Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, December 14, 2019
Melbourne City FC WWLWL 4
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Newcastle Jets LDWWL 0
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MBC224
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McDonald Jones Stadium · 8,133 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Adrian Luna scores twice as Melbourne City thrash Newcastle Jets

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
5
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
7
6
Saves
4
46.5
Possession
53.5
21
SHOTS
14
8
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
350
Accurate Passes
412
438
Passes
502
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
4
21
Crosses
29
0.3
Cross %
0.1
75
Long Balls
53
29
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
4
20
Tackles
5
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
16
Interceptions
3
19
Effective Clearances
25
19
Clearances
25

Head to Head

MBC leads series 3-2

Lineups

NEW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Glen MossG
  2. 44Nikolai Topor-StanleyCD-L
  3. 22Lachlan JacksonCD-R
  4. 18Johnny KoutroumbisLB
  5. 16Matthew MillarRB
  6. 10Dimitrios PetratosAM
  7. 6Steven UgarkovicLM
  8. 5Benjamin KantarovskiRM
  9. 32Angus ThurgateF
  10. 3Jason HoffmanAM-L
  11. 11Nick FitzgeraldAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Matthew RidentonSUB
  2. 19Kosta PetratosSUB
  3. 20Lewis ItalianoSUB
  4. 28Patrick LangloisSUB
  5. 2Bobby BurnsSUB
  6. 4Nigel BoogaardSUB
  7. 14Kaine SheppardSUB

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  3. 4Harrison DelbridgeCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 2Scott GallowayRB
  6. 6Josh BrillanteCM
  7. 17Denis GenreauLM
  8. 20Adrián LunaRM
  9. 9Jamie MaclarenF
  10. 11Craig NooneLF
  11. 8Marcelo CabreraRF

Substitutes

  1. 10Florin BerenguerSUB
  2. 19Lachlan WalesSUB
  3. 21Ramy NajjarineSUB
  4. 40Richard WindbichlerSUB
  5. 23Dean BouzanisSUB
  6. 13Nathaniel AtkinsonSUB
  7. 34Connor MetcalfeSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Newcastle Jets 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Adrián Luna (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 23' Denis Genreau (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 28' Goal! Newcastle Jets 0, Melbourne City FC 2. Adrián Luna (Melbourne City FC) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joshua Brillante with a cross following a corner.
  4. 42' Lachlan Jackson (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 47' Goal! Newcastle Jets 0, Melbourne City FC 3. Marcelo Cabrera (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Denis Genreau.
  6. 54' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Florin Berenguer replaces Denis Genreau because of an injury.
  7. 59' Goal! Newcastle Jets 0, Melbourne City FC 4. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcelo Cabrera.
  8. 64' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Patrick Langlois replaces Angus Thurgate.
  9. 64' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Bobby Burns replaces Johnny Koutroumbis.
  10. 67' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Matthew Ridenton replaces Nick Fitzgerald.
  11. 70' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Lachlan Wales replaces Marcelo Cabrera.
  12. 76' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nathaniel Atkinson replaces Craig Noone.
  13. 86' Curtis Good (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+2' Tom Glover (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+2' Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.

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