Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, February 4, 2017
Melbourne City FC DWLWL 1
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Melbourne Victory WWLLL 2
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Marvel Stadium · 35,426 att.

Match Report

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Late drama in Melbourne derby sees Victory triumph

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
32
7
Yellow Cards
4
1
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
5
5
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
3
53.7
Possession
46.3
16
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
282
Accurate Passes
220
358
Passes
304
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
7
15
Crosses
18
0.2
Cross %
0.4
57
Long Balls
46
21
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
17
16
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
26
28
Clearances
26

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

MBV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 15Alan BaróCD-L
  3. 4Nicholas AnsellCD-R
  4. 6Leigh BroxhamLB
  5. 2Jason GeriaRB
  6. 10James TroisiAM
  7. 13Oliver BozanicLM
  8. 21Carl ValeriRM
  9. 8Besart BerishaF
  10. 14Fahid Ben KhalfallahAM-L
  11. 7Marco RojasAM-R

Substitutes

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

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 20Dean BouzanisG
  2. 22Michael JakobsenCD-L
  3. 2Manny MuscatCD-R
  4. 9Nicolás ColazoLB
  5. 5Ivan FranjicRB
  6. 6Osama MalikCM
  7. 8Neil KilkennyLM
  8. 26Luke BrattanRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 27Brandán FernandoLF
  11. 10Anthony CáceresRF

Substitutes

  1. 17Tim CahillSUB
  2. 21Ruon TongyikSUB
  3. 1Thomas SorensenSUB
  4. 11Bruce KamauSUB
  5. 18Paulo RetreSUB

Timeline

  1. 18' Michael Jakobsen (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 40' Nicholas Ansell (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 41' Osama Malik (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 42' Manny Muscat (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Ruon Tongyik replaces Michael Jakobsen because of an injury.
  6. 51' Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Mitchell Austin replaces Fahid Ben Khalfallah.
  8. 62' Luke Brattan (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 63' Penalty saved! Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  10. 65' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Bruce Kamau replaces Anthony Caceres.
  11. 70' Own Goal by Alan Baró, Melbourne Victory. Melbourne Victory 0, Melbourne City FC 1.
  12. 74' Fernando Brandán (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 80' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Daniel Georgievski replaces Leigh Broxham.
  14. 84' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Melbourne City FC 1. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Rojas.
  15. 86' Own Goal by Manny Muscat, Melbourne City FC. Melbourne Victory 2, Melbourne City FC 1.
  16. 86' Dean Bouzanis (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 88' Tim Cahill (Melbourne City FC) is shown the red card.
  18. 90'+3' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Rashid Mahazi replaces Besart Berisha.
  19. 90'+4' Rashid Mahazi (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 90'+5' Carl Valeri (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  21. 90'+6' Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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