MELBOURNE. Melbourne City and Macarthur played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 3-3. Melbourne City was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%)
The match was played at the AAMI Park stadium in Melbourne on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Ben Abraham with the assistance of Kearney Robinson and Peter Jaworski. The 4th official was Lachlan Keevers. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 17.53 degrees Celsius or 63.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 22 Total 6
- 7 On Target 6
- 5 Off Target 1
- 10 Shots blocked 0
- 125 Attack 72
- 76 Dangerous attack 35
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 6
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 14 Total 7
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Melbourne City had a superior ball possession 61% while Macarthur was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Melbourne City was putting more pressure with 76 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 7 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Melbourne City to win the match.
Melbourne City shot 22 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Macarthur shot 6 times, 6 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Melbourne City received 2 yellow cards (Hamza Sakhi and Léo Natel). Talking about the opposition, Macarthur received 2 yellow cards (Raphael Borges Rodrigues and Yianni Nicolaou).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Melbourne City will have 4 points like Perth Glory to remain in the 9th place. On the other side, Macarthur will have 8 points like Western Sydney Wanderers, Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix to sit in the 4th place.
Next matches
Melbourne City – Formation
Melbourne City
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58', 90'
Melbourne City started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Aurelio Vidmar decided to play with the following team: Jamie Young , Scott Galloway , Nuno Reis , Samuel Souprayen , Aziz Behich , Steven Ugarković , Léo Natel , Hamza Sakhi , Tolgay Arslan , Marin Jakoliš and Jamie MacLaren .
The home team had on the bench: Terry Antonis , Alessandro Lopane , Curtis Good, Callum Talbot , Patrick Beach, Zane Schreiber and Max Caputo .
Melbourne City could not rely on the presence of Terry Antonis (injured).
Substitutions
Melbourne City made 4 changes: Tolgay Arslan for Terry Antonis (27′), Léo Natel for Alessandro Lopane (60′), Hamza Sakhi for Max Caputo (84′) and Scott Galloway for Callum Talbot (84′).
Best player: Jamie MacLaren
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Melbourne City was Jamie MacLaren.
His rating is with 2 goals, 11 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass.
Macarthur – Formation
Macarthur
Macarthur started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Mile Sterjovski played with: Filip Kurto , Yianni Nicolaou , Tomislav Uskok , Jonathan Aspropotamitis , Ivan Vujica , Kearyn Baccus , Clayton Lewis , Raphael Borges Rodrigues , Ulises Dávila , Jed Drew and Valère Germain .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Danijel Nizic, Jake Hollman , Kristian Popovic, Oliver Jones, Lachlan Rose, Ali Auglah and Matthew Millar .
Macarthur could not rely on the presence of Matthew Millar (injured).
Substitutions
Macarthur made 3 changes: Raphael Borges Rodrigues for Ali Auglah (69′), Jed Drew for Matthew Millar (69′) and Kearyn Baccus for Jake Hollman (73′).
Best player: Ulises Dávila
The player that probably impressed the most for Macarthur was Ulises Dávila.
His rating is with 1 goal, 44 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 14.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League Men.
