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Sydney FC 2-1 Melbourne City - December 29, 2019 / Hyundai A-League 2019/2020

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Hyundai A-League 2019/2020 - Round 12

Netstrata Jubilee Stadium - Sydney - Australia

December 29, 2019

17 421

Sydney FC

2 - 1

Melbourne City

Adam Le Fondre

29'

Assist by Anthony CaceresKosta Barbarouses

84'

22'

Connor MetcalfeAssist by Craig Noone

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19' - Yellow card Rostyn Griffiths

22' - Goal Connor Metcalfe

25' - Red card Rhyan Grant25

29' - Goal Adam Le Fondre29

45' - Missed penalty Adam Le Fondre45

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46' - Substitution Alexander Baumjohannis substituted by Anthony Caceres46

56' - Substitution Connor Metcalfeis substituted by Adrián Luna

71' - Substitution Craig Nooneis substituted by Ramy Najjarine

76' - Yellow card Nathaniel Atkinson

78' - Substitution Milos Ninkovicis substituted by Harry Van der Saag78

81' - Yellow card Adrián Luna

82' - Substitution Javier Cabrerais substituted by Lachlan Wales

84' - Goal Kosta Barbarouses84

88' - Substitution Adam Le Fondreis substituted by Patrick Flottmann88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sydney FC

2 - 1

Melbourne City

Sydney FC Melbourne City

Team line-ups

Sydney FC

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Le Fondre2988

Adam Le Fondre

England

B.date02/12/1986

Age33 years

H1m80

positionStriker

11Barbarouses84

Kosta Barbarouses

New Zealand

B.date19/02/1990

Age29 years

H1m71

positionForward

10Ninkovic78

Milos Ninkovic

Serbia

B.date25/12/1984

Age35 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

5Baumjohann46

Alexander Baumjohann

Germany

B.date23/01/1987

Age32 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

8Retre

Paulo Retre

Australia

B.date04/03/1993

Age26 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

26Brattan

Luke Brattan

Australia

B.date08/03/1990

Age29 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

16King

Joel King

Australia

B.date30/10/2000

Age19 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

4Wilkinson

Alex Wilkinson

Australia

B.date13/08/1984

Age35 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

6McGowan

Ryan McGowan

Australia

B.date15/08/1989

Age30 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

23Grant25

Rhyan Grant

Australia

B.date26/02/1991

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

1Redmayne

Andrew Redmayne

Australia

B.date13/01/1989

Age30 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Andrew Redmayne		30	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Alex Wilkinson		35	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Joel King		19	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Rhyan Grant	25	28	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Ryan McGowan		30	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Luke Brattan		29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Alexander Baumjohann	46	32	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Milos Ninkovic	78	35	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Paulo Retre		26	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Adam Le Fondre	2988	33	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Kosta Barbarouses	84	29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Melbourne City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9MacLaren

Jamie MacLaren

Australia

B.date29/07/1993

Age26 years

H1m79

positionStriker

34Metcalfe2256

Connor Metcalfe

Australia

B.date05/11/1999

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

11Noone71

Craig Noone

England

B.date17/11/1987

Age32 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

7Griffiths19

Rostyn Griffiths

Australia

B.date10/03/1988

Age31 years

H1m88

positionVersatile Midfielder

6Brillante

Joshua Brillante

Australia

B.date25/03/1993

Age26 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Cabrera82

Javier Cabrera

Uruguay

B.date18/03/1992

Age27 years

H1m68

positionOffensive Midfielder

2Galloway

Scott Galloway

Australia

B.date25/04/1995

Age24 years

H1m72

positionDefender

22Good

Curtis Good

Australia

B.date01/03/1993

Age26 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

4Delbridge

Harrison Delbridge

Australia

B.date15/03/1992

Age27 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

13Atkinson76

Nathaniel Atkinson

Australia

B.date13/06/1999

Age20 years

H1m81

positionMidfield

1Glover

Tommy Glover

Australia

B.date24/12/1997

Age22 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Tommy Glover		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Curtis Good		26	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Scott Galloway		24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Harrison Delbridge		27	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Connor Metcalfe	2256	20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Nathaniel Atkinson	76	20	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Rostyn Griffiths	19	31	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Javier Cabrera	82	27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Craig Noone	71	32	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Joshua Brillante		26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jamie MacLaren		26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
20	G	Tom Heward-Belle		22
2	D	Patrick Flottmann	88	22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Harry Van der Saag	78	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Ryan Teague		17
17	M	Anthony Caceres	46	27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Luke Ivanovic		19
12	F	Trent Buhagiar		21

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Dean Bouzanis		29
40	D	Richard Windbichler		28
19	M	Lachlan Wales	82	22	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Florin Bérenguer		30
20	F	Adrián Luna	5681	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Ramy Najjarine	71	19	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Milos Ninkovic

Anthony Caceres

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nathaniel Atkinson

Scott Jamieson

OUT

Rostyn Griffiths

Adrián Luna

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Corica

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Corica vs Melbourne City

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 2019

Corica vs Mombaerts

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 2019

Manager

Age

Match num

Erick Mombaerts

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Mombaerts vs Sydney FC

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 2019

Mombaerts vs Corica

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 2019

Referee

Kurt Ams

11 victories	0 draw	3 losses	Sydney FC14 matches	General total	Melbourne City16 matches	9 victories	2 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Sydney FC1 match	Season total	Melbourne City3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 24, 2022					Latest figure on August 17, 2022

Videos

December 31, 2019

Comments

Key figures

Sydney FC keeps its 9 consecutive wins at home in A-League running (since 06/04/2019). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 29/04/2017 (7 matches)

It's the first time Kosta Barbarouses scores a goal vs Melbourne City in his professional career since the 23/02/2019 (with Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City )

Kosta Barbarouses scored 9 goals vs Melbourne City in his professional career

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

1	Sydney FC	28 pts	11 rd
2	Melbourne City	19 pts	11 rd
3	Western United Melbourne	17 pts	12 rd
4	Perth Glory	15 pts	10 rd
5	Adelaide United	15 pts	10 rd

General ranking

1	Sydney FC	28 pts	11 rd
2	Melbourne City	19 pts	11 rd
3	Western United Melbourne	17 pts	12 rd
4	Perth Glory	15 pts	10 rd
5	Adelaide United	15 pts	10 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LSydney FC 0-2 Brisbane Roar07/08/2019

VSydney FC 2-1 Wellington Phoenix20/10/2019

VSydney FC 4-1 Newcastle Jets01/11/2019

VSydney FC 2-1 Melbourne Victory17/11/2019

VSydney FC 5-1 Brisbane Roar07/12/2019

VSydney FC 1-0 Central Coast Mariners14/12/2019

Overall

VSydney FC 2-1 Melbourne Victory17/11/2019

VPerth Glory 1-3 Sydney FC23/11/2019

VWestern United Melbourne 0-2 Sydney FC01/12/2019

VSydney FC 5-1 Brisbane Roar07/12/2019

VSydney FC 1-0 Central Coast Mariners14/12/2019

DWellington Phoenix 2-2 Sydney FC21/12/2019

Current form

Away

DMelbourne Victory 0-0 Melbourne City12/10/2019

LAdelaide United 4-0 Melbourne City23/10/2019

VWestern United Melbourne 1-2 Melbourne City27/10/2019

LBrisbane Roar 4-3 Melbourne City17/11/2019

VWestern Sydney 2-3 Melbourne City22/11/2019

VNewcastle Jets 0-4 Melbourne City15/12/2019

Overall

VMelbourne City 3-1 Central Coast Mariners08/11/2019

LBrisbane Roar 4-3 Melbourne City17/11/2019

VWestern Sydney 2-3 Melbourne City22/11/2019

LMelbourne City 0-3 Perth Glory06/12/2019

VNewcastle Jets 0-4 Melbourne City15/12/2019

LMelbourne City 1-2 Melbourne Victory21/12/2019

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	7
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	12	0
Scoring streak	5	7
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	10
Scoring streak	4	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	2
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	1
1222	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1407
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	5

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

10	Number of games (Competition total)	10
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
8	Victories (Competition total)	6
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	3
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	21
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	16
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
2.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.1
2.8	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.4
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.6
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.4

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (1 times)

Bookings

18	Yellow cards (Competition total)	26
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	18
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Adam Le Fondre	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Jamie MacLaren
Adam Le Fondre	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Jamie MacLaren
Adam Le Fondre	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Craig Noone
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Jamie MacLaren
Alexander Baumjohann	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Javier Cabrera
Kosta Barbarouses	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Javier Cabrera
Adam Le Fondre	11 goals during the last 10 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 4 assists during the last 5 matches	Javier Cabrera

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

6 v

4 d

4 l

17 gf

14 ga

Away

16 matches

7 v

5 d

4 l

27 gf

19 ga

Total

30 matches

13 v

9 d

8 l

44 gf

33 ga

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

4 v

5 d

7 l

19 gf

27 ga

Away

14 matches

4 v

4 d

6 l

14 gf

17 ga

Total

30 matches

8 v

9 d

13 l

33 gf

44 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 10, 2018
Home	3 - 0	April 01, 2017

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 29, 2011
Away	4 - 0	December 29, 2011

Latest head to head

March 17, 2019 - A-League 2018/2019

Sydney FC

0 - 2

Melbourne City logo Melbourne City

February 03, 2019 - A-League 2018/2019

Sydney FC

2 - 0

Melbourne City logo Melbourne City

November 02, 2018 - A-League 2018/2019

Melbourne City

0 - 3

Sydney FC

February 10, 2018 - A-League 2017/2018

Melbourne City

0 - 4

Sydney FC

December 15, 2017 - A-League 2017/2018

Sydney FC

3 - 1

Melbourne City logo Melbourne City

Best historical scorers against Melbourne City

Bobô	8 goals	2016 - 2018
Milos Ninkovic	3 goals	2016 - 2018
Corey Gameiro	3 goals	2014 - 2014
Adam Le Fondre	3 goals	2018 - 2019
Nick Carle	3 goals	2011 - 2011
Alex Brosque	3 goals	2017 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/12/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sydney FC

Bruno Fornaroli	4 goals	2016 - 2016
Jonatan Germano	2 goals	2013 - 2014
Nick Kalmar	2 goals	2013 - 2014
Mate Dugandzic	2 goals	2011 - 2012
David Williams	2 goals	2013 - 2014
Eli Babalj	2 goals	2011 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/12/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Melbourne City

Sebastian Ryall	17 matches	2010 - 2017
Alex Brosque	16 matches	2010 - 2019
Rhyan Grant	16 matches	2011 - 2019
Milos Ninkovic	14 matches	2015 - 2019
Brandon O'Neill	14 matches	2015 - 2019
Vedran Janjetovic	13 matches	2012 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/11/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sydney FC

Luke Brattan	11 matches	2016 - 2019
Mate Dugandzic	10 matches	2011 - 2015
Jason Hoffman	10 matches	2010 - 2014
Aziz Behich	10 matches	2010 - 2014
Nick Kalmar	9 matches	2010 - 2014
Patrick Kisnorbo	9 matches	2013 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/11/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Clint Bolton

122 matches

70 matches

2005 - 2013

Alex Wilkinson

115 matches

10 matches

2016 - 2019

Joshua Brillante

103 matches

15 matches

2016 - 2019

Michael Zullo

99 matches

17 matches

2015 - 2019

Andrew Redmayne

89 matches

49 matches

2013 - 2019

Paulo Retre

69 matches

60 matches

2013 - 2019

Total : 19 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/05/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

David Williams

4 matches

103 matches

2011 - 2016

Luke Brattan

11 matches

90 matches

2016 - 2019

Matt Thompson

17 matches

82 matches

2010 - 2014

Scott Jamieson

54 matches

72 matches

2010 - 2019

Clint Bolton

122 matches

70 matches

2005 - 2013

Simon Colosimo

34 matches

63 matches

2008 - 2013

Total : 19 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/05/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 27, 2019

Adelaide United

2 3

Western Sydney

Video availableLine-ups available

December 28, 2019

Western Utd

1 3

Wellington

Video availableLine-ups available

Newcastle Jets

1 1

Brisbane Roar

Video availableLine-ups available

December 31, 2019

CC Mariners

0 3

Perth Glory

Video availableLine-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Sydney FC	28	11	9	1	1	26	11	+15
2	Melbourne City	19	11	6	1	4	22	18	+4
3	Western United Melbourne	17	12	5	2	5	15	15	0
4	Perth Glory	15	10	4	3	3	18	12	+6
5	Adelaide United	15	10	5	0	5	18	16	+2
6	Wellington Phoenix	15	11	4	3	4	16	15	+1
7	Western Sydney	14	11	4	2	5	13	16	-3
8	Melbourne Victory	12	11	3	3	5	11	15	-4
9	Central Coast Mariners	10	9	3	1	5	9	14	-5
10	Brisbane Roar	9	10	2	3	5	10	16	-6
11	Newcastle Jets	9	10	2	3	5	11	21	-10

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Sydney FC 2-1 Melbourne City - December 29, 2019 / Hyundai A-League 2019/2020

Sydney FC

2 - 1

Melbourne City

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

Corica vs Melbourne City

Corica vs Mombaerts

Manager

Mombaerts vs Sydney FC

Mombaerts vs Corica

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 Melbourne City

Best historical scorers against Sydney FC

Players with most games played vs Melbourne City

Players with most games played vs Sydney FC

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking