Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, February 24, 2023
Sydney FC LWWWD 2
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Melbourne City FC DDWWL 3
1st2ndT
SYD112
MBC303
AAMI Park · 5,189 att.

Team Stats

8
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
3
52.7
Possession
47.3
12
SHOTS
20
5
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
458
Accurate Passes
402
533
Passes
493
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
3
25
Crosses
6
0.2
Cross %
0.5
47
Long Balls
43
27
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
9
8
Effective Tackles
14
13
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
14
Interceptions
11
11
Effective Clearances
25
11
Clearances
25

Head to Head

MBC leads series 4-1

Lineups

MBC · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 4Nuno ReisCD-L
  3. 6Thomas LamCD-R
  4. 13Aiden O'NeillDM
  5. 38Jordan BosLB
  6. 25Callum TalbotRB
  7. 8Richard van der VenneAM
  8. 10Florin BerenguerLM
  9. 14Valon BerishaRM
  10. 9Jamie MaclarenCF-L
  11. 23Marco TilioCF-R

SYD · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Andrew RedmayneG
  2. 4Alex WilkinsonCD-L
  3. 29Aaron GurdCD-R
  4. 26Luke BrattanDM
  5. 18Diego CaballoLB
  6. 23Rhyan GrantRB
  7. 17Anthony CáceresCM-L
  8. 8Paulo RetreCM-R
  9. 10Joe LolleyLM
  10. 22Max BurgessRM
  11. 11Róbert MakF

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Melbourne City 1, Sydney FC 0. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florin Berenguer with a cross.
  2. 13' Goal! Melbourne City 2, Sydney FC 0. Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a fast break.
  3. 28' Goal! Melbourne City 2, Sydney FC 1. Róbert Mak (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joe Lolley.
  4. 30' Goal! Melbourne City 3, Sydney FC 1. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Tilio.
  5. 55' Richard van der Venne (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 56' Paulo Retre (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 64' Substitution, Sydney FC. Alex Parsons replaces Joe Lolley.
  8. 64' Substitution, Sydney FC. Joel King replaces Paulo Retre.
  9. 76' Substitution, Melbourne City. Andrew Nabbout replaces Jamie Maclaren.
  10. 76' Substitution, Sydney FC. Jaiden Kucharski replaces Róbert Mak.
  11. 76' Substitution, Sydney FC. Patrick Wood replaces Max Burgess.
  12. 90'+1' Substitution, Melbourne City. Scott Galloway replaces Marco Tilio.
  13. 90'+5' Nuno Reis (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+6' Goal! Melbourne City 3, Sydney FC 2. Diego Caballo (Sydney FC) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.

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