a through ball.
  2. 5' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 1, Melbourne City FC 1. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Markel Susaeta with a through ball.
  3. 10' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 1, Melbourne City FC 2. Markel Susaeta (Melbourne City FC) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Craig Noone with a cross.
  4. 48' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 1, Melbourne City FC 3. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  5. 53' Craig Noone (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 61' Lewis Miller (Central Coast Mariners) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Joshua Brillante (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 69' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 2, Melbourne City FC 3. Jordan Murray (Central Coast Mariners) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Chris Harold with a cross.
  9. 74' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 2, Melbourne City FC 4. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  10. 75' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Milan Djuric replaces Joshua Nisbet.
  11. 75' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Jair replaces Chris Harold.
  12. 78' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Harrison Delbridge replaces Nathaniel Atkinson.
  13. 84' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Michael McGlinchey replaces Tommy Oar.
  14. 84' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Connor Metcalfe replaces Adrián Luna.
  15. 89' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Lachlan Wales replaces Markel Susaeta.

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