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MELBOURNE. Melbourne City defeated Brisbane Roar to win 2-1. It was Melbourne City to strike first with a goal of C. Good at the 40′. Then C. Metcalfe scored again for Melbourne City in the 43′ minute with a goal. Eventually, L. Ivanovic reduced the distance for Brisbane Roar with a goal. Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.​ Melbourne City took advantage of its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the AAMI Park stadium in Melbourne on Friday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Jonathon Barreiro who was helped by George Lakrindis and Daniel Illievski. The 4th official was Adam Bavcar. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.6 degrees Celsius or 70.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Melbourne City had a strong ball possession 57% while Brisbane Roar was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Melbourne City was more pushing with 79 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Melbourne City won the match​.

Melbourne City shot 21 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Brisbane Roar shot 12 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Melbourne City received 1 yellow card (C. Metcalfe). On the opposite side, Brisbane Roar didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Melbourne City has 8 points to occupy the 5th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Brisbane Roar stays with 1 points (12th).

Next matches

In the next match in the A-League, Melbourne City will play away with Perth Glory on the 22nd of February with a 16-10 head to head statistic in favor of Perth Glory (10 draws).

Brisbane Roar will play away agasint Adelaide United on the 30th of April with a 21-18 head to head stats in favor of Adelaide United (10 draws).

Melbourne City – Formation

Melbourne City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Patrick Kisnorbo decided to play with the following team: Tom Glover (6.3), Scott Galloway (7.3), Nuno Reis (8.0), Curtis Good (8.1), Scott Jamieson (7.9), Florin Berenguer (6.7), Aiden O’Neill (7.1), Conor Metcalfe (7.3), Andrew Nabbout (7.2), Jamie MacLaren (7.0) and Mathew Leckie (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Matthew Sutton, Anthony Lesiotis, Raphael Borges Rodrigues, Stefan Colakovski, Marco Tilio (6.5), Jordon Hall and Nathaniel Atkinson (6.8).

Substitutions

Melbourne City made 2 changes: M. Leckie for M. Tilio (63′) and A. Nabbout for N. Atkinson (75′).

Best player: Curtis Good​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Melbourne City was Curtis Good.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 81 passes (96% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8.

Brisbane Roar – Formation

Brisbane Roar started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Warren Moon played with: Macklin Freke (7.1), Jack Hingert (6.2), Scott Neville (7.6), Kai Trewin (7.5), Anton Mlinaric (7.1), Corey Brown (6.3), Jay O’Shea (7.7), Rahmat Akbari (6.6), Matti Steinmann (7.4), Dehmie Cyrus (6.5) and Nikola Mileusnić (6.8).

They had on the bench: Nicholas Olsen (6.6), Jordan Holmes, Alex Parsons (6.5), Luke Ivanovic (7.1), Josh Brindell-South (6.6), Jesse Daley (6.2) and Henry Hore.

Brisbane Roar could not rely on the presence of J. Brindell-South (injured).

Substitutions

Brisbane Roar made 5 changes: N. Mileusnic for L. Ivanovic (59′), J. Hingert for J. Brindell-South (60′), M. Steinmann for J. Daley (76′), C. Brown for N. Olsen (77′) and C. Dehmie for A. Parsons (84′).

Best player: Jay O’Shea​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Brisbane Roar was Jay O’Shea.

His rating is (7.7) with 79 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the A-League.​

• Melbourne City – Brisbane Roar – 2-1