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Jamie Maclaren scored five goals in Melbourne City s 7-0 mauling of Melbourne Victory in the standout fixture of Matchweek 17.
Brisbane Roar kicked off the Matchweek with a 2-1 win over Western Sydney Wanderers, before Central Coast Mariners Mariners lost 1-0 to Western United on Saturday afternoon, allowing City to jump into top spot on the A-League table on Saturday night.
Sunday saw a triple-header take place, with Adelaide coming from behind to draw 2-2 with Sydney FC at Leichhardt Oval and Newcastle Jets tying with Macarthur FC by the same margin.
Matchweek 17 concluded with a 3-1 Wellington Phoenix win over Perth Glory away from home - a result which helped Ufuk Talay s side stick tight to Western United and Roar as the three sides placed seventh to ninth continue to push for a place in the top six.
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Melbourne Victory are on the lookout for a new coach after Grant Brebner was let go following Saturday night s Melbourne Derby hammering at the hands of Melbourne City.
Victory were thumped 7-0 by their bitter rivals and it proved the last straw for the club s powerbrokers, opting to part ways with Brebner after the match.
The news was confirmed at the post-match press conference, with Victory chairman Anthony Di Pietro confirming Brebner s contratc had been terminated by mutual consent. Grant, myself, our Chief Executive and Board members have met and we ve come to the agreement that Grant will no longer be the coach of Melbourne Victory, Di Pietro said.
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Early in season 2020/21, it was Alou Kuol doing the business off the bench as Central Coast Mariners rose to the top.
But along Melbourne City s recent rise, teenage talent Marco Tilio has emerged as the latest super-sub leaving his mark on the A-League after a series of impactful cameos.
Tilio appeared off the bench in the 63rd minute of City s 7-0 Melbourne Derby win over Melbourne Victory in Matchweek 17. It was 2-0 at the time, as Tilio came on for Craig Noone. Half an hour and five goals later, City were on top of the table having notched a seven-goal win over their biggest rivals.
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Matchweek 17 of the 2020/21 A-League campaign begins in Parramatta and ends in Perth, with six fixtures filling the weekend schedule between April 16-18.
Western Sydney Wanderers host Brisbane Roar at Bankwest Stadium in the opening game of Matchweek 17, before the A-League heads to Tasmania on Saturday afternoon when Western United host Central Coast Mariners at UTAS Stadium.
The action then returns to Victoria where Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory will face off in the second Melbourne Derby of the season. Grant Brebner s Victory side is riding high after beating Newcastle Jets in Matchweek 16, and will be hoping to atone for a 6-0 defeat at the hands of City in Matchweek 11.
Mark Rudan takes his team to Tasmania in eighth position on the A-League table. A 3-2 loss to Wellington Phoenix in Matchweek 16 halted United s two-game winning streak, a place in the top six is not out of sight for a side with the least amount of games of any A-League side this season
Central Coast need a positive result to fend off a number of challengers closing in at the top of the table - the league-leaders have notched just one win in five games, and watched Adelaide United move to within one point of the league-leaders at the end of Matchweek 16.