Australian A-League Men

FT Sunday, April 8, 2018
Wellington Phoenix LLLDL 1
–
Melbourne Victory WWLWL 2
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WEL101
MBV022
AAMI Park · 13,182 att.

Match Report

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Melbourne Victory fight back late to beat Wellington Phoenix

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
17
3
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
2
42
Possession
58
6
SHOTS
20
2
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
215
Accurate Passes
350
324
Passes
469
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
4
19
Crosses
8
0.1
Cross %
0.5
75
Long Balls
62
25
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
5
12
Effective Tackles
15
22
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
25
17
Clearances
25

Head to Head

WEL leads series 3-2

Lineups

MBV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 14Thomas DengCD-L
  3. 17James DonachieCD-R
  4. 6Leigh BroxhamLB
  5. 22Stefan NigroRB
  6. 10James TroisiAM
  7. 18Matías Gastón SánchezLM
  8. 24Terry AntonisRM
  9. 8Besart BerishaF
  10. 31Christian TheoharousAM-L
  11. 23Jai InghamAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Matt ActonSUB
  2. 41Leroy GeorgeSUB
  3. 16Josh HopeSUB
  4. 21Carl ValeriSUB
  5. 7Kenjok AthiuSUB

WEL · 4-3-3

  1. 20Oliver SailG
  2. 22Andrew DuranteCD-L
  3. 6Dylan FoxCD-R
  4. 26Liberato CacaceLB
  5. 19Tom DoyleRB
  6. 4Goran ParackiCM
  7. 8Matija LjujicLM
  8. 23Matthew RidentonRM
  9. 18Sarpreet SinghF
  10. 7Nathan BurnsLF
  11. 21Roy KrishnaRF

Substitutes

  1. 14Alex RuferSUB
  2. 1Lewis ItalianoSUB
  3. 9Andrija KaludjerovicSUB
  4. 24Logan RogersonSUB
  5. 10Michael McGlincheySUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Own Goal by Leigh Broxham, Melbourne Victory. Melbourne Victory 0, Wellington Phoenix 1.
  2. 40' Tom Doyle (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Michael McGlinchey replaces Tom Doyle because of an injury.
  4. 54' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Leroy George replaces Jai Ingham.
  5. 54' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Carl Valeri replaces Matías Sánchez.
  6. 72' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Alex Rufer replaces Matija Ljujic.
  7. 72' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Kenny Athiu replaces Besart Berisha.
  8. 77' Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 82' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Logan Rogerson replaces Roy Krishna.
  10. 82' Dylan Fox (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 83' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Wellington Phoenix 1. Leroy George (Melbourne Victory) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  12. 87' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Wellington Phoenix 1. Kenny Athiu (Melbourne Victory) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by James Troisi.
  13. 89' Christian Theoharous (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+3' Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the red card for violent conduct.

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