Australian A-League Men

FT Sunday, January 1, 2023
Melbourne City FC WWLWW 3
–
Wellington Phoenix LDWDL 1
1st2ndT
MBC123
WEL101
Sky Stadium · 6,321 att.

Team Stats

14
Fouls
7
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
9
6
Saves
3
48.9
Possession
51.1
13
SHOTS
20
6
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
454
Accurate Passes
472
535
Passes
552
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
7
15
Crosses
26
0.2
Cross %
0.3
45
Long Balls
55
23
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
6
17
Effective Tackles
8
22
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
14
Interceptions
10
27
Effective Clearances
13
27
Clearances
13

Head to Head

MBC leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

WEL · 4-4-2

  1. 20Oliver SailG
  2. 6Tim PayneCD-L
  3. 4Scott WoottonCD-R
  4. 12Lucas MauragisLB
  5. 17Callan ElliotRB
  6. 23Lewis ClaytonCM-L
  7. 5Steven UgarkovicCM-R
  8. 11Bozhidar KraevLM
  9. 31Yan SasseRM
  10. 9Oskar ZawadaCF-L
  11. 10David BallCF-R

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  3. 6Thomas LamCD-R
  4. 38Jordan BosLB
  5. 25Callum TalbotRB
  6. 8Richard van der VenneAM
  7. 14Valon BerishaLM
  8. 13Aiden O'NeillRM
  9. 9Jamie MaclarenF
  10. 7Mathew LeckieAM-L
  11. 23Marco TilioAM-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Jordan Bos (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 16' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne City 0. David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Callan Elliot with a cross.
  3. 18' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne City 1. Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Tilio with a cross.
  4. 22' Curtis Good (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 28' Steven Ugarkovic (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Melbourne City. Nuno Reis replaces Curtis Good.
  7. 51' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne City 2. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  8. 52' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Kosta Barbarouses replaces Steven Ugarkovic.
  9. 67' Substitution, Melbourne City. Scott Galloway replaces Callum Talbot.
  10. 67' Substitution, Melbourne City. Andrew Nabbout replaces Marco Tilio.
  11. 70' Richard van der Venne (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 86' Substitution, Melbourne City. Scott Jamieson replaces Richard van der Venne because of an injury.
  13. 88' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Oskar van Hattum replaces Yan Sasse.
  14. 89' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Nicholas Pennington replaces Callan Elliot.
  15. 90'+6' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne City 3. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrew Nabbout following a fast break.

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