Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, October 7, 2022
Western United LWLWW 1
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Melbourne City FC LWDWL 2
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WTU011
MBC112
AAMI Park · 7,501 att.

Match Report

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Reshuffled Melbourne City beat Western United in A-League season opener

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
16
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
11
7
Saves
3
51.1
Possession
48.9
9
SHOTS
19
4
ON GOAL
9
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
369
Accurate Passes
329
471
Passes
438
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
9
6
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.4
56
Long Balls
71
25
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
19
17
Tackles
25
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
14
Interceptions
10
23
Effective Clearances
14
23
Clearances
14

Head to Head

WTU leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 3Scott JamiesonCD-L
  3. 6Thomas LamCD-R
  4. 38Jordan BosLB
  5. 25Callum TalbotRB
  6. 14Valon BerishaAM
  7. 13Aiden O'NeillLM
  8. 16Taras GomulkaRM
  9. 9Jamie MaclarenF
  10. 7Mathew LeckieAM-L
  11. 15Andrew NabboutAM-R

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. 14James TroisiCF-L
  11. 9Dylan Wenzel-HallsCF-R

Timeline

  1. 30' Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 30' Connor Pain (Western United) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 38' Own Goal by Léo Lacroix, Western United. Melbourne City 1, Western United 0.
  4. 42' James Troisi (Western United) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45'+3' Jordan Bos (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Western United. Nikolai Topor-Stanley replaces Tomoki Imai.
  7. 59' Goal! Melbourne City 2, Western United 0. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  8. 61' Substitution, Western United. Dylan Pierias replaces Dylan Wenzel-Halls.
  9. 62' Substitution, Western United. Tongo Doumbia replaces Steven Lustica.
  10. 65' Substitution, Melbourne City. Jordon Hall replaces Thomas Lam because of an injury.
  11. 73' Substitution, Melbourne City. Marco Tilio replaces Andrew Nabbout because of an injury.
  12. 75' Joshua Risdon (Western United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 79' Substitution, Western United. Nicolas Milanovic replaces Lachlan Wales.
  14. 86' Léo Lacroix (Western United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 88' Aiden O'Neill (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+2' Goal! Melbourne City 2, Western United 1. Nicolas Milanovic (Western United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.

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