Australian A-League Men

Adelaide United vs Melbourne City FC, 2022-23 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men
Adelaide United
  • 45'+3': Lachlan Barr
  • 50': Craig Goodwin
  • 57': Louis D'Arrigo
  • 85': Nestory Irankunda
FT
4 - 2
Melbourne City FC
  • 9': Andrew Nabbout
  • 62': Marco Tilio

About

Adelaide United are hosting Melbourne City FC at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Foul by Aiden O'Neill (Melbourne City).
  • 2': Isaías Sánchez Cortés (Adelaide United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Attempt missed. Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Richard van der Venne.
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nuno Reis.
  • 6': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Aiden O'Neill.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Lachlan Barr (Adelaide United) right footed shot from very close range is too high following a corner.
  • 9': Goal! Adelaide United 0, Melbourne City 1. Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Richard van der Venne.
  • 11': Attempt saved. Zach Clough (Adelaide United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 12': Attempt blocked. Louis D'Arrigo (Adelaide United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 13': Attempt missed. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Richard van der Venne with a through ball.
  • 14': Hand ball by Marco Tilio (Melbourne City).
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Zach Clough (Adelaide United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Craig Goodwin.
  • 20': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Curtis Good.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Zach Clough (Adelaide United) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Craig Goodwin with a cross.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Hiroshi Ibusuki (Adelaide United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Craig Goodwin with a cross.
  • 22': Attempt saved. Valon Berisha (Melbourne City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aiden O'Neill.
  • 22': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Joe Gauci.
  • 23': Attempt blocked. Richard van der Venne (Melbourne City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Valon Berisha.
  • 23': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Zach Clough.
  • 23': Attempt blocked. Louis D'Arrigo (Adelaide United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Halloran.
  • 23': Attempt saved. Hiroshi Ibusuki (Adelaide United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Louis D'Arrigo.
  • 24': Attempt missed. Nuno Reis (Melbourne City) right footed shot from long range on the right is too high. Assisted by Valon Berisha.
  • 26': Attempt blocked. Ryan Kitto (Adelaide United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 27': Attempt missed. Hiroshi Ibusuki (Adelaide United) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Zach Clough with a through ball.
  • 28': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Thomas Lam.
  • 28': Delay in match because of an injury Hiroshi Ibusuki (Adelaide United).
  • 28': Delay in match because of an injury Nuno Reis (Melbourne City).
  • 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 32': Substitution, Adelaide United. Luka Jovanovic replaces Hiroshi Ibusuki because of an injury.
  • 33': Foul by Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City).
  • 33': Lachlan Barr (Adelaide United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Substitution, Melbourne City. Scott Galloway replaces Nuno Reis because of an injury.
  • 35': Attempt saved. Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Javi López with a cross.
  • 37': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Lachlan Barr.
  • 40': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Thomas Lam.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Ryan Kitto (Adelaide United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Javi López with a cross.
  • 45': Attempt saved. Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Kitto.
  • 45'+3': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Curtis Good.
  • 45'+3': Goal! Adelaide United 1, Melbourne City 1. Lachlan Barr (Adelaide United) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Louis D'Arrigo with a cross following a corner.
  • 45'+5': First Half ends, Adelaide United 1, Melbourne City 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Adelaide United 1, Melbourne City 1.
  • 47': Foul by Valon Berisha (Melbourne City).
  • 47': Louis D'Arrigo (Adelaide United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 48': Foul by Richard van der Venne (Melbourne City).
  • 48': Javi López (Adelaide United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Attempt saved. Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Louis D'Arrigo.
  • 49': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Tom Glover.
  • 50': Goal! Adelaide United 2, Melbourne City 1. Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Isaías Sánchez Cortés.
  • 52': Attempt blocked. Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Valon Berisha.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Richard van der Venne (Melbourne City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
  • 52': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Scott Galloway.
  • 53': Corner, Adelaide United. Conceded by Aiden O'Neill.
  • 56': Attempt saved. Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Scott Galloway.
  • 56': Foul by Ben Halloran (Adelaide United).
  • 56': Jordan Bos (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Goal! Adelaide United 3, Melbourne City 1. Louis D'Arrigo (Adelaide United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Zach Clough.
  • 60': Substitution, Melbourne City. Scott Jamieson replaces Richard van der Venne.
  • 60': Attempt missed. Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Andrew Nabbout.
  • 61': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Ryan Kitto.
  • 62': Goal! Adelaide United 3, Melbourne City 2. Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Valon Berisha with a cross following a corner.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Scott Jamieson (Melbourne City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marco Tilio.
  • 64': Attempt saved. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Valon Berisha.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Thomas Lam (Melbourne City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tom Glover.
  • 67': Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Foul by Javi López (Adelaide United).
  • 68': Foul by Thomas Lam (Melbourne City).
  • 68': Zach Clough (Adelaide United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 69': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Lachlan Barr.
  • 70': Offside, Melbourne City. Curtis Good tries a through ball, but Jamie Maclaren is caught offside.
  • 71': Substitution, Adelaide United. Jay Barnett replaces Louis D'Arrigo.
  • 72': Attempt saved. Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Valon Berisha.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aiden O'Neill.
  • 76': Substitution, Adelaide United. Ethan Alagich replaces Luka Jovanovic.
  • 76': Substitution, Adelaide United. Nestory Irankunda replaces Zach Clough.
  • 78': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Ben Warland.
  • 79': Attempt missed. Thomas Lam (Melbourne City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Valon Berisha with a cross following a corner.
  • 81': Ben Halloran (Adelaide United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 81': Foul by Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City).
  • 81': Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 82': Substitution, Melbourne City. Callum Talbot replaces Andrew Nabbout.
  • 85': Goal! Adelaide United 4, Melbourne City 2. Nestory Irankunda (Adelaide United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Isaías Sánchez Cortés with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 88': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Jay Barnett.
  • 89': Attempt saved. Ethan Alagich (Adelaide United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Craig Goodwin.
  • 90': Substitution, Melbourne City. Max Caputo replaces Valon Berisha.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Isaías Sánchez Cortés (Adelaide United).
  • 90'+2': Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+5': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Javi López.
  • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Curtis Good (Melbourne City) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Scott Jamieson with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Adelaide United 4, Melbourne City 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Adelaide United 4, Melbourne City 2.

Statistics

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7 Fouls 3
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
8 Corner Kicks 8
6 Saves 4
58.5 Possession 41.5
19 SHOTS 19
6 ON GOAL 10
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
476 Accurate Passes 289
564 Passes 376
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 6
10 Crosses 28
0.3 Cross % 0.2
44 Long Balls 63
23 Accurate Long Balls 31
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
3 Blocked Shots 5
11 Effective Tackles 14
16 Tackles 28
0.7 Tackle % 0.5
10 Interceptions 11
21 Effective Clearances 16
21 Clearances 16

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: Coopers Stadium
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Attendance: 10,270

A-League Men Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Adelaide United 0 0 0
2 Auckland FC 0 0 0
3 Brisbane Roar 0 0 0
4 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0
Full Standings

Line-Ups

ADE Adelaide United (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
46 Joe Gauci (GK)
3 Ben Warland
13 Lachlan Barr
8 Isaías
7 Ryan Kitto
21 Javi López
6 Louis D'Arrigo
10 Zach Clough
11 Craig Goodwin
26 Ben Halloran
9 Hiroshi Ibusuki
Adelaide United Substitutes:
James Delianov, Ethan Alagich, Alexandar Popovic, Nestory Irankunda, Jay Barnett, Luka Jovanovic, Asad Kasumovic.

MCY Melbourne City FC (4-5-1)

No. Name
1 Thomas Glover (GK)
22 Curtis Good
6 Thomas Lam
38 Jordan Bos
4 Nuno Reis
8 Richard van der Venne
14 Valon Berisha
13 Aiden O'Neill
15 Andrew Nabbout
23 Marco Tilio
9 Jamie Maclaren
Melbourne City FC Substitutes:
Max Caputo, Florin Berenguer, Scott Jamieson, Matthew Sutton, Scott Galloway, Callum Talbot, Jordon Hall.

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