MELBOURNE. Melbourne City prevails over Adelaide United 1-0 after T. Antonis scored just 1 goal (5′).

The match was played at the AAMI Park stadium in Melbourne on Thursday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Ben Abraham with the help of Daniel Illievski and Joey Lee. The 4th official was Jonathon Barreiro. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 25.46 degrees Celsius or 77.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Melbourne City

1 - 0

Adelaide United

  • 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
  • 14 Total 25
  • 4 On Target 6
  • 8 Off Target 9
  • 2 Shots blocked 10
  • 105 Attack 90
  • 55 Dangerous attack 54
  • 102 Ball safe 95
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 2 Corners 9
Fouls
  • 6 Total 9
  • 1 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Melbourne City was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Adelaide United that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Melbourne City was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Melbourne City won the match​.

Melbourne City shot 14 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Adelaide United shot 25 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Melbourne City received 1 yellow card (Terry Antonis). On the other side, Adelaide United received 3 yellow cards (Luka Jovanovic, Isaías and Ryan Tunnicliffe).

Match Timeline

Terry Antonis(goal)Tolgay Arslan
5'
35'
Ryan Tunnicliffe- Yellow
46'
Ethan Alagich- sub ->Jonny Yull
46'
Luke Duzel- sub ->Ryan Tunnicliffe
Andrew Nabbout- sub ->Léo Natel
59'
66'
L. Jovanović- sub ->Zach Clough
Terry Antonis- Yellow
69'
76'
Austin Ayoubi- sub ->Hiroshi Ibusuki
A. Lopane- sub ->Benjamin Mazzeo
77'
79'
Isaías- Yellow
84'
L. Jovanović- Yellow
Z. Schreiber- sub ->Tolgay Arslan
89'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Central Coast Mariners
55
27
Wellington Phoenix
53
27
Melbourne Victory
42
27
Sydney
41
27
Macarthur
41
27
Melbourne City
39
27
Western Sydney Wanderers
37
27
Adelaide United
32
27
Brisbane Roar
30
27
Newcastle Jets
28
27
Western United
26
27
Perth Glory
22
27

After this contest, Melbourne City has 21 points like Western Sydney Wanderers, Central Coast Mariners and Macarthur to hold in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Adelaide United will stays with 18 points like Sydney to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

Melbourne City – Formation

Melbourne City
G
Jamie Young 1.Australia
9.5
D
Scott Galloway 2.Australia
7.3
D
Jordon Hall 18.Australia
7.3
D
Curtis Good 22.Australia
7.9
D
C. Talbot 25.Australia
7.3
M
Steven Ugarkovic 6.Australia
7.9
M
Tolgay Arslan 10.Germany
7.9
89'
M
Léo Natel 11.Brazil
7.5
59'
M
Terry Antonis 17.Australia
8.7
69' 5'
M
Benjamin Mazzeo 46.Australia
7.1
77'
F
Jamie Maclaren 9.Australia
7.0
Substitutes
G
Patrick Beach 33.Australia
D
Harry Politidis 38.Australia
M
A. Lopane 21.Australia
7.1
77'
M
Z. Schreiber 35.Australia
89'
F
Andrew Nabbout 15.Australia
6.8
59'
F
M. Caputo 37.Australia

Melbourne City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Aurelio Vidmar decided to play with the following team: Jamie Young (9.5), Callum Talbot (7.3), Jordon Hall (7.3), Curtis Good (7.9), Scott Galloway (7.3), Steven Ugarković (7.9), Terry Antonis (8.7), Benjamin Mazzeo (7.1), Tolgay Arslan (7.9), Léo Natel (7.5) and Jamie Maclaren (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Andrew Nabbout (6.8), Alessandro Lopane (7.1), Patrick Beach, Zane Schreiber, Max Caputo, Harry Politidis and Harrison Shillington.

Substitutions

Melbourne City made 3 changes: Benjamin Mazzeo for Alessandro Lopane (77′), Léo Natel for Andrew Nabbout (59′) and Tolgay Arslan for Zane Schreiber (89′).

Player of the match: Jamie Young​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Melbourne City was the goalkeeper: Jamie Young. His rating is 9.49. He performed 6 saves.

Adelaide United – Formation

Adelaide United
G
James Delianov 1.Australia
7.0
D
Ben Warland 3.Australia
7.1
D
R. Kitto 7.Australia
7.0
D
Isaías 8.Spain
6.8
79'
D
G. Bovalina 43.Australia
7.8
M
Zach Clough 10.England
7.0
66'
M
Ryan Tunnicliffe 22.England
6.4
46' 35'
M
Ben Halloran 26.Australia
7.0
M
J. Yull 37.Australia
7.3
46'
M
N. Irankunda 66.Australia
7.1
F
Hiroshi Ibusuki 9.Japan
6.7
76'
Substitutes
G
E. Cox 40.Australia
D
Javi López 21.Spain
M
Luke Duzel 23.Australia
6.8
46'
M
Joshua Cavallo 27.Australia
M
Austin Ayoubi 42.Australia
6.4
76'
M
Ethan Alagich 55.Australia
7.3
46'
F
L. Jovanović 17.Australia
6.6
66' 84'

Adelaide United started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Thomas Veart played with: James Delianov (7.0), Giuseppe Bovalina (7.8), Ben Warland (7.1), Isaías (6.8), Ryan Kitto (7.0), Zach Clough (7.0), Ryan Tunnicliffe (6.4), Jonny Yull (7.3), Nestory Irankunda (7.1), Ben Halloran (7.0) and Hiroshi Ibusuki (6.7).

They had on the bench: Luka Jovanovic (6.6), Javi López, Luke Duzel (6.8), Joshua Cavallo, Ethan Cox, Austin Ayoubi (6.4) and Ethan Alagich (7.3).

Substitutions

Adelaide United made 4 changes: Hiroshi Ibusuki for Austin Ayoubi (76′), Ryan Tunnicliffe for Luke Duzel (46′), Jonny Yull for Ethan Alagich (46′) and Zach Clough for Luka Jovanovic (66′).

Player of the match: Giuseppe Bovalina​

The most impressive player for Adelaide United was Giuseppe Bovalina.

His rating is 7.8 with 29 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 16.

Results of the day

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