Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, December 19, 2015
Melbourne Victory WWLLL 1
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Melbourne City FC LDWWW 2
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MBV101
MBC202
AAMI Park · 23,572 att.

Match Report

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Melbourne City overcome Melbourne Victory as Sorensen shines in derby

Melbourne City defeated rivals Melbourne Victory 2-1 to stay within reach of the leaders in the A-League.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
20
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
12
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
12
54.3
Possession
45.7
23
SHOTS
17
13
ON GOAL
5
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
297
Accurate Passes
243
366
Passes
318
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
9
Accurate Crosses
5
33
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.4
45
Long Balls
53
24
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
4
15
Effective Tackles
19
18
Tackles
22
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
13
Effective Clearances
16
16
Clearances
24

Head to Head

MBV leads series 4-1

Lineups

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 22Jack ClisbyCD-L
  3. 24Patrick KisnorboCD-R
  4. 19Ben GaruccioLB
  5. 5Ivan FranjicRB
  6. 8Aaron MooyAM
  7. 6Erik PaartaluLM
  8. 18Paulo RetreRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 9Harry NovilloAM-L
  11. 21Stefan MaukAM-R

MBV · 4-3-3

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

Timeline

  1. 20' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Melbourne Victory 0. Stefan Mauk (Melbourne City FC) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ben Garuccio with a cross.
  2. 30' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Melbourne Victory 0. Paulo Retre (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  3. 36' Rashid Mahazi (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Melbourne Victory 1. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fahid Ben Khalfallah with a cross.
  5. 45'+2' Jack Clisby (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 48' Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 51' Ivan Franjic (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 55' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Thomas Deng replaces Rashid Mahazi because of an injury.
  9. 58' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. David Williams replaces Stefan Mauk.
  10. 66' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jess Makarounas replaces Oliver Bozanic.
  11. 72' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Robert Koren replaces Paulo Retre because of an injury.
  12. 76' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Archie Thompson replaces Kosta Barbarouses.
  13. 82' Jess Makarounas (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 86' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Aaron Hughes replaces Harry Novillo.

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