Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, December 10, 2016
Melbourne Victory WLWWD 3
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Western Sydney Wanderers FC DLDDW 0
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MBV123
WSW000
Accor Stadium · 16,231 att.

Match Report

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Besart Berisha hat trick downs Western Sydney

Besart Berisha leapt to the top of the A-League scoring charts, netting a hat trick as Melbourne Victory downed Western Sydney 3-0 for the second time

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
2
44.1
Possession
55.9
12
SHOTS
18
5
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
283
Accurate Passes
356
359
Passes
452
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
5
18
Crosses
24
0.2
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
56
28
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
7
14
Effective Tackles
20
24
Tackles
23
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
37
Effective Clearances
20
37
Clearances
20

Head to Head

MBV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

WSW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Andrew RedmayneG
  2. 22Jonathan AspropotamitisCD-L
  3. 17BordaCD-R
  4. 3Jack ClisbyLB
  5. 12Scott NevilleRB
  6. 6Mitch NicholsAM
  7. 8Dimas DelgadoLM
  8. 13Bruno PiñataresRM
  9. 11Brendon SantalabF
  10. 10Nicolás MartínezAM-L
  11. 14Jumpei KusukamiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 40Nick SumanSUB
  2. 23Lachlan ScottSUB
  3. 16Jaushua SotirioSUB
  4. 5Brendan HamillSUB
  5. 15Kearyn BaccusSUB

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. 9Maximilian BeisterRF

Substitutes

  1. 23Jai InghamSUB
  2. 40Matt ActonSUB
  3. 4Nicholas AnsellSUB
  4. 16Rashid MahaziSUB
  5. 5Daniel GeorgievskiSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Brendon Santalab (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0, Melbourne Victory 1. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 57' Dimas (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 59' Leigh Broxham (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Kearyn Baccus replaces Bruno Piñatares.
  6. 60' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jai Ingham replaces Maximilian Beister.
  7. 66' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0, Melbourne Victory 2. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jai Ingham with a cross.
  8. 70' Scott Neville (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 72' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Lachlan Scott replaces Brendon Santalab.
  10. 75' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Jaushua Sotirio replaces Jumpei Kusukami.
  11. 76' Jai Ingham (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 82' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0, Melbourne Victory 3. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jason Geria with a headed pass.
  13. 84' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Daniel Georgievski replaces Oliver Bozanic.
  14. 90'+1' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Rashid Mahazi replaces Besart Berisha.

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