Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City, 2023-24 Australian A-League Women, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Women

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Melbourne Victory are hosting Melbourne City at Home of the Matildas, Melbourne, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Women.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
4': Emina Ekic (Melbourne City Women) wins a free kick on the left wing.
4': Foul by Emily Gielnik (Melbourne Victory).
6': Foul by Bryleeh Henry (Melbourne City Women).
6': Paige Zois (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
7': Foul by Shelby McMahon (Melbourne City Women).
7': Kayla Morrison (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Bryleeh Henry (Melbourne City Women) wins a free kick on the right wing.
8': Foul by Beattie Goad (Melbourne Victory).
11': Bryleeh Henry (Melbourne City Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
11': Foul by Sara D'Appolonia (Melbourne Victory).
11': Sara D'Appolonia (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
17': Attempt saved. Emina Ekic (Melbourne City Women) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Shelby McMahon.
17': Corner, Melbourne City Women. Conceded by Courtney Newbon.
21': Corner, Melbourne City Women. Conceded by Tori Hansen.
23': Alex Chidiac (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Foul by Emina Ekic (Melbourne City Women).
23': Emina Ekic (Melbourne City Women) is shown the yellow card.
23': Bryleeh Henry (Melbourne City Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Foul by Emily Gielnik (Melbourne Victory).
26': Delay in match (Melbourne City Women).
28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
29': Foul by Shelby McMahon (Melbourne City Women).
29': Tori Hansen (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Offside, Melbourne City Women. Shelby McMahon is caught offside.
33': Attempt missed. Emily Gielnik (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Jamilla Rankin.
35': Attempt blocked. Shelby McMahon (Melbourne City Women) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emina Ekic.
35': Corner, Melbourne City Women. Conceded by Tori Hansen.
37': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Bryleeh Henry.
38': Attempt missed. Alex Chidiac (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high following a corner.
42': Foul by Jamilla Rankin (Melbourne Victory).
42': Laura Hughes (Melbourne City Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Alex Chidiac (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Foul by Leticia McKenna (Melbourne City Women).
42': Leticia McKenna (Melbourne City Women) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
43': Jamilla Rankin (Melbourne Victory) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the box.
43': Emina Ekic (Melbourne City Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Foul by Emma Checker (Melbourne Victory).
43': Emma Checker (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
44': Offside, Melbourne City Women. Hannah Wilkinson is caught offside.
44': Attempt blocked. Emily Gielnik (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
45'+4': First Half ends, Melbourne Victory 0, Melbourne City Women 0.
45': Second Half begins Melbourne Victory 0, Melbourne City Women 0.
47': Offside, Melbourne City Women. Emina Ekic is caught offside.
48': Offside, Melbourne Victory. Sara D'Appolonia is caught offside.
49': Attempt blocked. Shelby McMahon (Melbourne City Women) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Laura Hughes.
50': Emina Ekic (Melbourne City Women) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Rebekah Stott.
51': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Bryleeh Henry.
53': Foul by Sara D'Appolonia (Melbourne Victory).
53': Laura Hughes (Melbourne City Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Foul by Paige Zois (Melbourne Victory).
55': Shelby McMahon (Melbourne City Women) wins a free kick on the left wing.
56': Foul by Emina Ekic (Melbourne City Women).
56': Tori Hansen (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Lia Privitelli replaces Sara D'Appolonia.
57': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Rosie Curtis replaces Paige Zois.
58': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Emina Ekic.
59': Attempt missed. Emina Ekic (Melbourne City Women) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Hannah Wilkinson.
60': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Karly Roestbakken.
61': Attempt saved. Emily Gielnik (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
63': Attempt saved. Shelby McMahon (Melbourne City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
63': Offside, Melbourne City Women. Emina Ekic is caught offside.
63': Substitution, Melbourne City Women. Julia Grosso replaces Leticia McKenna.
64': Beattie Goad (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick on the left wing.
64': Foul by Bryleeh Henry (Melbourne City Women).
68': Attempt blocked. Emina Ekic (Melbourne City Women) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Taylor Otto.
69': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Ava Briedis replaces Rachel Lowe.
70': Delay in match (Melbourne City Women).
71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
72': Foul by Taylor Otto (Melbourne City Women).
72': Jamilla Rankin (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
73': Attempt saved. Emily Gielnik (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
73': Beattie Goad (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick on the left wing.
73': Foul by Bryleeh Henry (Melbourne City Women).
74': Delay in match because of an injury Lia Privitelli (Melbourne Victory).
75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
78': Emina Ekic (Melbourne City Women) wins a free kick on the right wing.
78': Foul by Jamilla Rankin (Melbourne Victory).
78': Delay in match because of an injury Jamilla Rankin (Melbourne Victory).
79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
80': Attempt missed. Rebekah Stott (Melbourne City Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Leah Davidson with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
80': Attempt saved. Taylor Otto (Melbourne City Women) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Rebekah Stott.
80': Alex Chidiac (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick on the left wing.
80': Foul by Bryleeh Henry (Melbourne City Women).
82': Alex Chidiac (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Foul by Shelby McMahon (Melbourne City Women).
83': Attempt saved. Laura Hughes (Melbourne City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leah Davidson.
83': Attempt missed. Hannah Wilkinson (Melbourne City Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Julia Grosso.
85': Attempt saved. Julia Grosso (Melbourne City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Shelby McMahon.
86': Corner, Melbourne City Women. Conceded by Kayla Morrison.
87': Substitution, Melbourne City Women. Kiera Meyers replaces Emina Ekic.
88': Attempt blocked. Hannah Wilkinson (Melbourne City Women) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bryleeh Henry with a cross.
88': Attempt saved. Shelby McMahon (Melbourne City Women) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
88': Attempt blocked. Ava Briedis (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lia Privitelli.
88': Attempt blocked. Alex Chidiac (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
88': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Taylor Otto.
89': Attempt missed. Emily Gielnik (Melbourne Victory) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Beattie Goad with a cross following a corner.
90'+1': Attempt missed. Emily Gielnik (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Alex Chidiac.
90'+6': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Karly Roestbakken.
90'+7': Foul by Emily Gielnik (Melbourne Victory).
90'+7': Taylor Otto (Melbourne City Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+8': Second Half ends, Melbourne Victory 0, Melbourne City Women 0.
0': Match ends, Melbourne Victory 0, Melbourne City Women 0.

Statistics

MBC		MBV
11	Fouls	10
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
4	Offsides	1
4	Corner Kicks	6
2	Saves	6
54.5	Possession	45.5
14	SHOTS	10
6	ON GOAL	2
0.4	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
366	Accurate Passes	269
450	Passes	357
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	3
11	Crosses	29
0.3	Cross %	0.1
34	Long Balls	55
14	Accurate Long Balls	26
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
4	Blocked Shots	3
8	Effective Tackles	20
12	Tackles	23
0.7	Tackle %	0.9
10	Interceptions	10
21	Effective Clearances	24
21	Clearances	24

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Women

Venue: Home of the Matildas
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Attendance: 2,012

Line-Ups

Melbourne Victory (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
50	Courtney Newbon (GK)
18	Kayla Ann Morrison
3	Tori Hansen
16	Paige Zois
2	Jamilla Rankin
15	Emma Checker
10	Alex Chidiac
4	Sara D'Appolonia
6	Beatrice Goad
9	Emily Gielnik
23	Rachel Lowe

Melbourne Victory Substitutes:

Rosie Curtis, Georgia Candy, Lia Privitelli, Laura Pickett, Ava Briedis.

Melbourne City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
88	Bárbara (GK)
13	Rebekah Stott
5	Taylor Otto
16	Karly Roestbakken
22	Bryleeh Henry
12	Shelby Mcmahon
18	Leah Davidson
14	Laura Hughes
17	Hannah Wilkinson
11	Emina Ekic
6	Leticia Mckenna

Melbourne City Substitutes:

Melissa Barbieri, Leia Varley, Kiera Meyers, Isabella Accardo, Julia Grosso.

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