Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, March 11, 2017
Perth Glory FC WWDWD 1
–
Melbourne Victory WDWWL 4
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PER101
MBV224
AAMI Park · 16,814 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Melbourne Victory beat Perth Glory, tighten grip on second

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
19
5
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
6
10
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
6
45.9
Possession
54.1
18
SHOTS
12
7
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
284
Accurate Passes
358
356
Passes
437
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
7
28
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.4
60
Long Balls
56
39
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
20
Effective Tackles
9
25
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
32
Effective Clearances
24
32
Clearances
24

Head to Head

PER leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

MBV · 4-3-3

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 15Alan BaróCD-L
  3. 4Nicholas AnsellCD-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

PER · 4-4-2

  1. 33Liam ReddyG
  2. 20Aryn WilliamsCD-L
  3. 6Dino DjulbicCD-R
  4. 3Marc WarrenLB
  5. 19Joshua RisdonRB
  6. 8Rostyn GriffithsCM-L
  7. 5Rhys WilliamsCM-R
  8. 17Diego CastroLM
  9. 14Chris HaroldRM
  10. 22Adam TaggartCF-L
  11. 9Andy KeoghCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Melbourne Victory 0, Perth Glory 1. Diego Castro (Perth Glory) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal.
  2. 22' Rostyn Griffiths (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 23' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Perth Glory 1. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Rojas with a cross following a set piece situation.
  4. 25' Andy Keogh (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 27' Rhys Williams (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  6. 42' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Perth Glory 1. Fahid Ben Khalfallah (Melbourne Victory) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Besart Berisha with a cross.
  7. 48' Goal! Melbourne Victory 3, Perth Glory 1. Marco Rojas (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fahid Ben Khalfallah following a fast break.
  8. 50' Fahid Ben Khalfallah (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 53' Marc Warren (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 58' Substitution, Perth Glory. Joel Chianese replaces Chris Harold.
  11. 69' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Rashid Mahazi replaces Leigh Broxham.
  12. 73' Substitution, Perth Glory. Nebojsa Marinkovic replaces Rhys Williams.
  13. 73' Goal! Melbourne Victory 4, Perth Glory 1. James Troisi (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  14. 77' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jai Ingham replaces Fahid Ben Khalfallah.
  15. 81' Josh Risdon (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 84' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Mitchell Austin replaces Marco Rojas.

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