Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, May 8, 2021
Brisbane Roar FC WWWDW 2
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Melbourne City FC DWDWW 3
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BRI202
MBC213
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Match Report

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Melbourne City down Roar to go nine clear in A-League

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
8
8
Saves
2
42.1
Possession
57.9
9
SHOTS
32
4
ON GOAL
10
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
304
Accurate Passes
484
422
Passes
579
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
10
14
Crosses
25
0.4
Cross %
0.4
89
Long Balls
67
46
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
7
10
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
9
19
Effective Clearances
14
19
Clearances
14

Head to Head

MBC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  3. 4Nuno ReisCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 2Scott GallowayRB
  6. 20Adrián LunaAM
  7. 8Aiden O'NeillLM
  8. 18Connor MetcalfeRM
  9. 9Jamie MaclarenF
  10. 11Craig NooneAM-L
  11. 23Marco TilioAM-R

BRI · 3-4-2-1

  1. 21Jamie YoungG
  2. 27Kai TrewinCD
  3. 6Macaulay GillespheyCD-L
  4. 2Scott NevilleCD-R
  5. 15Jesse DaleyCM-L
  6. 26Jay O'SheaCM-R
  7. 3Corey BrownLM
  8. 16Josh Brindell-SouthRM
  9. 9Masato KudoF
  10. 11Joe ChampnessCF-L
  11. 10Riku DanzakiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Brisbane Roar FC 0. Connor Metcalfe (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Craig Noone.
  2. 17' Own Goal by Kai Trewin, Brisbane Roar FC. Melbourne City FC 2, Brisbane Roar FC 0.
  3. 28' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Brisbane Roar FC 1. Joseph Champness (Brisbane Roar FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Macaulay Gillesphey.
  4. 32' Jesse Daley (Brisbane Roar FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 38' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Brisbane Roar FC 2. Macaulay Gillesphey (Brisbane Roar FC) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jay O'Shea with a cross following a corner.
  6. 45' Substitution, Brisbane Roar FC. Rahmat Akbari replaces Jesse Daley.
  7. 45' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Andrew Nabbout replaces Marco Tilio.
  8. 46' Nuno Reis (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 49' Scott Galloway (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 61' Substitution, Brisbane Roar FC. Dylan Wenzel-Halls replaces Masato Kudo.
  11. 61' Substitution, Brisbane Roar FC. Golgol Mebrahtu replaces Joseph Champness.
  12. 71' Substitution, Brisbane Roar FC. Alex Parsons replaces Riku Danzaki.
  13. 71' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Florin Berenguer replaces Adrián Luna.
  14. 73' Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Brisbane Roar FC 2. Scott Galloway (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  15. 86' Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 87' Substitution, Brisbane Roar FC. Patrick Flottmann replaces Josh Brindell-South.
  17. 87' Aiden O'Neill (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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