Australian A-League Men

FT Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Melbourne City FC WDWWL 1
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Brisbane Roar FC LWDDL 0
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Match Report

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Melbourne City beat Brisbane Roar but Nabbout injured in A-League opener

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
17
0
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
9
4
Saves
2
56
Possession
44
10
SHOTS
15
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
416
Accurate Passes
297
505
Passes
389
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
6
16
Crosses
24
0.3
Cross %
0.3
64
Long Balls
56
26
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
5
13
Effective Tackles
13
19
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
15
Interceptions
15
32
Effective Clearances
17
32
Clearances
17

Head to Head

MBC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BRI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 21Jamie YoungG
  2. 6Macaulay GillespheyCD-L
  3. 5Tom AldredCD-R
  4. 3Corey BrownLB
  5. 19Jack HingertRB
  6. 10Riku DanzakiAM
  7. 26Jay O'SheaLM
  8. 25Rahmat AkbariRM
  9. 23Dylan Wenzel-HallsF
  10. 11Joe ChampnessAM-L
  11. 7Jai InghamAM-R

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  3. 7Rostyn GriffithsCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 19Ben GaruccioRB
  6. 20Adrián LunaAM
  7. 8Aiden O'NeillLM
  8. 18Connor MetcalfeRM
  9. 9Jamie MaclarenF
  10. 11Craig NooneAM-L
  11. 15Andrew NabboutAM-R

Timeline

  1. 48' Jack Hingert (Brisbane Roar FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 52' Adrián Luna (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 52' Goal! Brisbane Roar FC 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Connor Metcalfe (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jamie Maclaren.
  4. 57' Substitution, Brisbane Roar FC. Scott McDonald replaces Jai Ingham.
  5. 61' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Naoki Tsubaki replaces Andrew Nabbout because of an injury.
  6. 69' Second yellow card to Adrián Luna (Melbourne City FC) for a bad foul.
  7. 79' Substitution, Brisbane Roar FC. Alex Parsons replaces Dylan Wenzel-Halls.
  8. 79' Substitution, Brisbane Roar FC. Jesse Daley replaces Rahmat Akbari.
  9. 82' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Scott Galloway replaces Craig Noone.

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