Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, November 24, 2023
Melbourne City FC LWLDL 0
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Wellington Phoenix DWWDW 1
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WEL011
Go Media Stadium · 8,327 att.

Team Stats

7
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
8
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
5
55.2
Possession
44.8
21
SHOTS
8
6
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
480
Accurate Passes
390
548
Passes
469
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
9
Accurate Crosses
3
41
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
56
30
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
0
6
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
3
11
Effective Clearances
46
11
Clearances
46

Head to Head

MBC leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

WEL · 4-3-2-1

  1. 40Alex PaulsenG
  2. 4Scott WoottonCD-L
  3. 3Finn SurmanCD-R
  4. 18Lukas Kelly-HealdLB
  5. 6Tim PayneRB
  6. 14Alex RuferCM
  7. 15Nicholas PenningtonCM-L
  8. 12Mohamed Al-TaayCM-R
  9. 10David BallF
  10. 11Bozhidar KraevCF-L
  11. 7Kosta BarbarousesCF-R

MBC · 4-4-2

  1. 1Jamie YoungG
  2. 22Curtis GoodCD-L
  3. 26Samuel SouprayenCD-R
  4. 16Aziz BehichLB
  5. 25Callum TalbotRB
  6. 6Steven UgarkovicCM-L
  7. 8Hamza SakhiCM-R
  8. 44Marin JakolisLM
  9. 11Léo NatelRM
  10. 9Jamie MaclarenCF-L
  11. 10Tolgay ArslanCF-R

Timeline

  1. 48' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne City 0. Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Ball.
  2. 64' Substitution, Melbourne City. Alessandro Lopane replaces Tolgay Arslan.
  3. 64' Substitution, Melbourne City. Benjamin Mazzeo replaces Léo Natel.
  4. 68' Curtis Good (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 68' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Ben Old replaces Mohamed Al-Taay.
  6. 68' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Sam Sutton replaces Lukas Kelly-Heald.
  7. 72' Bozhidar Kraev (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 74' Penalty saved. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  9. 79' Substitution, Melbourne City. Terry Antonis replaces Hamza Sakhi because of an injury.
  10. 79' Substitution, Melbourne City. Scott Galloway replaces Callum Talbot.
  11. 79' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Fin Conchie replaces David Ball.
  12. 88' Substitution, Melbourne City. Harry Politidis replaces Marin Jakolis.
  13. 89' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Matt Sheridan replaces Nicholas Pennington.

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