Australian A-League Men

FT Thursday, April 29, 2021
Newcastle Jets LLDDL 1
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Melbourne City FC LWDWD 3
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Match Report

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Melbourne City extend A-League lead with victory over Newcastle Jets

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
1
39.2
Possession
60.8
9
SHOTS
20
2
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
299
Accurate Passes
536
404
Passes
631
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
6
16
Crosses
25
0.3
Cross %
0.2
60
Long Balls
75
24
Accurate Long Balls
47
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
9
4
Effective Tackles
7
9
Tackles
13
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
17
30
Effective Clearances
7
30
Clearances
7

Head to Head

NEW leads series 3-2

Lineups

MBC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  3. 7Rostyn GriffithsCD-R
  4. 8Aiden O'NeillDM
  5. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  6. 2Scott GallowayRB
  7. 18Connor MetcalfeCM-L
  8. 20Adrián LunaCM-R
  9. 11Craig NooneLM
  10. 15Andrew NabboutRM
  11. 9Jamie MaclarenF

NEW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Lewis ItalianoG
  2. 44Nikolai Topor-StanleyCD-L
  3. 2Johnny KoutroumbisCD-R
  4. 22Lachlan JacksonLB
  5. 3Jason HoffmanRB
  6. 21Luka PrsoAM
  7. 32Angus ThurgateLM
  8. 6Steven UgarkovicRM
  9. 33Apostolos StamatelopoulosF
  10. 17Valentino YuelAM-L
  11. 16Matthew MillarAM-R

Timeline

  1. 32' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Newcastle Jets 0. Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Scott Jamieson.
  2. 59' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Newcastle Jets 0. Scott Jamieson (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adrián Luna.
  3. 63' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Ali Abbas replaces Luka Prso.
  4. 68' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Marco Tilio replaces Craig Noone.
  5. 69' Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Newcastle Jets 0. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Nabbout.
  6. 73' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Lucas Mauragis replaces Valentino Yuel.
  7. 74' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Florin Berenguer replaces Connor Metcalfe.
  8. 75' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Stefan Colakovski replaces Andrew Nabbout.
  9. 79' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Naoki Tsubaki replaces Jamie Maclaren.
  10. 81' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Kosta Petratos replaces Apostolos Stamatelopoulos.
  11. 87' Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Newcastle Jets 1. Steven Ugarkovic (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matthew Millar following a fast break.

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