Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, December 23, 2017
Melbourne Victory WLWLW 1
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Melbourne City FC LLWWL 0
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MBV011
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AAMI Park · 20,787 att.

Match Report

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Late Mark Milligan penalty seals Melbourne derby for Victory

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Team Stats

29
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
9
Corner Kicks
11
3
Saves
2
51.6
Possession
48.4
11
SHOTS
15
3
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
278
Accurate Passes
262
389
Passes
372
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
5
28
Crosses
26
0.2
Cross %
0.2
70
Long Balls
68
29
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
6
13
Effective Tackles
14
20
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
26
23
Clearances
26

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

MBC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dean BouzanisG
  2. 25Iacopo La RoccaCD-L
  3. 5Bart SchenkeveldCD-R
  4. 3Scott JamiesonLB
  5. 37Nathaniel AtkinsonRB
  6. 13Stefan MaukAM
  7. 22Michael JakobsenLM
  8. 6Osama MalikRM
  9. 11Bruce KamauF
  10. 7Nick FitzgeraldAM-L
  11. 26Luke BrattanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Daniel ArzaniSUB
  2. 27Marcin BudzinskiSUB
  3. 44Ross McCormackSUB
  4. 18Eugene GalekovicSUB
  5. 21Ruon TongyikSUB

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. 18Matías Gastón SánchezRM
  9. 8Besart BerishaF
  10. 41Leroy GeorgeAM-L
  11. 9Kosta BarbarousesAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Josh HopeSUB
  2. 31Christian TheoharousSUB
  3. 23Jai InghamSUB
  4. 1Matt ActonSUB
  5. 5Mark MilliganSUB

Timeline

  1. 52' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Ross McCormack replaces Stefan Mauk.
  2. 60' Leroy George (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 65' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Mark Milligan replaces Matías Sánchez.
  4. 84' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Christian Theoharous replaces Leroy George.
  5. 87' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jai Ingham replaces Kosta Barbarouses.
  6. 90'+3' Bart Schenkeveld (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 90'+6' Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Melbourne Victory 1. Mark Milligan (Melbourne Victory) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  8. 90'+7' James Troisi (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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