Australian A-League Men

FT Monday, October 31, 2016
Wellington Phoenix LLLLL 1
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Melbourne Victory DWDLW 6
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MBV246
Marvel Stadium · 20,113 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Melbourne Victory thrash 10-man Perth Glory 6-1 to go third

Melbourne Victory produced their finest performance of the A-League season to date, thrashing 10-man Wellington Phoenix 6-1 at Etihad Stadium.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
4
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
11
1
Saves
2
42.7
Possession
57.3
12
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
2
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
217
Accurate Passes
309
306
Passes
404
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
7
16
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.3
40
Long Balls
58
16
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
17
Effective Tackles
16
23
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
21
25
Clearances
21

Head to Head

MBV leads series 3-2

Lineups

MBV · 4-3-3

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 4Nicholas AnsellCD-L
  3. 15Alan BaróCD-R
  4. 5Daniel GeorgievskiLB
  5. 2Jason GeriaRB
  6. 13Oliver BozanicCM
  7. 16Rashid MahaziLM
  8. 6Leigh BroxhamRM
  9. 8Besart BerishaF
  10. 11Mitch AustinLF
  11. 7Marco RojasRF

Substitutes

  1. 10James TroisiSUB
  2. 22Stefan NigroSUB
  3. 27Alistair BraySUB
  4. 14Fahid Ben KhalfallahSUB
  5. 17James DonachieSUB

WEL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Glen MossG
  2. 13Marco RossiCD-L
  3. 22Andrew DuranteCD-L
  4. 6Dylan FoxCD-R
  5. 12Adam ParkhouseLB
  6. 2Jacob TrattRB
  7. 17Vince LiaCM
  8. 10Michael McGlincheyLM
  9. 4Roly BonevaciaRM
  10. 7Guilherme FinklerF
  11. 21Roy KrishnaLF
  12. 9Kosta BarbarousesRF

Substitutes

  1. 20Lewis ItalianoSUB
  2. 14Alex RuferSUB
  3. 16Louis FentonSUB
  4. 11Hamish WatsonSUB
  5. 18Ben LiftinSUB
  6. 23Matthew RidentonSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Rashid Mahazi (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 14' Guilherme Finkler (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 20' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  4. 21' Dylan Fox (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 22' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Wellington Phoenix 0. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  6. 52' Jacob Tratt (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 57' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Stefan Nigro replaces Daniel Georgievski because of an injury.
  8. 59' Second yellow card to Dylan Fox (Wellington Phoenix) for a bad foul.
  9. 62' Alan Baró (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 63' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. James Troisi replaces Oliver Bozanic.
  11. 63' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Wellington Phoenix 1. Roy Krishna (Wellington Phoenix) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  12. 68' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Matthew Ridenton replaces Guilherme Finkler.
  13. 71' Goal! Melbourne Victory 3, Wellington Phoenix 1. Marco Rojas (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Besart Berisha.
  14. 72' Andrew Durante (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 72' Vince Lia (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 74' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Louis Fenton replaces Adam Parkhouse because of an injury.
  17. 77' Goal! Melbourne Victory 4, Wellington Phoenix 1. Marco Rojas (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  18. 81' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Ben Litfin replaces Kosta Barbarouses.
  19. 82' Goal! Melbourne Victory 5, Wellington Phoenix 1. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Marco Rojas.
  20. 85' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. James Donachie replaces Rashid Mahazi.
  21. 90'+1' Goal! Melbourne Victory 6, Wellington Phoenix 1. Mitchell Austin (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marco Rojas following a fast break.

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