Australian A-League Men

FT Thursday, January 26, 2017
Sydney FC WWWDW 2
–
Melbourne Victory WWWLL 1
1st2ndT
SYD112
MBV101
Etihad Stadium · 30,262 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Sydney beat Melbourne Victory to go 11 points clear

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
5
3
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
3
50.6
Possession
49.4
10
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
291
Accurate Passes
278
438
Passes
421
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
8
9
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.5
73
Long Balls
54
24
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
3
16
Effective Tackles
19
32
Tackles
28
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
24
27
Clearances
24

Head to Head

MBV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MBV · 4-3-3

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 15Alan BaróCD-L
  3. 17James DonachieCD-R
  4. 6Leigh BroxhamLB
  5. 2Jason GeriaRB
  6. 10James TroisiCM
  7. 13Oliver BozanicLM
  8. 21Carl ValeriRM
  9. 8Besart BerishaF
  10. 14Fahid Ben KhalfallahLF
  11. 7Marco RojasRF

SYD · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Danny VukovicG
  2. 4Alex WilkinsonCD-L
  3. 5Jordy BuijsCD-R
  4. 7Michael ZulloLB
  5. 12Aaron CalverRB
  6. 14Alex BrosqueAM
  7. 6Josh BrillanteLM
  8. 13Brandon O'NeillRM
  9. 9BobôF
  10. 10Milos NinkovicAM-L
  11. 21Filip HoloskoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 18' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Sydney FC 0. James Troisi (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marco Rojas.
  2. 29' Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Sydney FC 1. Filip Holosko (Sydney FC) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Milos Ninkovic following a corner.
  4. 60' Substitution, Sydney FC. Bernie Ibini-Isei replaces Filip Holosko.
  5. 62' Carl Valeri (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 65' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Sydney FC 2. Bernie Ibini-Isei (Sydney FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alex Brosque with a headed pass.
  7. 66' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jai Ingham replaces Fahid Ben Khalfallah.
  8. 71' James Donachie (Melbourne Victory) is shown the red card.
  9. 74' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Daniel Georgievski replaces Oliver Bozanic.
  10. 76' Alex Brosque (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 79' Substitution, Sydney FC. Matt Simon replaces Bobô.
  12. 84' Substitution, Sydney FC. Milos Dimitrijevic replaces Aaron Calver because of an injury.
  13. 88' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Rashid Mahazi replaces Jason Geria.
  14. 90'+1' Michael Zullo (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+1' James Troisi (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+3' Brandon O'Neill (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card.

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