Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, January 7, 2017
Melbourne Victory DWWWW 2
–
Adelaide United FC WLLLD 0
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MBV112
ADL000
Coopers Stadium · 10,036 att.

Match Report

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Besart Berisha goal seals Melbourne Victory win at Adelaide

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
20
5
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
2
49.3
Possession
50.7
8
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
281
Accurate Passes
280
365
Passes
370
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
5
19
Crosses
30
0.3
Cross %
0.2
63
Long Balls
72
29
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
14
10
Tackles
18
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
24
Effective Clearances
14
24
Clearances
14

Head to Head

MBV leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

ADL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Eugene GalekovicG
  2. 4Dylan McgowanCD-L
  3. 5Taylor ReganCD-R
  4. 19Ben GaruccioLB
  5. 21Tarek ElrichRB
  6. 8Isaías CM
  7. 11Sergio CirioLM
  8. 25James HollandRM
  9. 9Sergi GuardiolaF
  10. 7HenriqueLF
  11. 17Nikola MileusnicRF

Substitutes

  1. 16Jesse MakarounasSUB
  2. 20John HallSUB
  3. 22Ryan KittoSUB
  4. 2Michael MarroneSUB
  5. 24Jordan O'DohertySUB

MBV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 15Alan BaróCD-L
  3. 17James DonachieCD-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. 23Jai InghamSUB
  3. 40Matt ActonSUB
  4. 4Nicholas AnsellSUB
  5. 11Mitch AustinSUB

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Adelaide United 0, Melbourne Victory 1. James Troisi (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Besart Berisha.
  2. 34' Leigh Broxham (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 36' James Troisi (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 38' Tarek Elrich (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 46' Sergi Guardiola (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 49' Alan Baró (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 58' Isaías (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 61' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Mitchell Austin replaces Marco Rojas because of an injury.
  9. 64' Fahid Ben Khalfallah (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 67' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jai Ingham replaces Fahid Ben Khalfallah.
  11. 68' Goal! Adelaide United 0, Melbourne Victory 2. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by James Troisi with a cross following a set piece situation.
  12. 70' Dylan McGowan (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 72' Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 74' Ben Garuccio (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 80' Substitution, Adelaide United. Ryan Kitto replaces Nikola Mileusnic.
  16. 85' Substitution, Adelaide United. Michael Marrone replaces Henrique.
  17. 85' Substitution, Adelaide United. Jordan O'Doherty replaces James Holland.
  18. 90'+4' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Nicholas Ansell replaces Alan Baró.

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