Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, December 27, 2008
Sydney FC LDWLL 2
–
Melbourne Victory WWLLL 3
Telstra Dome · ESPN3

Team Stats

19
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
5
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
5
0
Possession
0
14
SHOTS
21
10
ON GOAL
12
0.7
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
2
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
1
Crosses
1
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
2
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
2
Clearances
3

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

MBV

  1. 1Michael TheoG
  2. 2Kevin MuscatCD
  3. 5Sebastian RyallCD
  4. 12Rodrigo VargasCD
  5. 3Michael ThwaiteRB
  6. 15Tom PondeljakAM
  7. 19Evan BergerLM
  8. 9Daniel AllsoppF
  9. 10Archie ThompsonF
  10. 16Carlos HernandezF
  11. 14Billy CeleskiRF

Substitutes

  1. 20Mitch LangerakG
  2. 7Matthew KempRB
  3. 11 FabianoAM
  4. 22Nick WardAM

SYD

  1. 20Ivan NecevskiG
  2. 2Iain FyfeCD
  3. 7Robbie MiddlebyRB
  4. 29Beau BuschRB
  5. 8Stuart MusialikCM
  6. 10Steve CoricaAM
  7. 32Brendan GanAM
  8. 12Shannon ColeRM
  9. 19Mark BridgeF
  10. 14Alex BrosqueLF
  11. 25Matthew Jurman-

Substitutes

  1. 1Clint BoltonG
  2. 34Rhyan GrantRB
  3. 23John AloisiF
  4. 28Bobby PettaLF

Timeline

  1. 1' Goal! Shannon Cole takes an impressive left footed shot from the outside area to the upper left corner and scores! It is now 1 - 0
  2. 4' Goal! Brendan Gann takes an impressive right footed shot from the outside area to the upper left corner and scores! It is now 2 - 0
  3. 14' Goal! Archie Thompson receives the ball from an indirect free kick and takes a right footed shot from the inside area to the upper left corner and scores! It is now 1 - 2
  4. 43' Yellow card for Billy Celeski.
  5. 45'+3' Yellow card for Iain Fyfe.
  6. 62' Yellow card for Matthew Jurman.
  7. 63' Matthew Kemp is substituted on. Michael Thwaite is substituted off.
  8. 63' Fabiano is substituted on. Billy Celeski is substituted off.
  9. 70' Nick Ward is substituted on. Evan Berger is substituted off.
  10. 71' Goal! Nick Ward takes an impressive right footed shot from the outside area to the upper right corner and scores! It is now 2 - 2
  11. 72' John Aloisi is substituted on. Steve Corica is substituted off.
  12. 80' Goal! Fabiano takes a right footed shot from inside 6 meters to the lower right corner and scores! It is now 3 - 2
  13. 87' Bobby Petta is substituted on. Matthew Jurman is substituted off.
  14. 90'+4' The referee has signaled the end of the game!

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