Western United vs Melbourne City FC, 2024-25 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men

Western United

FT
0 - 1

Melbourne City FC

49': Andrew Nabbout

About

Western United are hosting Melbourne City FC at AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Timeline

40': Medin Memeti (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 40'
49': Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City FC) Goal at 49'
54': Yonatan Cohen (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 54'
61': Abel Walatee (Western United) Substitution at 61'
61': Noah Botic (Western United) Substitution at 61'
62': Zane Schreiber (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 62'
66': Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 66'
77': Abel Walatee (Western United) Yellow Card at 77'
77': Sebastian Pasquali (Western United) Substitution at 77'
78': Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 78'
78': Benjamin Dunbar (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 78'

Statistics

MCY		WTU
10	Fouls	13
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
3	Corner Kicks	2
1	Saves	3
55.8	Possession	44.2
11	SHOTS	12
4	ON GOAL	1
0.4	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
0	Blocked Shots	3
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: AAMI Park
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Attendance: 4,325

A-League Men Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Adelaide United	0	0	0
2	Auckland FC	0	0	0
3	Brisbane Roar	0	0	0
4	Central Coast Mariners	0	0	0

Full Table

Line-Ups

Western United (4-4-2)

No.	Name
33	Matthew Sutton (GK)
30	Dylan Leonard
6	Tomoki Imai
29	Charbel Shamoon
13	Tate Russell
32	Angus Thurgate
23	Rhys Bozinovski
10	Matthew Grimaldi
77	Riku Danzaki
5	Oliver Lavale
9	Hiroshi Ibusuki

Western United Substitutes:

Kane Vidmar, Sebastian Pasquali, Tom Heward-Belle, James York, Jake Najdovski, Noah Botic, Abel Walatee.

Melbourne City FC (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
33	Patrick Beach (GK)
26	Samuel Souprayen
27	Kai Trewin
13	Nathaniel Atkinson
2	Callum Talbot
30	Andreas Kuen
19	Zane Schreiber
6	Steven Ugarkovic
15	Andrew Nabbout
38	Harry Politidis
23	Marco Tilio

Melbourne City FC Substitutes:

Mathew Leckie, Benjamin Dunbar, Medin Memeti, Jamie Young, Kavian Rahmani, Yonatan Cohen, German Ferreyra.

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