Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, January 8, 2016
Melbourne Victory LLLDW 3
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Central Coast Mariners FC LLLLW 3
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GMHBA Stadium · 14,268 att.

Match Report

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Besart Berisha stars as Melbourne Victory stage dramatic fightback

Besart Berisha scored in second-half injury time to salvage a 3-3 draw for Melbourne Victory in a thrilling comeback at Central Coast Mariners.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
15
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
2
68.2
Possession
31.8
20
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
482
Accurate Passes
157
598
Passes
285
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
7
Accurate Crosses
3
28
Crosses
8
0.3
Cross %
0.4
52
Long Balls
91
26
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.5
Long Balls %
0.2
5
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
18
11
Tackles
23
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
3
Effective Clearances
18
4
Clearances
31

Head to Head

MBV leads series 5-0

Lineups

CCM · 4-3-3

  1. 40Tom Heward-BelleG
  2. 5Harry AscroftCD-L
  3. 4Jacob PoscolieroCD-R
  4. 3Joshua RoseLB
  5. 2Storm RouxRB
  6. 8Nick MontgomeryCM
  7. 21Michael NeillLM
  8. 22Jake McGingRM
  9. 19Josh BinghamF
  10. 6Mitch AustinLF
  11. 7Fábio FerreiraRF

Substitutes

  1. 13Alistair BraySUB
  2. 17Francesco StellaSUB
  3. 12Trent BuhagiarSUB
  4. 23Tomislav UskokSUB
  5. 16Liam RoseSUB

MBV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Danny VukovicG
  2. 17Matthieu DelpierreCD-L
  3. 6Leigh BroxhamCD-R
  4. 18Dylan MurnaneLB
  5. 5Daniel GeorgievskiRB
  6. 7Guilherme FinklerCM
  7. 13Oliver BozanicLM
  8. 16Rashid MahaziRM
  9. 8Besart BerishaF
  10. 14Fahid Ben KhalfallahLF
  11. 9Kosta BarbarousesRF

Substitutes

  1. 22Jesse MakarounasSUB
  2. 23Jai InghamSUB
  3. 10Archie ThompsonSUB
  4. 4Nicholas AnsellSUB
  5. 20Lawrence ThomasSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 1, Melbourne Victory 0. Harry Ascroft (Central Coast Mariners) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mitchell Austin with a cross following a corner.
  2. 30' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 2, Melbourne Victory 0. Josh Bingham (Central Coast Mariners) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabio Ferreira with a through ball.
  3. 35' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 3, Melbourne Victory 0. Mitchell Austin (Central Coast Mariners) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josh Bingham with a through ball following a fast break.
  4. 52' Fahid Ben Khalfallah (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 53' Jacob Poscoliero (Central Coast Mariners) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 60' Harry Ascroft (Central Coast Mariners) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 60' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 3, Melbourne Victory 1. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  8. 62' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Archie Thompson replaces Guilherme Finkler.
  9. 62' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Nicholas Ansell replaces Oliver Bozanic.
  10. 66' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 3, Melbourne Victory 2. Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  11. 68' Daniel Georgievski (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 68' Nick Montgomery (Central Coast Mariners) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 70' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Liam Rose replaces Josh Bingham.
  14. 77' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jai Ingham replaces Fahid Ben Khalfallah.
  15. 79' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Francesco Stella replaces Mitchell Austin.
  16. 88' Storm Roux (Central Coast Mariners) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Tomislav Uskok replaces Fabio Ferreira.
  18. 90'+2' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 3, Melbourne Victory 3. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kosta Barbarouses with a headed pass.

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