Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, May 28, 2022
Western United DLWLW 2
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Melbourne City FC WLWDW 0
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WTU202
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AAMI Park · 22,495 att.

Match Report

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A-League Men Grand Final: Western United stun Melbourne City to win first title

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
0
36.9
Possession
63.1
7
SHOTS
16
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
222
Accurate Passes
461
338
Passes
558
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
12
Crosses
39
0.2
Cross %
0.2
69
Long Balls
68
25
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
5
16
Effective Tackles
9
25
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
14
36
Effective Clearances
15
36
Clearances
15

Head to Head

WTU leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MBC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 4Nuno ReisCD-L
  3. 22Curtis GoodCD-R
  4. 5Rostyn GriffithsDM
  5. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  6. 6Carl JenkinsonRB
  7. 18Connor MetcalfeCM-L
  8. 10Florin BerenguerCM-R
  9. 7Mathew LeckieLM
  10. 15Andrew NabboutRM
  11. 9Jamie MaclarenF

WTU · 4-4-2

  1. 1Jamie YoungG
  2. 4Léo LacroixCD-L
  3. 6Tomoki ImaiCD-R
  4. 17Ben GaruccioLB
  5. 19Joshua RisdonRB
  6. 88Neil KilkennyCM-L
  7. 10Steven LusticaCM-R
  8. 11Connor PainLM
  9. 8Lachlan WalesRM
  10. 99Aleksandar PrijovicCF-L
  11. 9Dylan Wenzel-HallsCF-R

Timeline

  1. 2' Own Goal by Nuno Reis, Melbourne City FC. Melbourne City FC 0, Western United FC 1.
  2. 30' Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Western United FC 2. Aleksandar Prijovic (Western United FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Connor Pain.
  3. 45' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Scott Galloway replaces Carl Jenkinson.
  4. 63' Substitution, Western United FC. Jerry Skotadis replaces Steven Lustica.
  5. 65' Dylan Wenzel-Halls (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 66' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Marco Tilio replaces Rostyn Griffiths.
  7. 78' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Taras Gomulka replaces Connor Metcalfe because of an injury.
  8. 82' Substitution, Western United FC. Adisu Bayew replaces Connor Pain.
  9. 84' Lachlan Wales (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 89' Substitution, Western United FC. Dylan Pierias replaces Lachlan Wales.
  11. 89' Substitution, Western United FC. Rhys Bozinovski replaces Dylan Wenzel-Halls.

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