Australian A-League Men

FT Sunday, April 22, 2018
Adelaide United FC DWWLW 1
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Melbourne Victory WLWLW 2
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AAMI Park · 15,502 att.

Match Report

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Besart Berisha overhead kick sends Victory to A-League semis over Adelaide

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
25
3
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
2
42.8
Possession
57.2
11
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
213
Accurate Passes
321
310
Passes
427
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
22
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.2
83
Long Balls
81
38
Accurate Long Balls
48
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
10
14
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
23
23
Clearances
23

Head to Head

MBV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MBV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 4Rhys WilliamsCD-L
  3. 17James DonachieCD-R
  4. 6Leigh BroxhamLB
  5. 14Thomas DengRB
  6. 10James TroisiAM
  7. 24Terry AntonisLM
  8. 21Carl ValeriRM
  9. 8Besart BerishaF
  10. 9Kosta BarbarousesAM-L
  11. 41Leroy GeorgeAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Kenjok AthiuSUB
  2. 31Christian TheoharousSUB
  3. 22Stefan NigroSUB
  4. 1Matt ActonSUB
  5. 18Matías Gastón SánchezSUB

ADL · 4-3-3

  1. 20Paul IzzoG
  2. 22Ersan GülümCD-L
  3. 23Jordan ElseyCD-R
  4. 19Ben GaruccioLB
  5. 2Michael MarroneRB
  6. 8Isaías CM
  7. 37Daniel AdlungLM
  8. 16Nathan KonstandopoulosRM
  9. 9BabáF
  10. 11Johan AbsalonsenLF
  11. 17Nikola MileusnicRF

Substitutes

  1. 5Taylor ReganSUB
  2. 7Ryan KittoSUB
  3. 14George BlackwoodSUB
  4. 1Daniel MargushSUB
  5. 6Vince LiaSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Ben Garuccio (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 41' Rhys Williams (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 51' Carl Valeri (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 57' Goal! Melbourne Victory 0, Adelaide United 1. Nikola Mileusnic (Adelaide United) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Isaías with a through ball following a set piece situation.
  5. 63' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Adelaide United 1. Leroy George (Melbourne Victory) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kosta Barbarouses.
  6. 65' Papa Baba Diawara (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 67' Leigh Broxham (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 72' Substitution, Adelaide United. Ryan Kitto replaces Nikola Mileusnic.
  9. 77' Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 81' Substitution, Adelaide United. Vince Lia replaces Nathan Konstandopoulos.
  11. 82' Vince Lia (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 87' Substitution, Adelaide United. George Blackwood replaces Papa Baba Diawara.
  13. 89' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Adelaide United 1. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kosta Barbarouses.
  14. 90'+1' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Kenny Athiu replaces Besart Berisha.
  15. 90'+4' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Christian Theoharous replaces Leroy George.
  16. 90'+5' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Matías Sánchez replaces James Troisi.

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