xF.
Melbourne City

1–3

xG 1.84–1.79

GENERATED 11 Aug 14:59

Perth Glory

AAMI Park

Melbourne · Sun 28 Dec, 19:00 AET · A-League Men · Cap 30,050

xVerdict

Tight on both the score and the chances.

GENERATED 11 Aug 14:59

Chance story

Where the chances came fromFact
Chance quality was even.
xAnalysis

The count finished 1.84–1.79. The sources were mixed.

MCYPER
1.57Open play1.63
0.26Set play0.16
0.00Free kicks0.06
0.26Corners0.10
Shot profileFact
MCY took the volume, 16 shots for two big chances.
xAnalysis

PER worked into better areas, 12 shots for four big chances.

MCYPER

Shots

16 – 12

xG / shot

0.11 – 0.15

On target

4 – 8

Inside box

12 – 9

Outside box

4 – 3

Blocked

3 – 2

Woodwork

0 – 1

Big chances

2 – 4

Big missed

1 – 2

KeeperFact
Both keepers beat the model.
xAnalysis

xG prevented finished 0.37–0.33.

MCY

0.37

xG prevented

PER

0.33

xG prevented

Decisive people & moments

TimelineFact
PER scored early.
xAnalysis

The first arrived in the 10', and they scored again.

First half

  • 10'Tom Lawrence scores (right foot shot, T. Ostler).
  • 22'Tom Lawrence scores (right foot shot, Arion Sulemani).

Second half

  • 46'Medin Memeti on, Max Caputo off.
  • 46'Samuel Souprayen on, Liam Bonetig off.
  • 55'Giovanni De Abreu on, Rhys Bozinovski off.
  • 61'Emin Durakovic on, Takeshi Kanamori off.
  • 61'K. Ngo on, T. Ostler off.
  • 61'A. Taggart on, Arion Sulemani off.
  • 68'Yellow, Giovanni De Abreu (Time wasting).
  • 74'Yellow, Germán Ferreyra (Foul).
  • 76'Beckham Baker on, Andreas Kuen off.
  • 80'Tom Lawrence scores (right foot shot).
  • 82'Peter Antoniou on, Nathaniel Atkinson off.
  • 84'Riley Foxe on, Sam Sutton off.
  • 84'A. Lebib on, Tom Lawrence off.
  • 85'Yellow, Aziz Behich (Foul).
  • 90+3'Andrew Nabbout scores (right foot shot, Emin Durakovic).
  • 90+6'Yellow, Unknown.
  • Goal
  • Yellow card
  • Red card
  • Substitution
  • VAR
Starting shape · 4-2-3-1 vs 4-4-2Fact
MCY left a back four and a front three for a 4-2-3-1.
xAnalysis

PER have two strikers against a back four. MCY have the extra midfielder.

MCY · 4-2-3-1PER · 4-4-2

14101315161722273047234717182027293445BeachBonetigKanamoriAtkinsonNabboutBehichCaputoFerreyraTrewinKuenRahmaniShamoonSuttonWoottonPenningtonSulemaniBozinovskiOstlerFreneySuttonLawrenceKaltak
Player ratingsFact
Lawrence led the card.
xAnalysis

The mark was 9.5, and the two XIs rated close.

MCY

15Andrew NabboutMF907.40
39Emin DurakovicMF297.22
22Germán FerreyraDF907.00
1Patrick BeachGK907.00
13Nathaniel AtkinsonDF826.83
27Kai TrewinMF906.84
47Kavian RahmaniMF906.81
35Medin MemetiFW446.70
30Andreas KuenMF766.64
16Aziz BehichDF906.51
37Peter AntoniouDF86.50
17Max CaputoFW466.50
26Samuel SouprayenDF446.40
38Beckham BakerFW146.40
10Takeshi KanamoriMF616.30
4Liam BonetigDF466.30

PER

34Tom LawrenceFW849.52
20T. OstlerMF617.21
45B. KaltakDF907.00
17Arion SulemaniFW616.92
26K. NgoFW296.90
29Matthew SuttonGK906.70
7N. PenningtonMF906.72
39Giovanni De AbreuMF356.70
3Sam SuttonDF846.61
22A. TaggartFW296.60
4Scott WoottonDF906.50
18Rhys BozinovskiMF556.50
5Riley FoxeDF66.30
2Charbel ShamoonDF906.30
24A. LebibDF66.30
Missing playersFact
PER named 2 absences.
xAnalysis

MCY had none stored.

MCY

None stored.

PER

  • Mark BirighittiUnavailable
  • C. CookUnavailable

How it tilted

MomentumFact
The pressure flipped.
xAnalysis

PER had the first half. MCY had the second.

  • Goal
  • Big chance
HT1H2H
Field tiltFact
MCY held territory in PER's third.
xAnalysis

The ball spent 39% of the night in PER's third and 18% in MCY's.

MCY thirdMiddlePER third
18%42%39%
MCYPER
Match statsFact
MCY had more of the ball.
xAnalysis

Possession finished 64%–36%.

MCYPER

Possession

64% – 36%

Lge 50.0%

Passes

557 – 330

Lge 425.4

Corners

9 – 2

Lge 5.1

Tackles

10 – 10

Lge 17.4

npxG

1.84 – 1.79