MELBOURNE. Melbourne City beats Wellington Phoenix 1-0 after S. Souprayen scored just 1 goal (58′).
The match was played at the AAMI Park stadium in Melbourne on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Alex King who was helped by Andrew Lindsay and Joey Lee. The 4th official was Jonathon Barreiro. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 33.74 degrees Celsius or 92.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 33%.
Match Statistics
- 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
- 28 Total 11
- 8 On Target 2
- 13 Off Target 5
- 7 Shots blocked 4
- 131 Attack 86
- 79 Dangerous attack 32
- 51 Ball safe 71
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 3
Fouls
- 18 Total 9
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Melbourne City was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Wellington Phoenix that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Melbourne City was more aggressive with 79 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Melbourne City won the match.
Melbourne City shot 27 times, 8 on target, 12 off target. Talking about the opposition, Wellington Phoenix shot 11 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Melbourne City received 4 yellow cards (Samuel Souprayen, Marin Jakoliš, James Jeggo and Andrew Nabbout). Talking about the opposition, Wellington Phoenix received 3 yellow cards (Alex Rufer, Kosta Barbarouses and Youstin Salas).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Melbourne City has 26 points to hold in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Wellington Phoenix will stays with 40 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the A-League Men, Melbourne City will host Western Sydney Wanderers on the 12th of March with a 12-11 head to head in favor of Western Sydney Wanderers (7 draws).
Melbourne City – Formation
Melbourne City
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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 , Callum Talbot , Nuno Reis , Samuel Souprayen , Vicente Fernández , Steven Ugarković , James Jeggo , Marin Jakoliš , Tolgay Arslan , Léo Natel and Max Caputo .
The home team had on the bench: Jamie Maclaren , Andrew Nabbout , Terry Antonis , Alessandro Lopane , Curtis Good, Patrick Beach and Harry Politidis .
Melbourne City could not rely on the presence of Terry Antonis (injured) and Harry Politidis (injured).
Substitutions
Melbourne City made 5 changes: Callum Talbot for Terry Antonis (69′), Léo Natel for Andrew Nabbout (64′), Max Caputo for Jamie Maclaren (76′), Vicente Fernández for Harry Politidis (76′) and Tolgay Arslan for Alessandro Lopane (77′).
Player of the match: Samuel Souprayen
The most impressive player for Melbourne City was Samuel Souprayen.
His rating is with 1 goal, 49 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 7.
Wellington Phoenix – Formation
Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
Giancarlo Italiano played with: Alex Paulsen , Tim Payne , Finn Surman , Scott Wootton , Lukas Kelly-Heald , Youstin Salas , Alex Rufer , Benjamin Old , Kosta Barbarouses , Bozhidar Kraev and David Ball .
These were the players on the bench: Fin Conchie, Mohamed Al-Taay , Nicholas Pennington , Sam Sutton , Jack Duncan, Isaac Hughes and G. Sloane-Rodrigues.
Substitutions
Wellington Phoenix made 3 changes: Lukas Kelly-Heald for Sam Sutton (67′), Youstin Salas for Mohamed Al-Taay (60′) and David Ball for Nicholas Pennington (67′).
Player of the match: Finn Surman
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Wellington Phoenix was Finn Surman.
His rating is with 78 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 3.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League Men.
- Melbourne City – Wellington Phoenix – 1-0
- Adelaide United – Melbourne Victory – 1-2
- Perth Glory – Newcastle Jets – 2-2
