Australian A-League Men

FT Monday, April 5, 2021
Melbourne City FC WWWWL 3
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Wellington Phoenix WLDWL 2
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MBC213
WEL112
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Match Report

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Melbourne City edge Wellington Phoenix in five-goal thriller

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
8
49.1
Possession
50.9
32
SHOTS
21
11
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
404
Accurate Passes
414
475
Passes
490
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
9
Accurate Crosses
7
16
Crosses
20
0.6
Cross %
0.4
50
Long Balls
58
28
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
11
Blocked Shots
9
9
Effective Tackles
6
14
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
14
Interceptions
9
22
Effective Clearances
22
22
Clearances
22

Head to Head

WEL leads series 3-2

Lineups

WEL · 4-4-2

  1. 20Oliver SailG
  2. 21Joshua LawsCD-L
  3. 6Tim PayneCD-R
  4. 5James McGarryLB
  5. 16Louis FentonRB
  6. 23Lewis ClaytonCM-L
  7. 14Alex RuferCM-R
  8. 9David BallLM
  9. 10Ulises DávilaRM
  10. 17Tomer HemedCF-L
  11. 11Jaushua SotirioCF-R

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  3. 4Nuno ReisCD-R
  4. 19Ben GaruccioLB
  5. 13Nathaniel AtkinsonRB
  6. 10Florin BerenguerAM
  7. 7Rostyn GriffithsLM
  8. 18Connor MetcalfeRM
  9. 9Jamie MaclarenF
  10. 11Craig NooneAM-L
  11. 15Andrew NabboutAM-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 0, Melbourne City FC 1. Curtis Good (Melbourne City FC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Craig Noone with a cross following a corner.
  2. 21' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Scott Galloway replaces Nathaniel Atkinson because of an injury.
  3. 39' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne City FC 1. Tomer Hemed (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Ball with a cross.
  4. 45' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne City FC 2. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Connor Metcalfe following a fast break.
  5. 45' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Cameron Devlin replaces Alex Rufer.
  6. 45' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Ben Waine replaces Jaushua Sotirio.
  7. 55' Florin Berenguer (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 56' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Melbourne City FC 2. Ulises Dávila (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Ball.
  9. 58' Louis Fenton (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 62' Joshua Laws (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 62' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Adrián Luna replaces Nuno Reis.
  12. 80' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Stefan Colakovski replaces Andrew Nabbout.
  13. 80' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Marco Tilio replaces Craig Noone.
  14. 80' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Charles Lokoli Ngoy replaces Tomer Hemed.
  15. 83' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 2, Melbourne City FC 3. Marco Tilio (Melbourne City FC) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Connor Metcalfe with a cross.
  16. 86' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Mirza Muratovic replaces Clayton Lewis.
  17. 88' Cameron Devlin (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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