NEWCASTLE. Melbourne City overcomes Newcastle Jets with a 2-0 win with a goal from B. Mazzeo (12′) and a goal from J. Maclaren (58′).
The match was played at the McDonald Jones Stadium stadium in Newcastle on Sunday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Shane Skinner who was helped by Ryan Gallagher and Arvin Shanmuganathan. The 4th official was Ben Abraham. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.86 degrees Celsius or 76.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
- 9 Total 13
- 1 On Target 7
- 6 Off Target 3
- 2 Shots blocked 4
- 105 Attack 110
- 38 Dangerous attack 58
- 76 Ball safe 66
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 5
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 6 Total 16
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Melbourne City had a strong ball possession 55% while Newcastle Jets was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Melbourne City had a more offensive attitude with 58 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Melbourne City won the match.
Newcastle Jets shot 9 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Melbourne City shot 13 times, 7 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Newcastle Jets received 1 yellow card (Reno Piscopo). Talking about the opposition, Melbourne City received 1 yellow card (Jamie Young).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Newcastle Jets stays with 5 points to sit in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Melbourne City will has 7 points to remain in the 7th place.
Next matches
Newcastle Jets – Formation
Newcastle Jets
59'
68'Newcastle Jets started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Robert Stanton decided to play with the following team: Ryan Scott , Dane Ingham , Phillip Čančar , Mark Natta , Lucas Mauragis , Thomas Kevin Aquilina , Kosta Grozos , Brandon O’Neill , Clayton Taylor , Trent Buhagiar and Justin Vidic .
The home team had on the bench: Reno Piscopo , Jason Berthomier, Daniel Stynes , Michael Weier, Daniel Wilmering, Carl Jenkinson and Archie Goodwin .
Substitutions
Newcastle Jets made 5 changes: Thomas Kevin Aquilina for Reno Piscopo (59′), Justin Vidic for Archie Goodwin (59′), Clayton Taylor for Daniel Stynes (70′), Kosta Grozos for Jason Berthomier (89′) and Lucas Mauragis for Daniel Wilmering (89′).
Player of the match: Ryan Scott
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Newcastle Jets was the goalkeeper: Ryan Scott. His rating is 7.65. He performed 5 saves.
Melbourne City – Formation
Melbourne City
12'
Melbourne City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Aurelio Vidmar played with: Jamie Young , Callum Talbot , Samuel Souprayen , Curtis Good , Aziz Behich , Benjamin Mazzeo , Hamza Sakhi , Terry Antonis , Marin Jakoliš , Tolgay Arslan and Jamie Maclaren .
They had on the bench: Steven Ugarković , Mathew Leckie , Jordon Hall, Alessandro Lopane , Patrick Beach, Max Caputo and Harry Politidis.
Substitutions
Melbourne City made 5 changes: Terry Antonis for Steven Ugarković (57′), Benjamin Mazzeo for Mathew Leckie (57′), Tolgay Arslan for Alessandro Lopane (81′), Jamie Maclaren for Max Caputo (90′) and Marin Jakoliš for Harry Politidis (90′).
Player of the match: Tolgay Arslan
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Melbourne City was Tolgay Arslan even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 42 passes (93% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League Men.
