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Melbourne City 3-0 Western Sydney - March 24, 2018 / A-League 2017/2018

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A-League 2017/2018 - Round 24

AAMI Park - Melbourne - Australia

March 24, 2018

6 354

3 - 0

Western Sydney

Assist by Nathaniel AtkinsonBruno Fornaroli

42'

Assist by Luke BrattanMichael Jakobsen

57'

Assist by Bruno FornaroliStefan Mauk

67'

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42' - Goal Bruno Fornaroli42

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57' - Goal Michael Jakobsen57

67' - Goal Stefan Mauk67

67' - Substitution Christopher Ikonomidisis substituted by Jaushua Sotirio

75' - Substitution Bruno Fornaroliis substituted by Nicholas Fitzgerald75

78' - Substitution Michael Jakobsenis substituted by Harrison Delbridge78

78' - Substitution Álvaro Cejudois substituted by Brendon Santalab

82' - Substitution Steven Lusticais substituted by Marc Tokich

85' - Substitution Stefan Maukis substituted by Manny Muscat85

86' - Yellow card Oriol Riera

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Melbourne City

3 - 0

Western Sydney

Melbourne City Western Sydney

Team line-ups

Melbourne City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

14Arzani

Daniel Arzani

Australia

B.date04/01/1999

Age19 years

H1m71

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

23Fornaroli4275

Bruno Fornaroli

Australia

B.date07/09/1987

Age30 years

H1m75

positionStriker

10Vidosic

Dario Vidosic

Australia

B.date08/04/1987

Age30 years

H1m85

positionPlaymaker

8Bozanic

Oliver Bozanic

Australia

B.date08/01/1989

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

26Brattan

Luke Brattan

Australia

B.date08/03/1990

Age28 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

13Mauk6785

Stefan Mauk

Australia

B.date12/10/1995

Age22 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

3Jamieson

Scott Jamieson

Australia

B.date13/10/1988

Age29 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

22Jakobsen5778

Michael Jakobsen

Denmark

B.date02/01/1986

Age32 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

5Schenkeveld

Bart Schenkeveld

Netherlands

B.date28/08/1991

Age26 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

37Atkinson

Nathaniel Atkinson

Australia

B.date13/06/1999

Age18 years

H1m81

positionMidfield

1Bouzanis

Dean Bouzanis

Australia

B.date02/10/1990

Age27 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Dean Bouzanis		27	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Michael Jakobsen	5778	32	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Bart Schenkeveld		26	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Scott Jamieson		29	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Oliver Bozanic		29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	D	Nathaniel Atkinson		18	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Luke Brattan		28	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Stefan Mauk	6785	22	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Daniel Arzani		19	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Dario Vidosic		30	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Bruno Fornaroli	4275	30	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Western Sydney

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

19Bridge

Mark Bridge

Australia

B.date07/11/1985

Age32 years

H1m80

positionStriker

9Riera86

Oriol Riera

Spain

B.date03/07/1986

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentre forward

18Ikonomidis67

Christopher Ikonomidis

Australia

B.date04/05/1995

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

7Lustica82

Steven Lustica

Australia

B.date12/04/1991

Age26 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

8Bonevacia

Roly Bonevacia

Curaçao

B.date08/10/1991

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

10Cejudo78

Álvaro Cejudo

Spain

B.date29/01/1984

Age34 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

24Llorente

Raúl Llorente

Spain

B.date02/04/1986

Age31 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

33Thwaite

Michael Thwaite

Australia

B.date02/05/1983

Age34 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

5Hamill

Brendan Hamill

Australia

B.date18/09/1992

Age25 years

H1m77

positionRight central defender

42Baccus

Keanu Baccus

Australia

B.date07/06/1998

Age19 years

H1m76

positionMidfield

20Janjetovic

Vedran Janjetovic

Australia

B.date20/08/1987

Age30 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
20	G	Vedran Janjetovic		30	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Brendan Hamill		25	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Michael Thwaite		34	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Raúl Llorente		31	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Steven Lustica	82	26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Christopher Ikonomidis	67	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Roly Bonevacia		26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
42	D	Keanu Baccus		19	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Álvaro Cejudo	78	34	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Oriol Riera	86	31	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Mark Bridge		32	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Eugene Galekovic		36
4	D	Harrison Delbridge	78	26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Manny Muscat	85	33	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Nicholas Fitzgerald	75	26	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Marcin Budzinski		27

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
40	G	Nick Suman		18
3	D	Jack Clisby		26
11	M	Brendon Santalab	78	35	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Marc Tokich	82	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Jaushua Sotirio	67	22	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Álvaro Cejudo

Marcelo Adrián Carrusca

OUT

Keanu Baccus

Brendon Santalab

OUT

Oriol Riera

Joshua Risdon

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Warren Joyce

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Joyce vs Western Sydney

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 24, 2018

Joyce vs Gombau

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 24, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Josep Gombau

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Gombau vs Melbourne City

3 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on March 24, 2018

Gombau vs Joyce

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 24, 2018

Referee

Jarred Gillett

15 victories	7 draws	15 losses	Melbourne City37 matches	General total	Western Sydney29 matches	10 victories	8 draws	11 losses
6 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Melbourne City8 matches	Season total	Western Sydney3 matches	0 victory	2 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on April 20, 2018					Latest figure on March 08, 2019

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Western Sydney after 7 matches with at least one goal scored (since 28/01/2018). It was the best streak for the club since 11/04/2017-12/11/2017 (15 matches).

It's the first time Michael Jakobsen scores 1 goal in A-League

End of streak for Melbourne City after 3 consecutive matches without a win vs Western Sydney (since 24/03/2017). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 13/11/2015

Read the next 13 key stats

General ranking

	1	Sydney FC	55 pts	24 rd
	2	Newcastle Jets	47 pts	24 rd
+1	3	Melbourne City	37 pts	24 rd
-1	4	Melbourne Victory	35 pts	23 rd
	5	Adelaide United	33 pts	24 rd

General ranking

-1	4	Melbourne Victory	35 pts	23 rd
	5	Adelaide United	33 pts	24 rd
	6	Western Sydney	30 pts	24 rd
	7	Brisbane Roar	28 pts	23 rd
	8	Perth Glory	26 pts	23 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LMelbourne City 0-1 Melbourne Victory23/12/2017

VMelbourne City 2-1 Wellington Phoenix06/01/2018

VMelbourne City 5-0 Adelaide United21/01/2018

DMelbourne City 2-2 Newcastle Jets25/01/2018

LMelbourne City 0-4 Sydney FC10/02/2018

LMelbourne City 1-2 Melbourne Victory02/03/2018

Overall

DMelbourne City 2-2 Newcastle Jets25/01/2018

VBrisbane Roar 1-2 Melbourne City04/02/2018

LMelbourne City 0-4 Sydney FC10/02/2018

LPerth Glory 2-1 Melbourne City24/02/2018

LMelbourne City 1-2 Melbourne Victory02/03/2018

DAdelaide United 1-1 Melbourne City16/03/2018

Current form

Away

LNewcastle Jets 4-0 Western Sydney22/12/2017

VBrisbane Roar 0-2 Western Sydney05/01/2018

DWellington Phoenix 1-1 Western Sydney13/01/2018

LPerth Glory 3-1 Western Sydney28/01/2018

VCentral Coast Mariners 1-2 Western Sydney04/02/2018

LSydney FC 3-1 Western Sydney25/02/2018

Overall

VCentral Coast Mariners 1-2 Western Sydney04/02/2018

VWestern Sydney 4-0 Wellington Phoenix11/02/2018

DWestern Sydney 2-2 Newcastle Jets16/02/2018

LSydney FC 3-1 Western Sydney25/02/2018

DWestern Sydney 1-1 Perth Glory04/03/2018

VWestern Sydney 4-1 Wellington Phoenix10/03/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	3	4
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	5	7
Conceding streak	4	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	6
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	7
1126	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1072
7	FBDB index ranking (National)	5

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

23	Number of games (Competition total)	23
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
10	Victories (Competition total)	7
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	9
2	Draws (Home / Away)	5
9	Losses (Competition total)	7
5	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

33	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	38
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
1.43	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.39
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.17
1.35	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.65
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.58

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (4 times)

Bookings

42	Yellow cards (Competition total)	56
19	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	28
5	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Ross McCormack	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Oriol Riera
Ross McCormack	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Oriol Riera
Ross McCormack	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Oriol Riera
Ross McCormack	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Oriol Riera
Nicholas Fitzgerald	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Mark Bridge
Luke Brattan	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Marcelo Adrián Carrusca
Stefan Mauk	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal, 3 assists during the last 5 matches	Mark Bridge

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

4 v

1 d

4 l

14 gf

15 ga

Away

9 matches

0 v

3 d

6 l

11 gf

18 ga

Total

18 matches

4 v

4 d

10 l

25 gf

33 ga

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

6 v

3 d

0 l

18 gf

11 ga

Away

9 matches

4 v

1 d

4 l

15 gf

14 ga

Total

18 matches

10 v

4 d

4 l

33 gf

25 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	September 21, 2016
Home	4 - 1	September 21, 2016

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 13, 2015
Away	3 - 0	November 13, 2015

Latest head to head

January 01, 2018 - A-League 2017/2018

Western Sydney

2 - 1

Melbourne City logo Melbourne City

November 12, 2017 - A-League 2017/2018

Melbourne City

1 - 1

Western Sydney logo Western Sydney

March 24, 2017 - A-League 2016/2017

Western Sydney

3 - 1

Melbourne City logo Melbourne City

January 06, 2017 - A-League 2016/2017

Melbourne City

1 - 0

Western Sydney logo Western Sydney

November 18, 2016 - A-League 2016/2017

Western Sydney

1 - 1

Melbourne City logo Melbourne City

Best historical scorers against Western Sydney

Harry Novillo	4 goals	2015 - 2016
Bruno Fornaroli	3 goals	2016 - 2016
Tim Cahill	2 goals	2016 - 2016
Ross McCormack	2 goals	2017 - 2018
Aaron Mooy	2 goals	2015 - 2015
David Williams	1 goal	2013 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/11/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Melbourne City

Brendon Santalab	5 goals	2014 - 2017
Mark Bridge	5 goals	2012 - 2018
Mitch Nichols	3 goals	2015 - 2016
Yojiro Takahagi	2 goals	2015 - 2015
Labinot Haliti	2 goals	2013 - 2013
Youssouf Hersi	1 goal	2014 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/11/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Western Sydney

David Williams	9 matches	2013 - 2016
Paulo Retre	7 matches	2013 - 2017
Osama Malik	7 matches	2016 - 2018
Bruno Fornaroli	7 matches	2015 - 2017
Patrick Kisnorbo	7 matches	2013 - 2016
Bruce Kamau	6 matches	2016 - 2018

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/11/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Melbourne City

Nikolai Topor-Stanley	13 matches	2012 - 2016
Mark Bridge	13 matches	2012 - 2018
Mateo Poljak	9 matches	2012 - 2015
Labinot Haliti	9 matches	2012 - 2015
Jaushua Sotirio	8 matches	2015 - 2017
Mitch Nichols	7 matches	2015 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/11/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Nick Kalmar

70 matches

13 matches

2010 - 2015

Aaron Mooy

58 matches

54 matches

2012 - 2016

Andrew Redmayne

49 matches

37 matches

2013 - 2016

Dean Bouzanis

42 matches

8 matches

2014 - 2018

Jacob Melling

37 matches

6 matches

2014 - 2017

Jack Clisby

36 matches

42 matches

2015 - 2018

Total : 17 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/08/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Iacopo La Rocca

13 matches

78 matches

2012 - 2018

Brendan Hamill

35 matches

71 matches

2010 - 2018

Aaron Mooy

58 matches

54 matches

2012 - 2016

Jason Trifiro

8 matches

50 matches

2012 - 2016

Michael Beauchamp

23 matches

44 matches

2010 - 2014

Jack Clisby

36 matches

42 matches

2015 - 2018

Total : 17 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/08/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

March 23, 2018

Adelaide United

5 2

Newcastle Jets

Line-ups available

March 24, 2018

CC Mariners

1 2

Sydney FC

Line-ups available

March 25, 2018

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Sydney FC	55	24	17	4	3	57	20	+37
2	Newcastle Jets	47	24	14	5	5	49	30	+19
+13	Melbourne City	37	24	11	4	9	36	31	+5
-14	Melbourne Victory	35	23	10	5	8	38	33	+5
5	Adelaide United	33	24	9	6	9	30	32	-2
6	Western Sydney	30	24	7	9	8	32	41	-9
7	Brisbane Roar	28	23	8	4	11	27	33	-6
8	Perth Glory	26	23	8	2	13	30	44	-14
9	Central Coast Mariners	20	24	4	8	12	26	39	-13
10	Wellington Phoenix	17	23	4	5	14	25	47	-22

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Melbourne City 3-0 Western Sydney - March 24, 2018 / A-League 2017/2018

Melbourne City

3 - 0

Western Sydney

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Joyce vs Western Sydney

Joyce vs Gombau

Manager

Gombau vs Melbourne City

Gombau vs Joyce

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Western Sydney

Best historical scorers against Melbourne City

Players with most games played vs Western Sydney

Players with most games played vs Melbourne City

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking