Western United FC
1
Match Complete
Melbourne City FC
2
| 85' |  | D. Bouzanis | ||
| 85' |  | J. Maclaren | ||
| E. GA 1/4 lA 1/4 m | | 82' | ||
| A. Durante | | 74' | ||
| B. Berisha | | 66' | ||
| 64' |  | H. Delbridge | ||
| 49' | | H. Delbridge | ||
| 32' | | J. Maclaren | ||
| C. Pain | | 16' | ||
| 5' | | R. Griffiths |
| 15 | Shots | 15 | ||
| 6 | On Target | 9 | ||
| 14 | Fouls | 11 | ||
| 4 | Corners | 7 | ||
| 3 | Offsides | 2 | ||
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 | ||
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
Match result:
Melbourne City got over the line in their first-ever A-League fixture against a new local rival in Western United, thanks to a brace from Jamie Maclaren.
Final score
Western United 1
Melbourne City 2
Match preview:
Western United are looking for their second win of the season as they host Melbourne City. Join The Roar from 6pm AEDT for live scores and commentary.
Western United are taking part in their first Victorian derby, and while it’s Wellington Phoenix that are their true rivals at this stage, United know this is a historic game for them.
It’s also coming at the right time, right after Melbourne City’s humiliating 4-nil loss to Adelaide United in the FFA Cup final midweek.
Western United are coming off a 1-all draw with Perth Glory in a game where they’ll feel like they could have had all three points.
A win however will take them above City – both sides are on four points after two games.
Western United also know they’ll have to do well to keep fans coming back to watch them.
They won’t be playing in Geelong and Ballarat forever. They’ll need to give their fans a reason to travel for their games, and also the fans in Geelong and Ballarat to keep coming back.
Besart Berisha has good memories in Geelong and will be looking to add to that for his new club.
Berisha has scored at GMHBA Stadium five times, while no other A-League player has more than one.
Everyone is wondering what went wrong in Melbourne City’s huge loss to Adelaide United in the FFA Cup final.
They played less than a week before the final and beat the Reds 2-1 – Jamie Maclaren looked as if he was going to be scoring goals for fun this season.
Instead City go into the game looking to find form, and they’ll have to do it against an experienced Western United side – when it comes to the players in their squad that is.
Prediction
Western United have the best player in the A-League – Alessandro Diamanti. The ball is on a string for him and he will be the key to victory.
But you can’t count out the firepower of Maclaren, who you’d back to find the net every game. We could be in for another fun encounter in the A-League.
Western United 2 – 2 Melbourne City
Date: Sun Oct 27
Kick-off: 6pm (AEDT)
Venue: GHMBA Stadium, Geelong
Broadcast: FOX Sports 505
Stream: MyFootball Live App, Kayo Sports
Western United
1.Filip KURTO (GK), 2.Aaron CALVER, 3.Brendan HAMILL, 4.Andrew DURANTE, 5.Dylan PIERIAS, 6.Connor CHAPMAN, 8.Panagiotis KONE, 10.Scott MCDONALD, 11.Connor PAIN, 12.Dario JERTEC, 13.Ivan VUJICA, 14.Max BURGESS, 15.Jonathan ASPROPOTAMITIS, 17.Joshua CAVALLO, 18.Besart BERISHA, 19.Josh RISDON, 20.James DELIANOV (GK), 22.Ersan GULUM, 23.Alessandro DIAMANTI, 26.Kwabena APPIAH-KUBI
Melbourne City
1.Tom GLOVER (gk), 2.Scott GALLOWAY, 3.Scott JAMIESON (c), 4.Harrison DELBRIDGE, 6.Josh BRILLANTE, 7.Rostyn GRIFFITHS, 8.Javier CABRERA, 9.Jamie MACLAREN, 11.Craig NOONE, 13.Nathniel ATKINSON, 17.Denis GENREAU, 19.Lachlan WALES, 20.Adrian LUNA, 21.Ramy NAJJARINE, 22.Curtis GOOD, 23.Dean BOUZANIS (gk), 30.Moudi NAJJAR, 34.Connor METCALFE, 40.Richard WINDBICHLER, 49.Stefan COLAKOVSKI
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Roar Pro
Attendance was 7k. Is that correct? Surely not.
Nick Symonds
Guest
ABC NEWS: "Melbourne City pips Western Sydney" - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-27/a-league-wellington-phoenix-perth-glory-melbourne-derby/11634708
Isaac Nowroozi
Roar Guru
Thank you to everyone who joined The Roar for this live blog, we look forward to seeing you all again soon!
Stevo
Roar Rookie
Two top draw strikes from Jmac put the exclamation mark on this game. Good entertainment from both sides.
Isaac Nowroozi
Roar Guru
FULL TIME: Western United 1 - 2 Melbourne City
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90+4' - The referee blows his whistle for full time! Melbourne City get the job done with 10 men! WESTERN UNITED 1 MELBOURNE CITY 2
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90+3' - The ball is good and it finds the head of Berisha, but his header goes over the bar. Got the power, but not the accuracy. WESTERN UNITED 1 MELBOURNE CITY 2
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90+3' - Western United have a free kick in a dangerous area. Diamanti needs to put a good ball into the box. WESTERN UNITED 1 MELBOURNE CITY 2
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90+2' - City deserve a lot credit for this performance. Showing a lot more fight than they did against Adelaide midweek. WESTERN UNITED 1 MELBOURNE CITY 2
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Roar Guru
90' - Four minutes of time added on. WESTERN UNITED 1 MELBOURNE CITY 2
85'
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88' - Bouzanis is yellow carded for time wasting. He sprinted all the way to the other side of the pitch when Maclaren scored. WESTERN UNITED 1 MELBOURNE CITY 2
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Roar Guru
87' - City, with 10 men, lead Western United - who's goal came from a penalty. WESTERN UNITED 1 MELBOURNE CITY 2
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85' - GOAL MELBOURNE CITY Western United will be embarrassed if they walk away with nothing here. A long ball over the top by Brillante finds Maclaren who hits the ball first time. It finds its way into the bottom corner. What. A. Goal. WESTERN UNITED 1 MELBOURNE CITY 2
Stevo
Roar Rookie
BANG!
85'
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Roar Guru
83' - 7,042 is the attendance. WESTERN UNITED 1 MELBOURNE CITY 1
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Roar Guru
82' - Gulum is yellow carded for pulling Maclaren. It's end-to-end football here and either team could take all three points... WESTERN UNITED 1 MELBOURNE CITY 1
82'
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Roar Guru
81' - Atkinson has a go from distance but it's an easy save for the keeper. WESTERN UNITED 1 MELBOURNE CITY 1