Melbourne City vs Wellington 2022-23 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

Melbourne City FC

16': Jamie Maclaren (P)
34': Marco Tilio
90'+2': Thomas Lam

FT
2 - 2

Wellington Phoenix FC

79': Sam Sutton
90': Kosta Barbarouses

Introduction

Melbourne City FC are hosting Wellington Phoenix FC at AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Commentary

15': Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
16': Goal! Melbourne City 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
34': Goal! Melbourne City 2, Wellington Phoenix 0. Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mathew Leckie with a through ball following a fast break.
40': Taras Gomulka (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
41': Aiden O'Neill (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+3': First Half ends, Melbourne City 2, Wellington Phoenix 0.
50': Nicholas Pennington (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
54': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Kosta Barbarouses replaces Yan Sasse.
54': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Oskar Zawada replaces Ben Waine.
54': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Bozhidar Kraev replaces David Ball.
63': Thomas Lam (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
68': Substitution, Melbourne City. Richard van der Venne replaces Taras Gomulka.
72': Substitution, Melbourne City. Andrew Nabbout replaces Marco Tilio.
77': Callum Talbot (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
79': Goal! Melbourne City 2, Wellington Phoenix 1. Sam Sutton (Wellington Phoenix) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
83': Callan Elliot (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Steven Ugarkovic replaces Nicholas Pennington.
90': Goal! Melbourne City 2, Wellington Phoenix 2. Kosta Barbarouses (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ben Old.
90'+2': Second yellow card to Thomas Lam (Melbourne City) for a bad foul.
90'+4': Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Joshua Laws replaces Ben Old.

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: AAMI Park
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Attendance: 6,208

Australian A-League Men Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+13	Wellington Phoenix FC	26	50	4
+18	Central Coast Mariners	25	49	6
+11	Melbourne Victory	26	42	4
0	Macarthur FC	26	41	7

Full Table

Statistics

WEL		MCY
9	Fouls	22
3	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	1
2	Offsides	0
4	Corner Kicks	5
2	Saves	1
58.1	Possession	41.9
10	SHOTS	10
3	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
547	Accurate Passes	355
624	Passes	449
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	0
11	Crosses	8
0.3	Cross %	0.0
48	Long Balls	60
29	Accurate Long Balls	22
0.6	Long Balls %	0.4
3	Blocked Shots	2
8	Effective Tackles	12
14	Tackles	23
0.6	Tackle %	0.5
8	Interceptions	13
13	Effective Clearances	12
13	Clearances	12

Line-Ups

Melbourne City FC (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Thomas Glover (GK)
22	Curtis Good
6	Thomas Lam
38	Jordan Bos
25	Callum Talbot
13	Aiden O'Neill
16	Taras Gomulka
7	Mathew Leckie
23	Marco Tilio
9	Jamie Maclaren
14	Valon Berisha