Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, December 29, 2017
Newcastle Jets WLWWW 1
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Melbourne Victory LWLWW 2
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NEW101
MBV112
AAMI Park · 15,534 att.

Match Report

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Besart Berisha gets Melbourne Victory home over Newcastle Jets

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
6
4
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
3
46.9
Possession
53.1
11
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
212
Accurate Passes
258
323
Passes
375
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.2
73
Long Balls
74
26
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
0
7
Effective Tackles
4
12
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.3
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
16
18
Clearances
16

Head to Head

MBV leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MBV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 4Rhys WilliamsCD-L
  3. 14Thomas DengCD-R
  4. 22Stefan NigroLB
  5. 2Jason GeriaRB
  6. 10James TroisiAM
  7. 21Carl ValeriLM
  8. 5Mark MilliganRM
  9. 8Besart BerishaF
  10. 41Leroy GeorgeAM-L
  11. 9Kosta BarbarousesAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 31Christian TheoharousSUB
  2. 23Jai InghamSUB
  3. 18Matías Gastón SánchezSUB
  4. 16Josh HopeSUB
  5. 1Matt ActonSUB

NEW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Glen MossG
  2. 44Nikolai Topor-StanleyCD-L
  3. 4Nigel BoogaardCD-R
  4. 13Ivan VujicaLB
  5. 18Johnny KoutroumbisRB
  6. 7Dimitrios PetratosAM
  7. 6Steven UgarkovicLM
  8. 5Benjamin KantarovskiRM
  9. 15Andrew NabboutF
  10. 24Joe ChampnessAM-L
  11. 3Jason HoffmanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Nick CowburnSUB
  2. 30Ivan NecevskiSUB
  3. 10Wayne BrownSUB
  4. 12Mario ShabowSUB
  5. 22Lachlan JacksonSUB

Timeline

  1. 33' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Newcastle Jets 0. Kosta Barbarouses (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jason Geria.
  2. 45'+1' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Newcastle Jets 1. Jason Hoffman (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Steven Ugarkovic with a through ball.
  3. 45' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Wayne Brown replaces Benjamin Kantarovski.
  4. 53' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Newcastle Jets 1. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Leroy George with a through ball following a fast break.
  5. 58' Ivan Vujica (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 60' Penalty saved! Mark Milligan (Melbourne Victory) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  7. 79' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Lachlan Jackson replaces Johnny Koutroumbis because of an injury.
  8. 81' James Troisi (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 81' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Mario Shabow replaces Joseph Champness.
  10. 85' Rhys Williams (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 87' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jai Ingham replaces Leroy George.
  12. 89' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Matías Sánchez replaces James Troisi.
  13. 90'+3' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Christian Theoharous replaces Kosta Barbarouses.

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