Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, February 18, 2017
Melbourne Victory LLLWD 3
–
Central Coast Mariners FC LLWWW 0
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MBV123
CCM000
polytec Stadium · 7,013 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Melbourne Victory close gap on Sydney with Central Coast win

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
5
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
10
2
Saves
4
48.6
Possession
51.4
12
SHOTS
11
7
ON GOAL
2
0.6
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
368
Accurate Passes
370
446
Passes
460
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
8
17
Crosses
31
0.1
Cross %
0.3
39
Long Balls
66
18
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
16
15
Tackles
22
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
29
Effective Clearances
14
29
Clearances
14

Head to Head

MBV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CCM · 4-3-3

  1. 20Paul IzzoG
  2. 4Jacob PoscolieroCD-L
  3. 16Liam RoseCD-R
  4. 3Scott GallowayLB
  5. 2Storm RouxRB
  6. 22Jake McGingCM
  7. 14Adam BerryLM
  8. 7Fábio FerreiraRM
  9. 9Roy O'DonovanF
  10. 11Connor PainLF
  11. 12Trent BuhagiarRF

Substitutes

  1. 5Harry AscroftSUB
  2. 13Kwabena Appiah-KubiSUB
  3. 21Michael NeillSUB
  4. 17Josh BinghamSUB
  5. 1Ivan NecevskiSUB

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. 13Oliver BozanicLM
  8. 21Carl ValeriRM
  9. 8Besart BerishaF
  10. 7Marco RojasLF
  11. 23Jai InghamRF

Substitutes

  1. 16Rashid MahaziSUB
  2. 17James DonachieSUB
  3. 40Matt ActonSUB
  4. 11Mitch AustinSUB
  5. 6Leigh BroxhamSUB

Timeline

  1. 25' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 0, Melbourne Victory 1. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Georgievski.
  2. 56' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. James Donachie replaces Nicholas Ansell because of an injury.
  3. 58' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 0, Melbourne Victory 2. James Troisi (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  4. 70' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Leigh Broxham replaces Oliver Bozanic.
  5. 73' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Kwabena Appiah-Kubi replaces Connor Pain.
  6. 78' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Mitchell Austin replaces Jai Ingham.
  7. 79' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Josh Bingham replaces Trent Buhagiar.
  8. 90' Substitution, Central Coast Mariners. Michael Neill replaces Storm Roux.
  9. 90'+1' Goal! Central Coast Mariners 0, Melbourne Victory 3. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal.

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