Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, January 16, 2021
Western United WLWLD 1
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Melbourne City FC WWLWL 2
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WTU101
MBC112
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Match Report

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Jamie Maclaren gives Melbourne City late win over Western United

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
1
55.8
Possession
44.2
12
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
399
Accurate Passes
307
491
Passes
394
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
2
29
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.1
77
Long Balls
59
41
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
1
13
Effective Tackles
6
20
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
15
Interceptions
17
22
Effective Clearances
19
22
Clearances
19

Head to Head

MBC leads series 4-0

Lineups

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  3. 7Rostyn GriffithsCD-R
  4. 19Ben GaruccioLB
  5. 2Scott GallowayRB
  6. 16Taras GomulkaCM
  7. 18Connor MetcalfeLM
  8. 20Adrián LunaRM
  9. 9Jamie MaclarenF
  10. 14Naoki TsubakiLF
  11. 11Craig NooneRF

WTU · 3-4-3

  1. 1Filip KurtoG
  2. 22Tomislav UskokCD
  3. 13Ivan VujicaCD-L
  4. 2Aaron CalverCD-R
  5. 20Victor SánchezCM-L
  6. 10Steven LusticaCM-R
  7. 11Connor PainLM
  8. 6Tomoki ImaiRM
  9. 7Besart BerishaF
  10. 34Iker GuarrotxenaCF-L
  11. 23Alessandro DiamantiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Western United FC 1. Ivan Vujica (Western United FC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Víctor Sánchez with a cross following a corner.
  2. 32' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Western United FC 1. Craig Noone (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Curtis Good.
  3. 38' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Kerrin Stokes replaces Rostyn Griffiths because of an injury.
  4. 42' Víctor Sánchez (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 58' Connor Metcalfe (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 67' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Marco Tilio replaces Naoki Tsubaki.
  7. 70' Substitution, Western United FC. Lachlan Wales replaces Iker Guarrotxena.
  8. 73' Substitution, Western United FC. Dylan Pierias replaces Aaron Calver.
  9. 73' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Florin Berenguer replaces Taras Gomulka.
  10. 73' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Stefan Colakovski replaces Craig Noone.
  11. 84' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Western United FC 1. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Stefan Colakovski.
  12. 89' Substitution, Western United FC. Nicolas Milanovic replaces Besart Berisha.

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