Australian A-League Men

FT Sunday, December 17, 2017
Melbourne Victory DWLWL 2
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Brisbane Roar FC DWLWD 1
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MBV202
BRI011
Suncorp Stadium · 10,225 att.

Match Report

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Melbourne Victory seal win over depleted Brisbane Roar

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
8
1
Saves
4
45.6
Possession
54.4
14
SHOTS
12
6
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
271
Accurate Passes
328
374
Passes
436
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
7
18
Crosses
22
0.1
Cross %
0.3
65
Long Balls
72
26
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
5
22
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
16
14
Clearances
16

Head to Head

MBV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BRI · 4-2-2-2

  1. 21Jamie YoungG
  2. 4Daniel BowlesCD-L
  3. 8Jacob PepperCD-R
  4. 24Connor O'TooleLB
  5. 19Jack HingertRB
  6. 16Mitchell OxborrowCM-L
  7. 17Matt McKayCM-R
  8. 9Massimo MaccaroneCF-L
  9. 33Peter SkapetisCF-R
  10. 14Fahid Ben KhalfallahAM-L
  11. 77Ivan FranjicAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Corey BrownSUB
  2. 7Thomas KristensenSUB
  3. 31Brendan WhiteSUB
  4. 36Daniel LeckSUB
  5. 25Rahmat AkbariSUB

MBV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 4Rhys WilliamsCD-L
  3. 14Thomas DengCD-R
  4. 6Leigh BroxhamLB
  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. 31Christian TheoharousSUB
  2. 23Jai InghamSUB
  3. 16Josh HopeSUB
  4. 1Matt ActonSUB
  5. 22Stefan NigroSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Brisbane Roar FC 0, Melbourne Victory 1. Rhys Williams (Melbourne Victory) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Leroy George with a cross following a corner.
  2. 19' Goal! Brisbane Roar FC 0, Melbourne Victory 2. Kosta Barbarouses (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leroy George with a cross.
  3. 27' Ivan Franjic (Brisbane Roar FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Stefan Nigro replaces Leigh Broxham.
  5. 55' Thomas Deng (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 56' Goal! Brisbane Roar FC 1, Melbourne Victory 2. Massimo Maccarone (Brisbane Roar FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matt McKay.
  7. 60' Substitution, Brisbane Roar FC. Rahmat Akbari replaces Ivan Franjic.
  8. 64' Substitution, Brisbane Roar FC. Thomas Kristensen replaces Mitchell Oxborrow.
  9. 67' Substitution, Brisbane Roar FC. Daniel Leck replaces Petros Skapetis because of an injury.
  10. 71' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jai Ingham replaces Leroy George.
  11. 81' Daniel Bowles (Brisbane Roar FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 89' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Joshua Hope replaces Matías Sánchez.
  13. 90'+1' Lawrence Thomas (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.

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