Australian A-League Men

FT Thursday, November 27, 2008
Melbourne Victory LWWWL 1
–
Wellington Phoenix LLWWW 2
Sky Stadium

Team Stats

13
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
4
0
Possession
0
8
SHOTS
7
6
ON GOAL
3
0.8
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
4
Passes
4
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
2
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
0
7
Effective Tackles
4
7
Tackles
4
0.0
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
3
Clearances
2

Head to Head

MBV leads series 2-0-2

Lineups

WEL

  1. 1Mark PastonG
  2. 3Tony LochheadCD
  3. 4Jonathan McKainCD
  4. 18Ben SigmundCD
  5. 22Andrew DuranteRB
  6. 6Tim BrownCM
  7. 10Michael FerranteAM
  8. 7Leo BertosRM
  9. 9Shane SmeltzF
  10. 27FredF
  11. 25Manny Muscat-

Substitutes

  1. 20Glen MossG
  2. 11DanielLB
  3. 2Jeremy ChristieCM
  4. 13Troy HearfieldAM

MBV

  1. 1Michael TheoG
  2. 2Kevin MuscatCD
  3. 12Rodrigo VargasCD
  4. 3Michael ThwaiteRB
  5. 7Matthew KempRB
  6. 8Grant BrebnerCM
  7. 11 FabianoAM
  8. 15Tom PondeljakAM
  9. 9Daniel AllsoppF
  10. 10Archie ThompsonF
  11. 14Billy CeleskiRF

Substitutes

  1. 20Mitch LangerakG
  2. 17Jose Luis LopezRB
  3. 22Nick WardAM
  4. 16Carlos HernandezF

Timeline

  1. 21' Goal! Daniel Allsopp hits a header, from inside 6 meters right down the middle and scores! It is now 1 - 0
  2. 22' Goal! Tim Brown takes a right footed shot from the inside area high through the middle and scores! It is now 1 - 1
  3. 23' Yellow card for Jon McKain.
  4. 42' Yellow card for Grant Brebner.
  5. 46' Nick Ward is substituted on. Grant Brebner is substituted off.
  6. 58' Goal! Shane Smeltz takes an impressive right footed shot from the outside area to the upper right corner and scores! It is now 2 - 1
  7. 59' Yellow card for Shane Smeltz.
  8. 65' Jose Luis Lopez is substituted on. Matthew Kemp is substituted off.
  9. 68' Carlos Hernandez is substituted on. Fabiano is substituted off.
  10. 82' Jeremy Christie is substituted on. Michael Ferrante is substituted off.
  11. 84' Troy Hearfield is substituted on. Shane Smeltz is substituted off.
  12. 84' Yellow card for Fred.
  13. 90'+4' The referee has signaled the end of the game!

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