Australian A-League Men

Melbourne City FC vs Newcastle Jets, 2022-23 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men
Melbourne City FC
  • Red Card 41': Scott Jamieson
  • 90'+2': Max Caputo
FT
1 - 1
Newcastle Jets
  • 31': Beka Mikeltadze (P)

About

Melbourne City FC are hosting Newcastle Jets at AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Dane Ingham.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Aiden O'Neill (Melbourne City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Valon Berisha following a corner.
  • 5': Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Valon Berisha (Melbourne City).
  • 6': Delay in match because of an injury Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets).
  • 7': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 9': Corner, Newcastle Jets. Conceded by Nuno Reis.
  • 10': Foul by Reno Piscopo (Newcastle Jets).
  • 10': Scott Jamieson (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Attempt saved. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 13': Foul by Aiden O'Neill (Melbourne City).
  • 13': Kosta Grozos (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Foul by Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City).
  • 14': Kosta Grozos (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 16': Brandon O'Neill (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 16': Foul by Scott Jamieson (Melbourne City).
  • 17': Attempt missed. Kosta Grozos (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dane Ingham.
  • 18': Attempt missed. Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jamie Maclaren.
  • 20': Foul by Scott Jamieson (Melbourne City).
  • 20': Trent Buhagiar (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Scott Jamieson (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 21': Substitution, Melbourne City. Callum Talbot replaces Nuno Reis because of an injury.
  • 21': Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Foul by Reno Piscopo (Newcastle Jets).
  • 23': Attempt missed. Valon Berisha (Melbourne City) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jordan Bos.
  • 25': Foul by Kosta Grozos (Newcastle Jets).
  • 25': Jordan Bos (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Dane Ingham (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 27': Foul by Marco Tilio (Melbourne City).
  • 29': VAR Decision: Penalty Newcastle Jets.
  • 30': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 30': Penalty conceded by Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 31': Goal! Melbourne City 0, Newcastle Jets 1. Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 33': Attempt saved. Aiden O'Neill (Melbourne City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marco Tilio.
  • 35': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Thomas Aquilina.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Valon Berisha (Melbourne City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aiden O'Neill.
  • 38': Foul by Beka Mikeltadze (Newcastle Jets).
  • 38': Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 39': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Thomas Aquilina.
  • 40': Foul by Trent Buhagiar (Newcastle Jets).
  • 40': Tom Glover (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Second yellow card to Scott Jamieson (Melbourne City) for a bad foul.
  • 43': Offside, Melbourne City. Curtis Good tries a through ball, but Andrew Nabbout is caught offside.
  • 45': Attempt saved. Kosta Grozos (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Angus Thurgate.
  • 45'+3': Carl Jenkinson (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': Foul by Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City).
  • 45'+4': Attempt missed. Aiden O'Neill (Melbourne City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Valon Berisha.
  • 45'+5': First Half ends, Melbourne City 0, Newcastle Jets 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Melbourne City 0, Newcastle Jets 1.
  • 46': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Carl Jenkinson.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Kosta Grozos (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Angus Thurgate.
  • 53': Aiden O'Neill (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Foul by Reno Piscopo (Newcastle Jets).
  • 56': Dane Ingham (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Foul by Aiden O'Neill (Melbourne City).
  • 56': Foul by Carl Jenkinson (Newcastle Jets).
  • 56': Jordan Bos (Melbourne City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 57': Corner, Newcastle Jets. Conceded by Andrew Nabbout.
  • 58': Attempt missed. Dane Ingham (Newcastle Jets) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kosta Grozos with a cross following a corner.
  • 59': Attempt blocked. Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum Talbot.
  • 59': Delay in match (Newcastle Jets).
  • 60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 61': Attempt saved. Kosta Grozos (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Trent Buhagiar.
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Angus Thurgate (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Brandon O'Neill.
  • 63': Attempt saved. Aiden O'Neill (Melbourne City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Valon Berisha.
  • 64': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Dane Ingham.
  • 65': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Manabu Saito replaces Reno Piscopo.
  • 66': Attempt blocked. Callum Talbot (Melbourne City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Valon Berisha.
  • 67': Attempt blocked. Callum Talbot (Melbourne City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Valon Berisha.
  • 67': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Thomas Aquilina.
  • 70': Offside, Newcastle Jets. Beka Mikeltadze tries a through ball, but Manabu Saito is caught offside.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Valon Berisha (Melbourne City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Curtis Good.
  • 71': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Thomas Aquilina.
  • 75': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Dane Ingham.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Andrew Nabbout with a cross.
  • 76': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Jason Hoffman replaces Trent Buhagiar.
  • 77': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Callum Timmins replaces Kosta Grozos.
  • 77': Substitution, Melbourne City. Florin Berenguer replaces Marco Tilio.
  • 78': Dane Ingham (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Foul by Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City).
  • 78': Aiden O'Neill (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Foul by Angus Thurgate (Newcastle Jets).
  • 78': Angus Thurgate (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 83': Dangerous play by Brandon O'Neill (Newcastle Jets).
  • 83': Valon Berisha (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Offside, Newcastle Jets. Brandon O'Neill tries a through ball, but Angus Thurgate is caught offside.
  • 86': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Mark Natta replaces Thomas Aquilina.
  • 86': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Phillip Cancar replaces Matthew Jurman.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Thomas Lam (Melbourne City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aiden O'Neill.
  • 88': Callum Timmins (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90': Callum Timmins (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Foul by Florin Berenguer (Melbourne City).
  • 90': Substitution, Melbourne City. Max Caputo replaces Valon Berisha.
  • 90'+2': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Phillip Cancar.
  • 90'+2': Goal! Melbourne City 1, Newcastle Jets 1. Max Caputo (Melbourne City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florin Berenguer with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Angus Thurgate (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Callum Timmins with a through ball.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Melbourne City 1, Newcastle Jets 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Melbourne City 1, Newcastle Jets 1.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 11
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 1
2 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 9
3 Saves 2
38.7 Possession 61.3
8 SHOTS 15
3 ON GOAL 4
0.4 On Target % 0.3
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
277 Accurate Passes 488
374 Passes 590
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 4
8 Crosses 26
0.1 Cross % 0.2
45 Long Balls 76
12 Accurate Long Balls 44
0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 4
13 Effective Tackles 8
20 Tackles 16
0.7 Tackle % 0.5
18 Interceptions 9
28 Effective Clearances 9
28 Clearances 9

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: AAMI Park
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Attendance: 4,088

A-League Men Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Sydney FC 1 0 1
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 0 1
3 Adelaide United 0 0 0
4 Auckland FC 0 0 0
Full Table

Line-Ups

MCY Melbourne City FC (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Thomas Glover (GK)
22 Curtis Good
6 Thomas Lam
38 Jordan Bos
4 Nuno Reis
3 Scott Jamieson Yellow Card
13 Aiden O'Neill
14 Valon Berisha
9 Jamie Maclaren
15 Andrew Nabbout
23 Marco Tilio
Melbourne City FC Substitutes:
Callum Talbot, Jordon Hall, Max Caputo, Scott Galloway, Florin Berenguer, Raphael Borges Rodrigues, James Nieuwenhuizen.

NEW Newcastle Jets (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
20 Michael Weier (GK)
5 Matthew Jurman
25 Carl Jenkinson
2 Dane Ingham
39 Thomas Aquilina
7 Trent Buhagiar
6 Brandon O'Neill
32 Angus Thurgate Yellow Card
10 Reno Piscopo
9 Beka Mikeltadze
17 Kosta Grozos
Newcastle Jets Substitutes:
Jack Duncan, Philip Cancar, Jason Hoffman, Callum Timmins, Daniel Stynes, Manabu Saito, Mark Natta.

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