Australian A-League Men

FT Sunday, April 2, 2017
Wellington Phoenix LWDLW 3
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Melbourne Victory WWLWL 0
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Match Report

Wellington Phoenix were too strong for Melbourne Victory.

Phoenix stun Victory to stay alive in finals spot hunt

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
19
6
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
2
9
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
4
40.9
Possession
59.1
16
SHOTS
13
7
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
272
Accurate Passes
423
358
Passes
518
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
18
0.2
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
49
22
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
5
16
Effective Tackles
15
22
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
30
Effective Clearances
23
30
Clearances
23

Head to Head

WEL leads series 3-2

Lineups

MBV · 4-3-3

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 15Alan BaróCD-L
  3. 17James DonachieCD-R
  4. 5Daniel GeorgievskiLB
  5. 2Jason GeriaRB
  6. 10James TroisiCM
  7. 6Leigh BroxhamLM
  8. 21Carl ValeriRM
  9. 8Besart BerishaF
  10. 14Fahid Ben KhalfallahLF
  11. 7Marco RojasRF

Substitutes

  1. 11Mitch AustinSUB
  2. 16Rashid MahaziSUB
  3. 23Jai InghamSUB
  4. 40Matt ActonSUB
  5. 4Nicholas AnsellSUB

WEL · 4-3-3

  1. 20Lewis ItalianoG
  2. 13Marco RossiCD-L
  3. 22Andrew DuranteCD-R
  4. 19Tom DoyleLB
  5. 23Matthew RidentonRB
  6. 7Guilherme FinklerCM
  7. 17Vince LiaLM
  8. 8Alex RodriguezRM
  9. 21Roy KrishnaF
  10. 4Roly BonevaciaLF
  11. 9Kosta BarbarousesRF

Substitutes

  1. 99Shane SmeltzSUB
  2. 1Glen MossSUB
  3. 12Adam ParkhouseSUB
  4. 6Dylan FoxSUB
  5. 10Michael McGlincheySUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Vince Lia (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 9' Goal! Melbourne Victory 0, Wellington Phoenix 1. Roly Bonevacia (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Guilherme Finkler.
  3. 17' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Dylan Fox replaces Matthew Ridenton because of an injury.
  4. 26' Goal! Melbourne Victory 0, Wellington Phoenix 2. Roly Bonevacia (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tom Doyle.
  5. 27' Andrew Durante (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 56' Carl Valeri (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 68' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jai Ingham replaces Fahid Ben Khalfallah.
  8. 69' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Shane Smeltz replaces Guilherme Finkler.
  9. 69' Alex Rodriguez (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 72' Alan Baró (Melbourne Victory) is shown the red card.
  11. 73' Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 75' Roly Bonevacia (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 76' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Nicholas Ansell replaces Jason Geria.
  14. 78' Dylan Fox (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 79' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Michael McGlinchey replaces Alex Rodriguez.
  16. 89' Goal! Melbourne Victory 0, Wellington Phoenix 3. Shane Smeltz (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Doyle.
  17. 90'+1' Michael McGlinchey (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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