Melbourne City vs V Kofu 2023-24 AFC Champions League, Group Stage
Introduction
Match Commentary
- 22': Steven Ugarkovic (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Second Half begins Melbourne City 0, Ventforet Kofu 0.
- 45': Substitution, Ventforet Kofu. Jumma Miyazaki replaces Kosuke Taketomi.
- 58': Substitution, Ventforet Kofu. Peter Utaka replaces Kohei Matsumoto.
- 65': Substitution, Ventforet Kofu. Kazushi Mitsuhira replaces Riku Iijima.
- 74': Substitution, Melbourne City. Terry Antonis replaces Alessandro Lopane.
- 85': Substitution, Ventforet Kofu. Manato Shinada replaces Kaito Kamiya.
- 85': Substitution, Ventforet Kofu. Sodai Hasukawa replaces Kazuhiro Sato.
- 88': Aziz Behich (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+3': Substitution, Melbourne City. Samuel Souprayen replaces Callum Talbot.
Game Information
Venue: AAMI Park
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Attendance: 3,245
Statistics
 KOFU |
MCY |
|
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Fouls | 6 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 2 | Saves | 4 |
| 37 | Possession | 63 |
| 19 | SHOTS | 9 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 2 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 280 | Accurate Passes | 530 |
| 359 | Passes | 622 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 16 | Crosses | 17 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 50 | Long Balls | 81 |
| 21 | Accurate Long Balls | 42 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 15 | Tackles | 11 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 5 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 21 | Effective Clearances | 31 |
| 21 | Clearances | 31 |
Melbourne City FC (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jamie Young (GK) |
| 22 | Curtis Good |
| 4 | Nuno Reis |
| 6 | Steven Ugarkovic  |
| 16 | Aziz Behich |
| 25 | Callum Talbot |
| 10 | Tolgay Arslan |
| 8 | Hamza Sakhi |
| 44 | Marin Jakolis |
| 21 | Alessandro Lopane |
| 9 | Jamie Maclaren |
Ventforet Kofu (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 31 | Michael Woud (GK) |
| 29 | Kaito Kamiya |
| 49 | Shion Inoue |
| 6 | Iwana Kobayashi |
| 23 | Masahiro Sekiguchi |
| 15 | Riku Iijima |
| 16 | Koya Hayashida |
| 26 | Kazuhiro Sato |
| 11 | Kohei Matsumoto |
| 8 | Kosuke Taketomi |
| 18 | Yoshiki Torikai |
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