Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, October 29, 2022
Wellington Phoenix LLDDL 2
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Melbourne City FC WLWWW 2
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WEL022
MBC202
AAMI Park · 6,208 att.

Team Stats

9
Fouls
22
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
1
58.1
Possession
41.9
10
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
547
Accurate Passes
355
624
Passes
449
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
0
11
Crosses
8
0.3
Cross %
0.0
48
Long Balls
60
29
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
12
14
Tackles
23
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
13
13
Effective Clearances
12
13
Clearances
12

Head to Head

MBC leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

MBC · 4-4-2

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  3. 6Thomas LamCD-R
  4. 38Jordan BosLB
  5. 25Callum TalbotRB
  6. 13Aiden O'NeillCM-L
  7. 16Taras GomulkaCM-R
  8. 7Mathew LeckieLM
  9. 23Marco TilioRM
  10. 9Jamie MaclarenCF-L
  11. 14Valon BerishaCF-R

WEL · 4-2-2-2

  1. 20Oliver SailG
  2. 4Scott WoottonCD-L
  3. 6Tim PayneCD-R
  4. 19Sam SuttonLB
  5. 17Callan ElliotRB
  6. 23Lewis ClaytonCM-L
  7. 13Nicholas PenningtonCM-R
  8. 18Ben WaineCF-L
  9. 31Yan SasseCF-R
  10. 10David BallAM-L
  11. 8Ben OldAM-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  2. 16' Goal! Melbourne City 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 34' Goal! Melbourne City 2, Wellington Phoenix 0. Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mathew Leckie with a through ball following a fast break.
  4. 40' Taras Gomulka (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 41' Aiden O'Neill (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 50' Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 54' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Kosta Barbarouses replaces Yan Sasse.
  8. 54' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Oskar Zawada replaces Ben Waine.
  9. 54' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Bozhidar Kraev replaces David Ball.
  10. 63' Thomas Lam (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 68' Substitution, Melbourne City. Richard van der Venne replaces Taras Gomulka.
  12. 72' Substitution, Melbourne City. Andrew Nabbout replaces Marco Tilio.
  13. 77' Callum Talbot (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 79' Goal! Melbourne City 2, Wellington Phoenix 1. Sam Sutton (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  15. 83' Callan Elliot (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 85' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Steven Ugarkovic replaces Nicholas Pennington.
  17. 90' Goal! Melbourne City 2, Wellington Phoenix 2. Kosta Barbarouses (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ben Old.
  18. 90'+2' Second yellow card to Thomas Lam (Melbourne City) for a bad foul.
  19. 90'+4' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Joshua Laws replaces Ben Old.

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