A-League: Adelaide United recovers a 0-1 deficit to beat Melbourne City 2-1

MELBOURNE. Adelaide United found a way to turn the table against Melbourne City to win 2-1.

MELBOURNE. Adelaide United succeeded in turn the table against Melbourne City to win 2-1. It was Melbourne City to strike first with a goal of J. Maclaren at the 11′. Then it was a goal in the 21′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Toure gave the win to Adelaide United in the 85′ minute with a goal. Melbourne City lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the AAMI Park stadium in Melbourne on Tuesday and it started at 7:55 pm local time. The referee was Shaun Evans who was helped by George Lakrindis and Andrew Meimarakis. The 4th official was Jack Morgan. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 13.8 degrees Celsius or 56.89 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 78%.​

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  Melbourne City

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  Adelaide United

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  15 Feb 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Melbourne City was in firm control of the ball 56% while Adelaide United was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Melbourne City was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 10 were on target. Notwithstanding, Adelaide United was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Melbourne City shot 21 times, 10 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Adelaide United shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Melbourne City received 1 yellow card (N. Reis). On the opposite side, Adelaide United received 4 yellow cards (B. Oliveira, J. Juande, S. Mauk and L. Barr).

After playing this contest, Melbourne City will stay with 19 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the other side, Adelaide United will have 15 points like Melbourne Victory and Macarthur to stay in the 4th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming A-League match, Melbourne City will host Newcastle Jets on the 18th of February with a 17-14 head to head statistic in favor of Melbourne City (4 draws).

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  Melbourne City

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  Newcastle Jets

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  18 Feb 2022 Full time

Adelaide United will play away with Macarthur on the 19th of February with a 1-1 head to head stats.

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  Macarthur

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  Adelaide United

  1

  19 Feb 2022 Full time

Melbourne City: Formation and Lineups

Melbourne City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Patrick Kisnorbo chose to play with the following team: Tom Glover (6.2), Scott Galloway (7.4), Carl Jenkinson (5.8), Curtis Good (7.4), Scott Jamieson (7.4), Conor Metcalfe (7.1), Aiden O’Neill (7.2), Andrew Nabbout (6.7), Florin Berenguer (7.3), Marco Tilio (7.0) and Jamie MacLaren (7.1).

Melbourne City could not rely on the presence of N. Reis (injured).

Substitutes

Melbourne City made 4 changes: M. Tilio for S. Colakovski (40′), S. Jamieson for N. Reis (52′), A. Nabbout for M. Leckie (75′) and C. Metcalfe for T. Gomulka (76′).

Top player: Scott Jamieson

The player who no doubt impressed Melbourne City the most was Scott Jamieson.

His rating is (7.4) with 35 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.

Adelaide United: Formation and Lineups

Also Adelaide United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the opposite side, Thomas Veart played with: Joe Gauci (7.9), Javi López (8.0), Lachlan Barr (6.5), Michael Jakobsen (7.0), Ryan Kitto (6.3), Louis D’Arrigo (7.0), Juande Prados (6.6), Bernardo Oliveira (5.9), Stefan Mauk (6.9), Craig Goodwin (7.4) and Hiroshi Ibusuki (6.8).

Substitutes

Adelaide United made 5 changes: J. Juande for Z. Clough (46′), B. Oliveira for N. Irankunda (59′), H. Ibusuki for M. Toure (72′), S. Mauk for J. Cavallo (86′) and L. D’Arrigo for I. Sanchez (86′).

Top player: Javi López

Probably the most impressive player in Adelaide United was Javi López.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 45 passes (64% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.