Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, November 2, 2019
Wellington Phoenix LLLLL 2
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Melbourne City FC WLDWW 3
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WEL112
MBC213
AAMI Park · 6,440 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Melbourne City beat Wellington Phoenix to catapult to top of A-League table

Melbourne City have overcome an early scare from Wellington Phoenix to snare a 3-2 victory at AAMI Park and catapult to top of the A-League table.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
17
0
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
1
38.7
Possession
61.3
7
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
275
Accurate Passes
495
373
Passes
580
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
4
13
Crosses
25
0.5
Cross %
0.2
55
Long Balls
61
15
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
12
14
Tackles
21
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
14
25
Effective Clearances
16
25
Clearances
16

Head to Head

WEL leads series 3-2

Lineups

MBC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 23Dean BouzanisG
  2. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  3. 6Josh BrillanteCD-R
  4. 7Rostyn GriffithsDM
  5. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  6. 2Scott GallowayRB
  7. 34Connor MetcalfeCM-L
  8. 17Denis GenreauCM-R
  9. 19Lachlan WalesLM
  10. 11Craig NooneRM
  11. 30Moudi NajjarF

WEL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Stefan MarinovicG
  2. 3Luke DeVereCD-L
  3. 27Steven TaylorCD-R
  4. 23Walter ScottLB
  5. 16Louis FentonRB
  6. 5Ville Matti SteinmannCM-L
  7. 14Alex RuferCM-R
  8. 7Reno PiscopoLM
  9. 10Ulises DávilaRM
  10. 88Gary HooperCF-L
  11. 9David BallCF-R

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Wellington Phoenix 1. Gary Hooper (Wellington Phoenix) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by David Ball with a headed pass following a corner.
  2. 29' Moudi Najjar (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 29'
  3. 30' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 1. Connor Metcalfe (Melbourne City FC) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Craig Noone with a cross.
  4. 34' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Wellington Phoenix 1. Scott Galloway (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Curtis Good.
  5. 43' Craig Noone (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 43'
  6. 45'+1' Denis Genreau (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 46'
  7. 45' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Jaushua Sotirio replaces Gary Hooper.
  8. 45' Callum McCowatt (Wellington Phoenix FC) Substitution at 45'
  9. 50' Scott Galloway (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 54' Adrián Luna (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 54'
  11. 63' Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Wellington Phoenix 1. Craig Noone (Melbourne City FC) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  12. 68' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Ramy Najjarine replaces Craig Noone.
  13. 68' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Ben Waine replaces Alex Rufer.
  14. 78' Stefan Colakovski (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 78'
  15. 90'+3' Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix FC) Goal at 93'

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