Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, May 22, 2021
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Melbourne City FC WWWWD 1
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Match Report

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
6
0
Saves
1
52.5
Possession
47.5
6
SHOTS
9
1
ON GOAL
1
0.2
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
393
Accurate Passes
327
507
Passes
452
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
6
14
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.3
65
Long Balls
93
29
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
0
3
Effective Tackles
10
10
Tackles
16
0.3
Tackle %
0.6
22
Interceptions
12
18
Effective Clearances
16
18
Clearances
16

Head to Head

MBC leads series 4-1

Lineups

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  3. 4Nuno ReisCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 2Scott GallowayRB
  6. 8Aiden O'NeillCM
  7. 18Connor MetcalfeLM
  8. 20Adrián LunaRM
  9. 9Jamie MaclarenF
  10. 11Craig NooneLF
  11. 23Marco TilioRF

CCM · 4-4-2

  1. 1Mark BirighittiG
  2. 15Kye RowlesCD-L
  3. 21Ruon TongyikCD-R
  4. 11Jack ClisbyLB
  5. 5Stefan NigroRB
  6. 8Oliver BozanicCM-L
  7. 6Gianni StensnessCM-R
  8. 10Danny De SilvaLM
  9. 4Joshua NisbetRM
  10. 19Matt SimonCF-L
  11. 12Marco UreñaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 10' Matt Simon (Central Coast Mariners) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Craig Noone (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 56' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Alou Kuol replaces Matt Simon.
  4. 56' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Lewis Miller replaces Stefan Nigro.
  5. 59' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Central Coast Mariners 0. Craig Noone (Melbourne City FC) with an attempt from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adrián Luna with a cross.
  6. 63' Marco Tilio (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Aiden O'Neill (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 79' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Daniel Bouman replaces Marco Ureña.
  9. 79' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Jaden Casella replaces Joshua Nisbet.
  10. 80' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Stefan Colakovski replaces Marco Tilio.
  11. 90'+2' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Florin Berenguer replaces Connor Metcalfe.

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