Melbourne City FC
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Match Complete
Adelaide United
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| R. Griffiths |  | 71' | ||
| 62' | | M. Boland | ||
| 34' | | M. Marrone | ||
| 25' | | J. Thomassen |
| 21 | Shots | 16 | ||
| 3 | On Target | 5 | ||
| 19 | Fouls | 12 | ||
| 5 | Corners | 9 | ||
| 0 | Offsides | 2 | ||
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 | ||
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
Melbourne City host Adelaide United in what will be an important match in the shape of the finals. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage from 5:35pm (AEST).
Melbourne start the weekend in sixth place, and a win could see them go as high as fourth. Adelaide start fifth, and could end up in fourth, fifth or sixth.
City pulled out some terrific goals in their 4-1 win over Brisbane last week, while Adelaide disposed of Wellington 3-1.
City have no forced changes, though Dario Vidosic and Iacopo La Rocca both return to the extended squad.
Adelaide will be without striker Apostolos Stamatopoulos while he serves his two-match ban. Leaving an all too familiar gap up front.
They’ve looked to their youth team for replacements with midfielder Louis D’Arrigo and wingers Carlo Armiento and Pacifique Niyongabire being added to the squad.
Prediction
Difficult to predict really. Both teams have had trouble scoring goals, and Adelaide have some key outs on top of that. It’ll be close, but City to edge it.
City 2 – 1 Adelaide
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Where: Aami Park, Melbourne
When: Saturday, 13th April 2019, 5:35pm (AEST)
TV: Fox Sports 505, MyFootball Live App
Melbourne City
1.Mark Birighitti, 2.Ritchie De Laet, 4.Harrison Delbridge, 5.Bart Schenkeveld, 7.Rostyn Griffiths, 8.Riley McGree, 9.Shayon Harrison, 10.Dario Vidosic, 13.Nathaniel Atkinson, 15.Kearyn Baccus, 18.Eugene Galekovic, 19.Lachlan Wales, 21.Ramy Najjarine, 22.Curtis Good, 25.Iacopo La Rocca, 26.Luke Brattan, 27.Florin Berenguer, 29.Jamie Maclaren.
Adelaide United
1.Daniel Marguš, 2.Michael Marrone, 3.Scott Galloway, 6.Vince Lia, 7.Ryan Kitto, 8.Isaías (c), 11.Craig Goodwin, 14.George Blackwood, 16.Nathan Konstandopoulos, 17.Nikola Mileusnić, 19.Jordy Thomassen, 20.Paul Izzo, 22.Michael Jakobsen, 24.Pacifique Niyongabire, 26.Ben Halloran, 27.Louis D’Arrigo, 31.Mirko Boland, 32.Carlo Armiento.
Referee: Alex King
Assistant Referee 1: George Lakrindis
Assistant Referee 2: Wilson Brown
Fourth Official: Lachlan Keevers
VAR: Peter Green
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Thank you for joining The Roar for this match. A tale of 2 keepers in Melbourne as Eugene Galekovic and Paul Izzo made a number of crucial saves to keep the match 0-0. That result favours Adelaide who now move to 4th on the table ahead of Wellington, while City remain in 6th. Now we head to here with Tom English for the Sydney Derby!
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Full time! City 0 - 0 Adelaide
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94' Marrone's cross is blocked out for a throw. City 0 - 0 Adelaide
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93' Halloran has a go from range. But it is weak and off target. City 0 - 0 Adelaide
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92' City Substitution ON Ramy Najjarine OFF Kearyn Baccus
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92' Adelaide Substitution ON Vince Lia OFF George Blackwood
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91' Chance for City! Wales' shot is blocked by Izzo. McGree plays it back across, Baccus charges at the ball before Brattan has a lash at it. Only a goal kick. City 0 - 0 Adelaide
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There will +3' added on.
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90' Baccus fouled by Halloran on halfway. City 0 - 0 Adelaide
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89' Adelaide Substitution ON Carlo Armiento OFF Nikola Mileusnić
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88' Adelaide ping the ball around in the area, but they're not able to get a shot off. City 0 - 0 Adelaide
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Save Galekovic!!! 86' Again Galekovic gets in the way! Goodwin took the strike in to the top corner, but only gets a corner from it. City 0 - 0 Adelaide
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Foul in a dangerous area. Brattan brings down Isaias after a promising move from Adelaide. City 0 - 0 Adelaide
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85' Atkinson with a tidy cross, Maclaren can't direct it goalwards. City 0 - 0 Adelaide
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85' Maclaren gets the ball in a good area. Doesn't have the time to shoot before he's stripped. City 0 - 0 Adelaide
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82' Brattan finds Maclaren in the box, but his shot is blocked. It falls to Wales, who is dispossessed cleanly. City 0 - 0 Adelaide
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82' Baccus with a shot straight into Jakobsen. City 0 - 0 Adelaide
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80' Izzo punches the corner away. City 0 - 0 Adelaide
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80' Wales wins a corner off Galloway. City 0 - 0 Adelaide
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79' City Substitution ON Lachie Wales OFF Florin Berenguer