Australian A-League Men

FT Monday, January 2, 2017
Newcastle Jets LLWWD 2
–
Melbourne Victory WDWWW 4
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MBV224
GMHBA Stadium · 14,081 att.

Match Report

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Besart Berisha sets A-League record as Melbourne Victory beat Newcastle Jets

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
2
0
Saves
3
50.2
Possession
49.8
10
SHOTS
9
5
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
385
Accurate Passes
393
490
Passes
495
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
2
18
Crosses
8
0.3
Cross %
0.3
78
Long Balls
54
39
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
13
18
Tackles
21
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
7
Effective Clearances
22
7
Clearances
22

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

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

Substitutes

  1. 4Nicholas AnsellSUB
  2. 40Matt ActonSUB
  3. 5Daniel GeorgievskiSUB
  4. 23Jai InghamSUB
  5. 9Maximilian BeisterSUB

NEW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Jack DuncanG
  2. 28Johnny KoutroumbisCD-L
  3. 2Daniel MullenCD-R
  4. 13Ivan VujicaLB
  5. 3Jason HoffmanRB
  6. 10Wayne BrownAM
  7. 6Steven UgarkovicLM
  8. 8Mateo PoljakRM
  9. 19Morten NordstrandF
  10. 15Andrew NabboutAM-L
  11. 7Andrew HooleAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Nick CowburnSUB
  2. 30Pierce ClarkSUB
  3. 22Lachlan JacksonSUB
  4. 18Leilei MaSUB
  5. 9Aleksandr KokkoSUB

Timeline

  1. 30' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Newcastle Jets 0. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 35' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Newcastle Jets 0. Marco Rojas (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Troisi with a cross.
  3. 41' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Nick Cowburn replaces Ivan Vujica because of an injury.
  4. 56' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Ma Leilei replaces Andrew Nabbout.
  5. 60' Goal! Melbourne Victory 3, Newcastle Jets 0. Fahid Ben Khalfallah (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Rojas.
  6. 61' Goal! Melbourne Victory 3, Newcastle Jets 1. Ma Leilei (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  7. 66' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jai Ingham replaces Fahid Ben Khalfallah.
  8. 69' Goal! Melbourne Victory 4, Newcastle Jets 1. James Troisi (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner.
  9. 73' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Daniel Georgievski replaces Oliver Bozanic.
  10. 76' Goal! Melbourne Victory 4, Newcastle Jets 2. Wayne Brown (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
  11. 78' Lawrence Thomas (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  12. 82' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Aleksandr Kokko replaces Mateo Poljak.
  13. 88' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Maximilian Beister replaces Marco Rojas.

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