MELBOURNE. Melbourne City wipes out Macarthur 6-1 with goals of Jamie Maclaren (3′), Richard van der Venne (33′), Richard van der Venne (43′), Andrew Nabbout (68′), Richard van der Venne (77′) and Jamie Maclaren (88′). On the other side, Macarthur scored with Moudi Najjar (72′). Melbourne City was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Jamie Maclaren missed a penalty (17′) for Melbourne City.
The match was played at the AAMI Park stadium in Melbourne on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Jonathon Barreiro with the support of Andrew Meimarakis and Daniel Illievski. The 4th official was Lachlan Keevers. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.3 degrees Celsius or 61.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
- ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
- 22 Total 6
- 10 On Target 4
- 11 Off Target 2
- 5 Shots blocked 2
- 144 Attack 74
- 71 Dangerous attack 43
- 90 Ball safe 73
- 1 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 17 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Melbourne City was in firm control of the ball 65% while Macarthur was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Melbourne City was putting more pressure with 71 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Melbourne City won the match.
Melbourne City shot 22 times, 10 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Macarthur shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Melbourne City received 1 yellow card (Thomas Lam). Regarding the opposition, Macarthur received 2 yellow cards (Daniel Arzani and Charles M’Mombwa).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Melbourne City will have 31 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, Macarthur will stay with 18 points like Newcastle Jets to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the A-League, Melbourne City will host Western Sydney Wanderers on the 28th of April with a 11-10 head to head in favor of Western Sydney Wanderers (7 draws).
Macarthur will host Wellington Phoenix on the 30th of April with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Wellington Phoenix (2 draws).
Melbourne City – Formation
Melbourne City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Rado Vidošić decided to play with the following team: Tom Glover
, Nuno Reis , Thomas Lam , Curtis Good , Jordan Bos , Aiden O’Neill , Valon Berisha , Marco Tilio , Richard van der Venne , Mathew Leckie and Jamie MacLaren .The home team had on the bench: Matthew Sutton, Scott Jamieson
, Andrew Nabbout , Scott Galloway, Florin Berenguer , Raphael Borges Rodrigues and Callum Talbot .Substitutions
Melbourne City made 5 changes: Thomas Lam for Callum Talbot (59′), Aiden O’Neill for Florin Berenguer (59′), Mathew Leckie for Andrew Nabbout (59′), J. Bos for Scott Jamieson (73′) and Richard van der Venne for Raphael Borges Rodrigues (81′).
Best player: Richard van der Venne
The most impressive player for Melbourne City was Richard van der Venne.
His rating is
with 3 goals, 58 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.Macarthur – Formation
Also Macarthur adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Mile Sterjovski played with: Nick Suman
, Matthew Millar , Tomislav Uskok , Jonathan Aspropotamitis , Ivan Vujica , Jake Hollman , Charles M’Mombwa , Craig Noone , Ulises Dávila , Daniel Arzani and Bachana Arabuli .The following players were sitting on the bench: Jerry Skotadis, Jed Drew
, Aleksandar Susnjar , Filip Kurto, Moudi Najjar , Joel Bertolissio, Ali Auglah and Joel Bertolissio .Substitutions
Macarthur made 4 changes: Bachana Arabuli for Moudi Najjar (46′), Ulises Dávila for Jed Drew (55′), Daniel Arzani for Ali Auglah (62′) and Jonathan Aspropotamitis for Aleksandar Susnjar (62′).
Best player: Jake Hollman
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Macarthur was Jake Hollman.
His rating is
with 39 passes (74% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League.
- Perth Glory – Newcastle Jets – 2-2
- Adelaide United – Brisbane Roar – 2-1
- Sydney – Central Coast Mariners – 3-2
- Melbourne City – Macarthur – 6-1