AFC Champions League Elite

FT Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Kawasaki Frontale LWDDW 0
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Melbourne Victory DLWWD 1
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AAMI Park · 6,639 att.

Match Report

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Kosta Barbarouses fires Melbourne Victory to win over Kawasaki Frontale

A brilliant late strike from Melbourne Victory's Kosta Barbarouses has sealed a stunning 1-0 Asian Champions League win over Kawasaki Frontale.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
9
Corner Kicks
7
1
Saves
4
52.2
Possession
47.8
15
SHOTS
15
4
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
389
Accurate Passes
352
478
Passes
444
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
25
Crosses
15
0.1
Cross %
0.4
56
Long Balls
57
24
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
4
13
Effective Tackles
11
19
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
25
23
Clearances
25

Head to Head

Lineups

MBV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 4Rhys WilliamsCD-L
  3. 17James DonachieCD-R
  4. 22Stefan NigroLB
  5. 14Thomas DengRB
  6. 10James TroisiAM
  7. 6Leigh BroxhamLM
  8. 24Terry AntonisRM
  9. 8Besart BerishaF
  10. 41Leroy GeorgeAM-L
  11. 9Kosta BarbarousesAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Josh HopeSUB
  2. 19Pierce WaringSUB
  3. 31Christian TheoharousSUB
  4. 1Matt ActonSUB
  5. 7Kenjok AthiuSUB
  6. 15Cameron McgilpSUB
  7. 23Jai InghamSUB

KAW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jung Sung-RyongG
  2. 23EduardoCD-L
  3. 5Shogo TaniguchiCD-R
  4. 7Shintaro KurumayaLB
  5. 25Hidemasa MoritaRB
  6. 4Yoshito OkuboAM
  7. 19Kentaro MoriyaLM
  8. 10Ryota OshimaRM
  9. 20Kei ChinenF
  10. 16Tatsuya HasegawaAM-L
  11. 41Akihiro IenagaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Hokuto ShimodaSUB
  2. 18Elson Ferreira de SouzaSUB
  3. 8Hiroyuki AbeSUB
  4. 17Yuto TakeokaSUB
  5. 2Kyohei NoborizatoSUB
  6. 30Shota AraiSUB
  7. 11Yu KobayashiSUB

Timeline

  1. 58' Substitution, Kawasaki Frontale. Kyohei Noborizato replaces Tatsuya Hasegawa.
  2. 59' Substitution, Kawasaki Frontale. Yu Kobayashi replaces Kei Chinen.
  3. 59' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Joshua Hope replaces Stefan Nigro.
  4. 70' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Kenny Athiu replaces Besart Berisha.
  5. 74' Eduardo (Kawasaki Frontale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 78' Substitution, Kawasaki Frontale. Hiroyuki Abe replaces Akihiro Ienaga.
  7. 79' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Christian Theoharous replaces Leroy George.
  8. 80' Rhys Williams (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 90' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Kawasaki Frontale 0. Kosta Barbarouses (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Terry Antonis.

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