Australian A-League Men

Melbourne City vs Wellington 2021-22 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

  • 3': Sam Sutton (OG)
  • 10': Jamie Maclaren
FT
2 - 1
  • 54': Ben Waine

Melbourne City edge Wellington Pheonix to clinch second consecutive A-League Men title

Melbourne City have claimed the A-League Men premiership for a second consecutive season with victory over Wellington Phoenix.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Own Goal by Sam Sutton, Wellington Phoenix. Melbourne City FC 1, Wellington Phoenix 0.
  • 10': Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Wellington Phoenix 0. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City FC) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrew Nabbout following a corner.
  • 30': Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Melbourne City FC 2, Wellington Phoenix 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Reno Piscopo replaces Riley Bidois.
  • 45': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Clayton Lewis replaces Jackson Manuel.
  • 54': Marco Tilio (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 54': Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Wellington Phoenix 1. Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gary Hooper with a through ball.
  • 56': Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Louis Fenton replaces Finn Surman.
  • 72': Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Jordan Bos replaces Andrew Nabbout.
  • 81': Reno Piscopo (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 82': Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Stefan Colakovski replaces Marco Tilio.
  • 83': Carl Jenkinson (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  • 85': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Oskar van Hattum replaces Gary Hooper.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. James McGarry replaces Benjamin Old.
  • 90'+2': Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: AAMI Park
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Attendance: 7,350

Australian A-League Men Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+12 Wellington Phoenix FC 22 43 3
+16 Central Coast Mariners 21 40 5
+2 Macarthur FC 22 35 5
+10 Melbourne Victory 22 35 3
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Statistics

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7 Fouls 16
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
1 Corner Kicks 6
3 Saves 2
50 Possession 50
5 SHOTS 17
3 ON GOAL 4
0.6 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
452 Accurate Passes 453
539 Passes 539
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 4
6 Crosses 13
0.3 Cross % 0.3
53 Long Balls 60
26 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
1 Blocked Shots 5
5 Effective Tackles 5
10 Tackles 9
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
6 Interceptions 12
10 Effective Clearances 7
10 Clearances 7

Line-Ups

MCY Melbourne City FC (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Thomas Glover (GK)
5 Rostyn Griffiths
4 Nuno Reis
3 Scott Jamieson
6 Carl Jenkinson Yellow Card
23 Marco Tilio Yellow Card
18 Connor Metcalfe
16 Taras Gomulka
9 Jamie Maclaren
7 Mathew Leckie
15 Andrew Nabbout

WEL Wellington Phoenix FC (3-4-3)

No. Name
20 Oliver Sail (GK)
4 Scott Wootton
6 Tim Payne
33 Finn Surman
34 Jackson Manuel
13 Nicholas Pennington
19 Sam Sutton
18 Ben Waine
88 Gary Hooper
8 Benjamin Old
36 Riley Bidois

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