Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, December 17, 2016
Melbourne Victory LWWDW 2
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Melbourne City FC WDWDD 1
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MBV112
MBC101
AAMI Park · 24,706 att.

Match Report

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Besart Berish clinches win for Melbourne Victory at City

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Team Stats

24
Fouls
15
5
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
7
Corner Kicks
10
3
Saves
4
40
Possession
60
16
SHOTS
11
6
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
182
Accurate Passes
284
254
Passes
371
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
10
15
Crosses
34
0.1
Cross %
0.3
48
Long Balls
58
22
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
18
Effective Tackles
14
25
Tackles
21
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
42
Effective Clearances
13
42
Clearances
13

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

MBC · 3-4-3-d

  1. 20Dean BouzanisG
  2. 21Ruon TongyikCD
  3. 3Joshua RoseCD-L
  4. 5Ivan FranjicDM
  5. 8Neil KilkennySW
  6. 23Bruno FornaroliAM
  7. 9Nicolás ColazoLM
  8. 26Luke BrattanRM
  9. 17Tim CahillF
  10. 27Brandán FernandoLF
  11. 11Bruce KamauRF

Substitutes

  1. 2Manny Muscat
  2. 12Nick Fitzgerald
  3. 1Thomas Sorensen
  4. 18Paulo Retre
  5. 10Anthony Cáceres

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

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Melbourne Victory 0. Tim Cahill (Melbourne City FC) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luke Brattan with a cross following a corner.
  2. 24' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Melbourne Victory 1. Marco Rojas (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Troisi with a headed pass.
  3. 28' Fahid Ben Khalfallah (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 37' Ivan Franjic (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+1' Tim Cahill (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 58' Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 59' Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 60' Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 62' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Manny Muscat replaces Joshua Rose.
  10. 63' James Donachie (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 66' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jai Ingham replaces Fahid Ben Khalfallah.
  12. 70' Nicolás Colazo (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 78' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Melbourne Victory 2. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marco Rojas.
  14. 80' Luke Brattan (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 80'
  15. 80' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Nick Fitzgerald replaces Bruce Kamau.
  16. 85' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Maximilian Beister replaces Marco Rojas.
  17. 90'+2' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Daniel Georgievski replaces Besart Berisha.
  18. 90'+3' James Troisi (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.

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