Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, March 9, 2024
Wellington Phoenix DWWDW 0
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Melbourne City FC LLDDL 1
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AAMI Park · 4,461 att.

Team Stats

6
Fouls
18
3
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
10
6
Saves
2
48.5
Possession
51.5
11
SHOTS
28
2
ON GOAL
8
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
404
Accurate Passes
421
477
Passes
489
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
11
10
Crosses
30
0.1
Cross %
0.4
52
Long Balls
47
23
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
7
5
Effective Tackles
9
9
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
15
Interceptions
6
30
Effective Clearances
16
30
Clearances
16

Head to Head

MBC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jamie YoungG
  2. 26Samuel SouprayenCD-L
  3. 4Nuno ReisCD-R
  4. 14Vicente FernándezLB
  5. 25Callum TalbotRB
  6. 10Tolgay ArslanAM
  7. 8James JeggoLM
  8. 6Steven UgarkovicRM
  9. 37Max CaputoF
  10. 11Léo NatelAM-L
  11. 44Marin JakolisAM-R

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. 8Ben OldCM-L
  8. 17Youstin SalasCM-R
  9. 10David BallF
  10. 11Bozhidar KraevCF-L
  11. 7Kosta BarbarousesCF-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Jimmy Jeggo (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 34' Youstin Salas (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 58' Goal! Melbourne City 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Samuel Souprayen (Melbourne City) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tolgay Arslan with a cross following a corner.
  4. 60' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Mohamed Al-Taay replaces Youstin Salas.
  5. 64' Substitution, Melbourne City. Andrew Nabbout replaces Léo Natel.
  6. 67' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Nicholas Pennington replaces David Ball.
  7. 67' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Sam Sutton replaces Lukas Kelly-Heald.
  8. 69' Substitution, Melbourne City. Terry Antonis replaces Callum Talbot because of an injury.
  9. 70' Kosta Barbarouses (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 72' Samuel Souprayen (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 76' Substitution, Melbourne City. Jamie Maclaren replaces Max Caputo.
  12. 76' Substitution, Melbourne City. Harry Politidis replaces Vicente Fernández because of an injury.
  13. 77' Substitution, Melbourne City. Alessandro Lopane replaces Tolgay Arslan.
  14. 79' Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 82' Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 84' Marin Jakolis (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 89' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues replaces Alex Rufer.

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