A-League: Melbourne City defeats Western Sydney Wanderers 3-1

SYDNEY. Melbourne City overcomes Western Sydney Wanderers 3-1.

SYDNEY. Melbourne City tops Western Sydney Wanderers 3-1. Melbourne City was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with M. Leckie (37′), M. Leckie (43′) and F. Berenguer (64′). Western Sydney Wanderers reduced the distance with a penalty (80′) by D. Petratos, but there was not much to do for them. Western Sydney Wanderers lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

J. Maclaren missed a penalty (61′) for Melbourne City.​

The match was played at the Commbank Stadium stadium in Sydney on Friday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Alex King with the help of Andrew Lindsay and Lance Greenshields. The 4th official was Tim Danaskos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 21.2 degrees Celsius or 70.23 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 75%.​

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  Western Sydney Wanderers

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  Melbourne City

  3

  

  11 Feb 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Western Sydney Wanderers was in firm control of the ball 60% while Melbourne City was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Western Sydney Wanderers was more aggressive with 33 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Melbourne City managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Western Sydney Wanderers shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Melbourne City shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

No yellow cards were issued to Western Sydney Wanderers. On the opposite side, No yellow cards were issued to Melbourne City.

After this encounter, Western Sydney Wanderers will stay with 9 points to stay in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Melbourne City will have 16 points like Sydney to stay in the 2nd place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming A-League match, Western Sydney Wanderers will host Melbourne Victory on the 16th of February with a 14-7 head to head record in favor of Melbourne Victory (4 draws).

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  Western Sydney Wanderers

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  Melbourne Victory

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  16 Feb 2022 Full time

Melbourne City will host Adelaide United on the 15th of February with a 12-12 head to head.

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  Melbourne City

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  Adelaide United

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  15 Feb 2022 Full time

Western Sydney Wanderers: Formation and Lineups

Western Sydney Wanderers adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Marko Ante Rudan chose to play with the following team: Tomas Mejías (5.9), Thomas Kevin Aquilina (5.2), Ziggy Gordon (6.6), Mark Natta (6.1), Adama Traoré (5.9), Steven Ugarkovic (6.7), Keanu Baccus (7.1), Keijiro Ogawa (5.8), James Troisi (6.6), Ramy Najjarine (6.8) and Dimitri Petratos (7.1).

Substitutes

Western Sydney Wanderers made 5 changes: S. Ugarkovic for T. Antonis (71′), R. Najjarine for B. Ibini-Isei (71′), K. Ogawa for A. Lopane (72′), J. Troisi for J. Swibel (73′) and M. Natta for P. Cancar (89′).

Top player: Keanu Baccus

Probably the most impressive player in Western Sydney Wanderers was Keanu Baccus.

His rating is (7.1) with 81 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12.

Melbourne City: Formation and Lineups

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

On the other side, Patrick Kisnorbo played with: Tom Glover (6.7), Carl Jenkinson (7.3), Rostyn Griffiths (6.5), Curtis Good (6.1), Scott Jamieson (7.1), Aiden O’Neill (7.4), Conor Metcalfe (7.4), Andrew Nabbout (6.5), Florin Berenguer (7.7), Mathew Leckie (8.8) and Jamie MacLaren (5.7).

Substitutes

Melbourne City made 5 changes: M. Leckie for M. Tilio (74′), C. Jenkinson for S. Galloway (74′), C. Metcalfe for T. Gomulka (88′), A. Nabbout for S. Colakovski (88′) and F. Berenguer for M. Pucciarelli (90′).

Top player: Mathew Leckie

The player who no doubt impressed Melbourne City the most was Mathew Leckie.

His rating is (8.8) with 2 goals, 29 passes (58% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 16 duels out of 23.