A-League: Melbourne City snatches a 2-1 win against Sydney 2-1

Saragna|Feb 26, 2022 05:08 GMT

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%.

Sydney

0

Melbourne City

3

26 Feb 2022 Full time

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

32'

32'

P. Retre (OG)
41'

41'

R. Grant
49'

49'

S. Jamieson

S. Galloway
53'

53'

M. Ninkovic
59'

59'

Bobo

A. Le Fondre
59'

59'

C. O\'Toole

C. Talbot
60'

60'

M. Tilio

R. Griffiths
66'

66'

C. O\'Toole
70'

70'

K. Barbarouses

E. Kamsoba
73'

73'

F. Berenguer
74'

74'

J. Maclaren
80'

80'

M. Burgess

M. Ninkovic
81'

81'

T. Endoh

C. Metcalfe
90'

90'

M. Leckie
90'

90'

K. Barbarouses
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).

Western Sydney Wanderers

2

Sydney

0

5 Mar 2022 Full time

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).

Melbourne City

2

Perth Glory

2

2 Mar 2022 Full time

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 (6.8), Rhyan Grant (7.4), James Donachie (6.6), Alex Wilkinson (7.2), Callum Talbot (6.6), Mustafa Amini (7.3), Paulo Retre (6.2), Anthony Caceres (6.8), Miloš Ninković (6.9), Elvis Kamsoba (6.7) and Adam Le Fondre (6.4).

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 (7.4) 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 (6.8), Nuno Reis (7.2), Curtis Good (6.5), Scott Galloway (7.4), Carl Jenkinson (7.3), Rostyn Griffiths (6.9), Florin Berenguer (6.9), Conor Metcalfe (7.4), Andrew Nabbout (7.0), Jamie MacLaren (6.8) and Mathew Leckie (7.0).

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 (7.4) with 34 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the A-League

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Saragna

I am one of the main columnists for Lootrs.com. I have been writing about football for the last 2 years. I am a decent club player, but I have never reached those heights. Interested in the nextgen. Favorite players: Ronaldo, Messi, Salah, Jamie Vardy, and Michail Antonio.