Australian A-League Men

FT Sunday, April 9, 2023
Wellington Phoenix DWWLL 1
–
Melbourne City FC LWDDW 4
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WEL011
MBC134
AAMI Park · 4,821 att.

Team Stats

8
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
7
7
Saves
3
44.7
Possession
55.3
8
SHOTS
22
4
ON GOAL
12
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
376
Accurate Passes
483
454
Passes
563
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
4
6
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.3
50
Long Balls
57
18
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
16
14
Tackles
24
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
12
15
Effective Clearances
8
15
Clearances
8

Head to Head

MBC leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas GloverG
  2. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  3. 6Thomas LamCD-R
  4. 38Jordan BosLB
  5. 25Callum TalbotRB
  6. 13Aiden O'NeillCM
  7. 10Florin BerenguerLM
  8. 14Valon BerishaRM
  9. 9Jamie MaclarenF
  10. 23Marco TilioLF
  11. 15Andrew NabboutRF

WEL · 4-4-2

  1. 20Oliver SailG
  2. 21Joshua LawsCD-L
  3. 6Tim PayneCD-R
  4. 19Sam SuttonLB
  5. 17Callan ElliotRB
  6. 5Steven UgarkovicCM-L
  7. 14Alex RuferCM-R
  8. 11Bozhidar KraevLM
  9. 31Yan SasseRM
  10. 10David BallCF-L
  11. 9Oskar ZawadaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 34' Goal! Melbourne City 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 45' Substitution, Melbourne City. Nuno Reis replaces Curtis Good.
  3. 49' Goal! Melbourne City 1, Wellington Phoenix 1. Steven Ugarkovic (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Yan Sasse.
  4. 52' Goal! Melbourne City 2, Wellington Phoenix 1. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrew Nabbout with a cross.
  5. 57' Goal! Melbourne City 3, Wellington Phoenix 1. Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrew Nabbout.
  6. 58' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Clayton Lewis replaces Alex Rufer.
  7. 58' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Kosta Barbarouses replaces Bozhidar Kraev.
  8. 65' Joshua Laws (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the red card.
  9. 66' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Nikko Boxall replaces Yan Sasse.
  10. 70' Callum Talbot (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 78' Substitution, Melbourne City. Scott Galloway replaces Valon Berisha because of an injury.
  12. 82' Substitution, Melbourne City. Raphael Rodrigues replaces Andrew Nabbout.
  13. 83' Goal! Melbourne City 4, Wellington Phoenix 1. Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Bos.
  14. 85' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Nicholas Pennington replaces Oskar Zawada.
  15. 85' Substitution, Melbourne City. Max Caputo replaces Florin Berenguer.
  16. 85' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Oskar van Hattum replaces Steven Ugarkovic.
  17. 90' David Ball (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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