Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, February 25, 2017
Adelaide United FC DLLWL 1
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Melbourne Victory LLWDW 2
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Match Report

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Besart Berisha goal crucial as Melbourne Victory beat Adelaide

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
3
45.3
Possession
54.7
13
SHOTS
15
4
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
282
Accurate Passes
383
382
Passes
473
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
2
24
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.1
74
Long Balls
41
25
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
11
17
Tackles
14
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
24
Effective Clearances
32
24
Clearances
32

Head to Head

MBV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MBV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 15Alan BaróCD-L
  3. 4Nicholas AnsellCD-R
  4. 5Daniel GeorgievskiLB
  5. 2Jason GeriaRB
  6. 10James TroisiAM
  7. 21Carl ValeriLM
  8. 6Leigh BroxhamRM
  9. 8Besart BerishaF
  10. 7Marco RojasAM-L
  11. 23Jai InghamAM-R

ADL · 4-3-3

  1. 30Daniel MargushG
  2. 15Ben WarlandCD-L
  3. 4Dylan McgowanCD-R
  4. 21Tarek ElrichLB
  5. 2Michael MarroneRB
  6. 18Riley McGreeCM
  7. 10Marcelo CarruscaLM
  8. 7Kim Jae-SungRM
  9. 9BabáF
  10. 19Ben GaruccioLF
  11. 11Sergio CirioRF

Timeline

  1. 50' Daniel Georgievski (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 64' Substitution, Adelaide United. Marc Marino replaces Papa Diawara.
  3. 65' Dylan McGowan (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 66' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Adelaide United 0. Marco Rojas (Melbourne Victory) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  5. 70' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Oliver Bozanic replaces Daniel Georgievski.
  6. 76' Substitution, Adelaide United. Mark Ochieng replaces Kim Jae-Sung.
  7. 82' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Adelaide United 0. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Rojas.
  8. 83' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Mitchell Austin replaces Jai Ingham.
  9. 83' Tarek Elrich (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 84' Substitution, Adelaide United. George Mells replaces Riley McGree.
  11. 85' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Rashid Mahazi replaces James Troisi.
  12. 90' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Adelaide United 1. Tarek Elrich (Adelaide United) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner.

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