Australian A-League Men

FT Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Western United WWWLW 0
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Melbourne City FC WLWDW 2
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Match Report

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
5
51
Possession
49
8
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
396
Accurate Passes
385
502
Passes
489
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
1
23
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.1
66
Long Balls
59
39
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
4
6
Effective Tackles
8
13
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
24
23
Effective Clearances
28
23
Clearances
28

Head to Head

MBC leads series 4-0

Lineups

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  3. 40Richard WindbichlerCD-R
  4. 13Nathaniel AtkinsonLB
  5. 4Harrison DelbridgeRB
  6. 6Josh BrillanteCM
  7. 10Florin BerenguerLM
  8. 20Adrián LunaRM
  9. 9Jamie MaclarenF
  10. 11Craig NooneLF
  11. 19Lachlan WalesRF

Substitutes

  1. 49Stefan ColakovskiSUB
  2. 46Joe GauciSUB
  3. 2Scott GallowaySUB
  4. 34Connor MetcalfeSUB
  5. 30Moudi NajjarSUB
  6. 21Ramy NajjarineSUB
  7. 7Rostyn GriffithsSUB

WTU · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Filip KurtoG
  2. 22Tomislav UskokCD
  3. 2Aaron CalverCD-L
  4. 6Tomoki ImaiCD-R
  5. 21Sebastian PasqualiCM-L
  6. 10Steven LusticaCM-R
  7. 11Connor PainLM
  8. 19Joshua RisdonRM
  9. 18Besart BerishaF
  10. 14Max BurgessCF-L
  11. 23Alessandro DiamantiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 28Oskar DillonSUB
  2. 9Apostolos StamatelopoulosSUB
  3. 15Jonathan AspropotamitisSUB
  4. 25Luke DuzelSUB
  5. 5Dylan PieriasSUB
  6. 30Ryan ScottSUB
  7. 17Joshua CavalloSUB

Timeline

  1. 57' Joshua Brillante (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 68' Substitution, Western United FC. Joshua Cavallo replaces Connor Pain.
  3. 68' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Connor Metcalfe replaces Florin Berenguer.
  4. 68' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Western United FC 0. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  5. 75' Lachlan Wales (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 76' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Scott Galloway replaces Lachlan Wales.
  7. 81' Substitution, Western United FC. Dylan Pierias replaces Sebastian Pasquali.
  8. 84' Own Goal by Tomoki Imai, Western United FC. Melbourne City FC 2, Western United FC 0.
  9. 85' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Rostyn Griffiths replaces Harrison Delbridge.
  10. 90' Joshua Cavallo (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90'+1' Substitution, Western United FC. Apostolos Stamatelopoulos replaces Max Burgess.
  12. 90'+4' Adrián Luna (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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