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Melbourne City 3-2 Sydney FC - February 23, 2021 / A-League 2020/2021

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A-League 2020/2021 - Round 9

AAMI Park - Melbourne - Australia

February 23, 2021

3 868

Melbourne City

3 - 2

Sydney FC

Jamie MacLaren

Assist by Jamie MacLarenAdrián Luna

28'

Assist by Andrew NabboutJamie MacLaren

53'

72'

Milos Ninkovic

90'

Patrick WoodAssist by Milos Ninkovic

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8' - Goal Jamie MacLaren8

11' - Yellow card Alex Wilkinson

22' - Substitution Luke Brattanis substituted by Calem Nieuwenhof

28' - Goal Adrián Luna28

30' - Yellow card Rhyan Grant photo Paulo Retre

30' - Yellow card Paulo Retre

36' - Yellow card Anthony Caceres

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53' - Goal Jamie MacLaren53

58' - Substitution Alexander Baumjohannis substituted by Milos Ninkovic photo Jordan Swibel

58' - Substitution Kosta Barbarousesis substituted by Jordan Swibel photo Patrick Wood

58' - Substitution Bobôis substituted by Patrick Wood

59' - Yellow card Connor Metcalfe59

64' - Substitution Adrián Lunais substituted by Nuno Reis64

72' - Goal Milos Ninkovic

77' - Yellow card Ryan McGowan

87' - Substitution Paulo Retreis substituted by Benjamin Warland

90' - Goal Patrick Wood

91' - Substitution Connor Metcalfeis substituted by Taras Gomulka91

94' - Substitution Andrew Nabboutis substituted by Marco Tilio94

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Melbourne City

3 - 2

Sydney FC

Melbourne City Sydney FC

Team line-ups

Melbourne City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9MacLaren853

Jamie MacLaren

Australia

B.date29/07/1993

Age27 years

H1m79

positionStriker

11Noone

Craig Noone

England

B.date17/11/1987

Age33 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

20Luna2864

Adrián Luna

Uruguay

B.date12/04/1992

Age28 years

H1m69

positionLeft Winger

15Nabbout90+4

Andrew Nabbout

Australia

B.date17/12/1992

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

10Bérenguer

Florin Bérenguer

France

B.date01/04/1989

Age31 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

34Metcalfe90+159

Connor Metcalfe

Australia

B.date05/11/1999

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

3Jamieson

Scott Jamieson

Australia

B.date13/10/1988

Age32 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

22Good

Curtis Good

Australia

B.date23/03/1993

Age27 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

7Griffiths

Rostyn Griffiths

Australia

B.date10/03/1988

Age32 years

H1m88

positionVersatile Midfielder

13Atkinson

Nathaniel Atkinson

Australia

B.date13/06/1999

Age21 years

H1m81

positionMidfield

1Glover

Tommy Glover

Australia

B.date24/12/1997

Age23 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Tommy Glover		23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Curtis Good		27	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Scott Jamieson		32	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Connor Metcalfe	90+159	21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Nathaniel Atkinson		21	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Florin Bérenguer		31	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Rostyn Griffiths		32	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Craig Noone		33	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Andrew Nabbout	90+4	28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Adrián Luna	2864	28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jamie MacLaren	853	27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sydney FC

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Bobô58

Bobô

Brazil

B.date09/01/1985

Age36 years

H1m86

positionStriker

11Barbarouses58

Kosta Barbarouses

New Zealand

B.date19/02/1990

Age31 years

H1m71

positionForward

17Caceres36

Anthony Caceres

Australia

B.date29/09/1992

Age28 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

8Retre8730

Paulo Retre

Australia

B.date04/03/1993

Age27 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

26Brattan22

Luke Brattan

Australia

B.date08/03/1990

Age30 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

5Baumjohann58

Alexander Baumjohann

Germany

B.date23/01/1987

Age34 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

25King

Joel King

Australia

B.date30/10/2000

Age20 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

6McGowan77

Ryan McGowan

Australia

B.date15/08/1989

Age31 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

4Wilkinson11

Alex Wilkinson

Australia

B.date13/08/1984

Age36 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

23Grant30

Rhyan Grant

Australia

B.date26/02/1991

Age29 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

1Redmayne

Andrew Redmayne

Australia

B.date13/01/1989

Age32 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Andrew Redmayne		32	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Alex Wilkinson	11	36	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Joel King		20	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Rhyan Grant	30	29	231	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Ryan McGowan	77	31	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Luke Brattan	22	30	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Anthony Caceres	36	28	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Alexander Baumjohann	58	34	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Paulo Retre	8730	27	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Kosta Barbarouses	58	31	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Bobô	58	36	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

30.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Matthew Sutton		20
4	D	Nuno Reis	64	30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Ben Garuccio		25
16	M	Taras Gomulka	90+1	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Naoki Tsubaki		20
23	F	Marco Tilio	90+4	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
49	F	Stefan Colakovski		20

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
20	G	Tom Heward-Belle		23
3	D	Benjamin Warland	87	24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Patrick Flottmann		23
28	M	Calem Nieuwenhof	22	20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Milos Ninkovic	7258	36	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	F	Patrick Wood	9058	18	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Jordan Swibel	58	21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Rostyn Griffiths

Nuno Reis

OUT

Andrew Nabbout

Naoki Tsubaki

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Luke Brattan

Calem Nieuwenhof

OUT

Bobô

Patrick Wood

OUT

Alexander Baumjohann

Milos Ninkovic

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Patrick Kisnorbo

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Kisnorbo vs Sydney FC

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2021

Kisnorbo vs Corica

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Corica

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Corica vs Melbourne City

4 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 2021

Corica vs Kisnorbo

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2021

Referee

Stephen Lucas

9 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Melbourne City11 matches	General total	Sydney FC8 matches	4 victories	1 draw	3 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Melbourne City3 matches	Season total	Sydney FC1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 23, 2022					Latest figure on March 25, 2022

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Adrián Luna scores 1 goal vs Melbourne City in his professional career

Jamie MacLaren scored 6 goals vs Melbourne City in his professional career

It's the first time Milos Ninkovic scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 10/02/2018 (with vs )

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

	7	Adelaide United	10 pts	8 rd
	8	Perth Glory	9 pts	5 rd
+1	9	Melbourne City	9 pts	7 rd
-1	10	Western United Melbourne	8 pts	6 rd
	11	Wellington Phoenix	5 pts	7 rd

General ranking

3	Macarthur FC	14 pts	9 rd
4	Western Sydney	13 pts	8 rd
5	Sydney FC	11 pts	7 rd
6	Newcastle Jets	11 pts	9 rd
7	Adelaide United	10 pts	8 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DMelbourne City 1-1 Western Sydney14/03/2020

VMelbourne City 2-0 Sydney FC01/08/2020

DMelbourne City 2-2 Adelaide United11/08/2020

VMelbourne City 2-0 Western United Melbourne26/08/2020

VMelbourne City 2-1 Western United Melbourne16/01/2021

LMelbourne City 1-3 Perth Glory31/01/2021

Overall

VBrisbane Roar 0-1 Melbourne City29/12/2020

LAdelaide United 2-0 Melbourne City03/01/2021

VMelbourne City 2-1 Western United Melbourne16/01/2021

LMelbourne City 1-3 Perth Glory31/01/2021

LCentral Coast Mariners 3-2 Melbourne City03/02/2021

LNewcastle Jets 1-0 Melbourne City07/02/2021

Current form

Away

DAdelaide United 1-1 Sydney FC06/08/2020

DBrisbane Roar 1-1 Sydney FC10/08/2020

LJeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-0 Sydney FC25/11/2020

VShanghai Port 0-4 Sydney FC01/12/2020

VWellington Phoenix 1-2 Sydney FC02/01/2021

VMacarthur FC 0-3 Sydney FC30/01/2021

Overall

VWellington Phoenix 1-2 Sydney FC02/01/2021

DSydney FC 1-1 Western Sydney16/01/2021

LSydney FC 0-2 Central Coast Mariners22/01/2021

VMacarthur FC 0-3 Sydney FC30/01/2021

VSydney FC 2-1 Wellington Phoenix08/02/2021

DSydney FC 0-0 Brisbane Roar20/02/2021

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	3	9
Scoring streak	8	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

10	General ranking (Competition total)	5
9	General ranking (Home / Away)	6
1446	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1225
8	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	3
1	Victories (Home / Away)	2
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
4	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.5
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.83
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

9	Yellow cards (Competition total)	13
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
3	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Jamie MacLaren	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Kosta Barbarouses
Jamie MacLaren	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Patrick Wood
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Kosta Barbarouses
Craig Noone	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Alexander Baumjohann
Curtis Good	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Joel King
Jamie MacLaren	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 5 matches	Kosta Barbarouses

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

5 v

5 d

7 l

21 gf

27 ga

Away

16 matches

4 v

4 d

8 l

15 gf

20 ga

Total

33 matches

9 v

9 d

15 l

36 gf

47 ga

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

8 v

4 d

4 l

20 gf

15 ga

Away

17 matches

7 v

5 d

5 l

27 gf

21 ga

Total

33 matches

15 v

9 d

9 l

47 gf

36 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 29, 2011
Home	3 - 0	March 05, 2016

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 10, 2018
Away	4 - 0	February 10, 2018

Latest head to head

August 30, 2020 - Hyundai A-League 2019/2020

Sydney FC

1 - 0

Melbourne City logo Melbourne City

August 01, 2020 - Hyundai A-League 2019/2020

Melbourne City

2 - 0

Sydney FC

December 29, 2019 - Hyundai A-League 2019/2020

Sydney FC

2 - 1

Melbourne City logo Melbourne City

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

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.

Best historical scorers against Melbourne City

Bobô	8 goals	2016 - 2018
Adam Le Fondre	4 goals	2018 - 2019
Milos Ninkovic	3 goals	2016 - 2018
Corey Gameiro	3 goals	2014 - 2014
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.

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.

Players with most games played vs Melbourne City

Rhyan Grant	18 matches	2011 - 2020
Sebastian Ryall	17 matches	2010 - 2017
Milos Ninkovic	17 matches	2015 - 2020
Alex Brosque	16 matches	2010 - 2019
Brandon O'Neill	14 matches	2015 - 2019
Alex Wilkinson	13 matches	2016 - 2020

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

David Williams

103 matches

4 matches

2011 - 2016

Luke Brattan

90 matches

37 matches

2016 - 2021

Scott Jamieson

88 matches

54 matches

2010 - 2021

Matt Thompson

82 matches

17 matches

2010 - 2014

Clint Bolton

70 matches

122 matches

2005 - 2013

Simon Colosimo

63 matches

34 matches

2008 - 2013

Total : 20 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

Alex Wilkinson

10 matches

144 matches

2016 - 2021

Clint Bolton

70 matches

122 matches

2005 - 2013

Andrew Redmayne

49 matches

115 matches

2013 - 2021

Michael Zullo

17 matches

110 matches

2015 - 2021

Joshua Brillante

33 matches

103 matches

2016 - 2020

Paulo Retre

60 matches

94 matches

2013 - 2021

Total : 20 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

February 19, 2021

Adelaide United

3 2

CC Mariners

Line-ups available

February 20, 2021

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

February 21, 2021

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

February 24, 2021

Melbourne V.

2 0

Wellington

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Central Coast Mariners	18	9	6	0	3	16	10	+6
2	Brisbane Roar	14	8	4	2	2	13	8	+5
3	Macarthur FC	14	9	4	2	3	13	13	0
4	Western Sydney	13	8	3	4	1	11	8	+3
5	Sydney FC	11	7	3	2	2	10	8	+2
6	Newcastle Jets	11	9	3	2	4	8	9	-1
7	Adelaide United	10	8	3	1	4	11	16	-5
8	Perth Glory	9	5	3	0	2	15	12	+3
+19	Melbourne City	9	7	3	0	4	9	12	-3
-110	Western United Melbourne	8	6	2	2	2	12	10	+2
11	Wellington Phoenix	5	7	1	2	4	8	12	-4
12	Melbourne Victory	4	7	1	1	5	5	13	-8

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Melbourne City 3-2 Sydney FC - February 23, 2021 / A-League 2020/2021

Melbourne City

3 - 2

Sydney FC

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

Kisnorbo vs Sydney FC

Kisnorbo vs Corica

Manager

Corica vs Melbourne City

Corica vs Kisnorbo

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 Sydney FC

Best historical scorers against Melbourne City

Players with most games played vs Sydney FC

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