Australian A-League Men

FT Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Melbourne City FC DWLWD 3
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Western United WLWWW 1
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Match Report

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
9
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
5
52.1
Possession
47.9
21
SHOTS
7
8
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
411
Accurate Passes
361
498
Passes
463
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
4
21
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.3
63
Long Balls
64
31
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
7
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
13
20
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
21
Interceptions
9
17
Effective Clearances
20
17
Clearances
20

Head to Head

MBC leads series 2-0

Lineups

WTU · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Filip KurtoG
  2. 22Tomislav UskokCD
  3. 2Aaron CalverCD-L
  4. 28Oskar DillonCD-R
  5. 21Sebastian PasqualiCM-L
  6. 27Jerry SkotadisCM-R
  7. 11Connor PainLM
  8. 19Joshua RisdonRM
  9. 25Luke DuzelF
  10. 9Apostolos StamatelopoulosCF-L
  11. 7Valentino YuelCF-R

MBC · 4-4-2

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  3. 40Richard WindbichlerCD-R
  4. 13Nathaniel AtkinsonLB
  5. 4Harrison DelbridgeRB
  6. 6Josh BrillanteCM-L
  7. 20Adrián LunaCM-R
  8. 34Connor MetcalfeLM
  9. 49Stefan ColakovskiRM
  10. 9Jamie MaclarenCF-L
  11. 30Moudi NajjarCF-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Western United FC 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Moudi Najjar (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Connor Metcalfe.
  2. 43' Oskar Dillon (Western United) Yellow Card at 43'
  3. 57' Goal! Western United FC 0, Melbourne City FC 2. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  4. 60' Substitution, Western United FC. Dylan Pierias replaces Josh Risdon.
  5. 60' Substitution, Western United FC. Joshua Cavallo replaces Connor Pain.
  6. 61' Substitution, Western United FC. Tomoki Imai replaces Aaron Calver.
  7. 62' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Lachlan Wales replaces Stefan Colakovski.
  8. 63' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Rostyn Griffiths replaces Joshua Brillante.
  9. 63' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Scott Galloway replaces Curtis Good.
  10. 65' Substitution, Western United FC. Alessandro Diamanti replaces Jerry Skotadis.
  11. 65' Substitution, Western United FC. Besart Berisha replaces Valentino Yuel.
  12. 70' Goal! Western United FC 1, Melbourne City FC 2. Besart Berisha (Western United FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  13. 73' Tomoki Imai (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 76' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Ramy Najjarine replaces Moudi Najjar.
  15. 86' Goal! Western United FC 1, Melbourne City FC 3. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lachlan Wales with a cross.
  16. 89' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Raphael Borges Rodrigues replaces Adrián Luna.

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