Australian A-League Women

FT Friday, December 17, 2021
Adelaide United WLWLW 1
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Melbourne City WWWWL 3
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ADE011
MBC213
AAMI Park · 7,896 att.

Match Report

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Melbourne City bounce back in A-League Women against Adelaide United

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
10
4
Saves
3
45.7
Possession
54.3
7
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
7
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
199
Accurate Passes
252
315
Passes
373
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
4
19
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.2
53
Long Balls
55
17
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
4
14
Effective Tackles
16
25
Tackles
31
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
21
Interceptions
22
18
Effective Clearances
5
18
Clearances
5

Head to Head

MBC leads series 2-1

Lineups

MBC · 3-4-2-1

  1. 23Melissa BarbieriG
  2. 15Emma CheckerCD
  3. 7Winonah HeatleyCD-L
  4. 5Tori TumethCD-R
  5. 13Rebekah StottCM-L
  6. 18Leah DavidsonCM-R
  7. 19Tyla-Jay VlajnicLM
  8. 8Kaitlyn TorpeyRM
  9. 17Hannah WilkinsonF
  10. 9Holly McnamaraCF-L
  11. 10Rhianna PollicinaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Leticia MckennaSUB
  2. 12Coco MajstorovicSUB
  3. 22Naomi Thomas-ChinnamaSUB
  4. 3Darcey MaloneSUB
  5. 4Chelsea BlissettSUB

ADE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Annalee GroveG
  2. 13Ella TonkinCD-L
  3. 3Matilda McnamaraCD-R
  4. 2Emily HodgsonLB
  5. 9Paige HaywardRB
  6. 8Emily CondonAM
  7. 12Nanako SasakiLM
  8. 5Emma StanburyRM
  9. 23Fiona WortsF
  10. 17Shadeene EvansAM-L
  11. 10Chelsie DawberAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Georgia BeaumontSUB
  2. 22Emilia MurraySUB
  3. 19Leia VarleySUB
  4. 6Reona OmiyaSUB
  5. 20Miranda TemplemanSUB

Timeline

  1. 27' Tyla-Jay Vlajnic (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 38' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Adelaide United 0. Rhianna Pollicina (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Leah Davidson.
  3. 40' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Adelaide United 0. Hannah Wilkinson (Melbourne City FC) with an attempt from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rhianna Pollicina with a cross following a corner.
  4. 56' Emma Stanbury (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 58' Substitution, Adelaide United. Reona Omiya replaces Emily Condon because of an injury.
  6. 61' Shadeene Evans (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 65' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Adelaide United 1. Chelsie Dawber (Adelaide United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  8. 71' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Chelsea Blissett replaces Tyla-Jay Vlajnic.
  9. 74' Substitution, Adelaide United. Emilia Murray replaces Shadeene Evans.
  10. 76' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Darcey Malone replaces Rebekah Stott.
  11. 80' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Naomi Thomas-Chinnama replaces Kaitlyn Torpey.
  12. 81' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Leticia McKenna replaces Rhianna Pollicina.
  13. 81' Holly McNamara (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 88' Substitution, Adelaide United. Georgia Beaumont replaces Emma Stanbury.
  15. 90'+4' Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Adelaide United 1. Hannah Wilkinson (Melbourne City FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leticia McKenna with a cross.

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