A-League: Melbourne City snatches a 2-1 win against Sydney 2-1
SYDNEY. Melbourne City bested Sydney to win 2-1. A goal from M. Leckie was decisive in the 90min.
SYDNEY. Melbourne City topped Sydney to win 2-1. A goal from M. Leckie was decisive in the 90min. It was Melbourne City to strike first with an own goal of P. Retre at the 32′. Then it was a goal in the 53′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Leckie gave the win to Melbourne City in the 90′ minute with a goal. Sydney lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Netstrata Jubilee Stadium stadium in Sydney on Saturday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Chris Beath who had the assistance of Anton Schetinin and Ashley Beecham. The 4th official was Ben Abraham. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant around 19.3 degrees Celsius or 66.81 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 94%.
Match Statistics
Sydney was in firm control of the ball 60% while Melbourne City was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Sydney was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Melbourne City managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Sydney shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Melbourne City shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Sydney received 3 yellow cards (R. Grant, C. O’Toole and ). On the other side, Melbourne City received 2 yellow cards (F. Berenguer and J. Maclaren).
After this encounter, Sydney will stay with 18 points like Adelaide United, Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix to stay in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Melbourne City will have 25 points to stay in the 2nd place.
Match Events
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32'32'
P. Retre (OG)
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41'41'
R. Grant
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49'49'
S. Jamieson
S. Galloway
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53'53'
M. Ninkovic
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59'59'
Bobo
A. Le Fondre
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59'59'
C. O\'Toole
C. Talbot
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60'60'
M. Tilio
R. Griffiths
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66'66'
C. O\'Toole
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70'70'
K. Barbarouses
E. Kamsoba
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73'73'
F. Berenguer
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74'74'
J. Maclaren
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80'80'
M. Burgess
M. Ninkovic
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81'81'
T. Endoh
C. Metcalfe
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90'90'
M. Leckie
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90'90'
K. Barbarouses
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90'90'
S. Colakovski
J. Maclaren
Next match
In the upcoming A-League match, Sydney will play away against Western Sydney Wanderers on the 5th of March with a 12-7 head to head in favor of Sydney (9 draws).
Melbourne City will host Perth Glory on the 2nd of March with a 16-10 head to head stats in favor of Perth Glory (10 draws).
Sydney: Formation and Lineups
Sydney started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).
The manager Steve Corica chose to play with the following team: Andrew Redmayne , Rhyan Grant , James Donachie , Alex Wilkinson , Callum Talbot , Mustafa Amini , Paulo Retre , Anthony Caceres , Miloš Ninković , Elvis Kamsoba and Adam Le Fondre .
Substitutes
Sydney made 4 changes: A. Le Fondre for Bobo (59′), C. Talbot for C. O’Toole (59′), E. Kamsoba for K. Barbarouses (70′) and M. Ninkovic for M. Burgess (80′).
Top player: Rhyan Grant
Probably the most impressive player in Sydney was Rhyan Grant.
His rating is
with 63 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 16. He performed 3 crosses.Melbourne City: Formation and Lineups
Melbourne City started with a 3-3-1-3 line-up (3-3-1-3).
On the other side, Patrick Kisnorbo played with: Tom Glover , Nuno Reis , Curtis Good , Scott Galloway , Carl Jenkinson , Rostyn Griffiths , Florin Berenguer , Conor Metcalfe , Andrew Nabbout , Jamie MacLaren and Mathew Leckie .
Substitutes
Melbourne City made 4 changes: S. Galloway for S. Jamieson (49′), R. Griffiths for M. Tilio (60′), C. Metcalfe for T. Endoh (81′) and J. Maclaren for S. Colakovski (90′).
Top player: Scott Galloway
The player who no doubt impressed Melbourne City the most was Scott Galloway even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 34 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 8.Results of the day
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