MELBOURNE. Melbourne City manages to recover against Melbourne Victory with a goal on the F. Margiotta 12′ and a goal on the N. D’Agostino 82′. Melbourne City was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%)
The match was played at the AAMI Park stadium in Melbourne on Saturday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Chris Beath with the collaboration of Anton Schetinin and Ashley Beecham. The 4th official was Adam Bavcar. The weather was mist. The temperature was pleasant at 20.7 degrees Celsius or 69.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 18 Total 12
- 6 On Target 5
- 12 Off Target 7
- 4 Shots blocked 2
- 143 Attack 89
- 53 Dangerous attack 32
- 82 Ball safe 81
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 4
Fouls
- 19 Total 9
- 4 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Melbourne City was in firm control of the ball 58% while Melbourne Victory was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Melbourne City had a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Melbourne City to win the match.
Melbourne City shot 18 times, 6 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Melbourne Victory shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Melbourne City received 4 yellow cards (C. Metcalfe, A. O’Neill, F. Berenguer and S. Jamieson). On the other side, Melbourne Victory didn’t receive any yellow card.
(Melbourne City) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Melbourne City will have 8 points to sit in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Melbourne Victory will have 10 points like Macarthur to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the A-League, Melbourne City will play away with Brisbane Roar on the 27th of December with a 17-12 head to head record in favor of Melbourne City (6 draws).
Melbourne Victory will host Western United on the 26th of December with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Western United (1 draw).
Melbourne City – Formation
Melbourne City
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66'
63'
90'
Melbourne City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Patrick Kisnorbo decided to play with the following team: Tom Glover , Nathaniel Atkinson , Nuno Reis , Curtis Good , Scott Jamieson , Aiden O’Neill , Conor Metcalfe , Marco Tilio , Florin Berenguer , Andrew Nabbout and Jamie MacLaren .
The home team had on the bench: Scott Galloway , Raphael Borges Rodrigues, Manuel Pucciarelli, Rostyn Griffiths , Matthew Sutton, Stefan Colakovski and Anthony Lesiotis.
Substitutions
Melbourne City made 2 changes: N. Reis for R. Griffiths (66′) and A. Nabbout for S. Galloway (82′).
Best player: Andrew Nabbout
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Melbourne City was Andrew Nabbout.
His rating is with 1 goal, 36 passes (63% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 16. He performed 2 crosses.
Melbourne Victory – Formation
Melbourne Victory
Also Melbourne Victory adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Tony Popović played with: Ivan Kelava , Jason Geria , Matthew Spiranovic , Roderick Miranda , Leigh Broxham , Joshua Brillante , Rai Marchán , Marco Rojas , Jake Brimmer , Ben Folami and Francesco Margiotta .
These were the players on the bench: Stefan Nigro , Jerrad Tyson, Christopher Ikonomidis , Nishan Velupillay , Jay Barnett, Nicholas D’Agostino and Robbie Kruse .
Melbourne Victory could not rely on the presence of C. Ikonomidis (injured).
Substitutions
Melbourne Victory made 5 changes: M. Rojas for C. Ikonomidis (39′), F. Margiotta for N. D’Agostino (70′), Rai for R. Kruse (71′), L. Broxham for S. Nigro (79′) and B. Folami for N. Velupillay (79′).
Best player: Jake Brimmer
The most impressive player for Melbourne Victory was Jake Brimmer.
His rating is with 37 passes (72% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League.
