Australian A-League Men

FT Sunday, June 27, 2021
Sydney FC WWWWW 1
–
Melbourne City FC WLDLW 3
1st2ndT
SYD101
MBC213
AAMI Park · 14,017 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Melbourne City beat Sydney FC to be crowned A-League champions for first time

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
10
5
Saves
0
30.5
Possession
69.5
3
SHOTS
26
1
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
214
Accurate Passes
619
301
Passes
692
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
5
11
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
74
23
Accurate Long Balls
50
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
12
7
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
20
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
14
Interceptions
11
22
Effective Clearances
9
22
Clearances
9

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 7Rostyn GriffithsCD-L
  3. 4Nuno ReisCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 2Scott GallowayRB
  6. 8Aiden O'NeillCM
  7. 20Adrián LunaLM
  8. 10Florin BerenguerRM
  9. 17Stefan ColakovskiF
  10. 23Marco TilioLF
  11. 13Nathaniel AtkinsonRF

Substitutes

  1. 35Raphael Borges RodriguesSUB
  2. 36Kerrin StokesSUB
  3. 15Andrew NabboutSUB
  4. 19Ben GaruccioSUB
  5. 16Taras GomulkaSUB
  6. 33Matthew SuttonSUB
  7. 11Craig NooneSUB

SYD · 4-2-2-2

  1. 20Tom Heward-BelleG
  2. 3Ben WarlandCD-L
  3. 4Alex WilkinsonCD-R
  4. 16Joel KingLB
  5. 8Paulo RetreRB
  6. 26Luke BrattanCM-L
  7. 17Anthony CáceresCM-R
  8. 99Adam Le FondreCF-L
  9. 9BobôCF-R
  10. 5Alexander BaumjohannAM-L
  11. 11Kosta BarbarousesAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 30Adam PavlesicSUB
  2. 21Harry Van Der SaagSUB
  3. 10Milos NinkovicSUB
  4. 25Callum TalbotSUB
  5. 2Patrick FlottmanSUB
  6. 18Luke IvanovicSUB
  7. 33Patrick WoodSUB

Timeline

  1. 21' Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Sydney FC 1. Kosta Barbarouses (Sydney FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Alexander Baumjohann.
  2. 23' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Sydney FC 1. Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Stefan Colakovski.
  3. 25' Luke Brattan (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 35' Second yellow card to Luke Brattan (Sydney FC) for a bad foul.
  5. 38' Substitution, Sydney FC. Harry Van der Saag replaces Bobô.
  6. 45'+1' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Sydney FC 1. Scott Jamieson (Melbourne City FC) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  7. 54' Marco Tilio (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 72' Substitution, Sydney FC. Milos Ninkovic replaces Alexander Baumjohann.
  9. 73' Stefan Colakovski (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 74' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Andrew Nabbout replaces Stefan Colakovski.
  11. 86' Substitution, Sydney FC. Patrick Wood replaces Anthony Caceres.
  12. 90'+3' Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Sydney FC 1. Scott Galloway (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aiden O'Neill.

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