Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, May 5, 2018
Melbourne Victory WLWWW 1
–
Newcastle Jets LLLWW 0
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MBV101
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McDonald Jones Stadium · 29,410 att.

Match Report

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Melbourne Victory defeat Newcastle Jets in A-League Grand Final

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
1
41.7
Possession
58.3
7
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
148
Accurate Passes
233
276
Passes
372
0.5
Pass Completion %
0.6
4
Accurate Crosses
6
10
Crosses
21
0.4
Cross %
0.3
66
Long Balls
73
17
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
5
13
Effective Tackles
16
26
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
31
Effective Clearances
15
31
Clearances
15

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

NEW · 4-3-3

  1. 20Glen MossG
  2. 44Nikolai Topor-StanleyCD-L
  3. 4Nigel BoogaardCD-R
  4. 18Johnny KoutroumbisLB
  5. 17Daniel GeorgievskiRB
  6. 6Steven UgarkovicCM
  7. 27Riley McGreeLM
  8. 8Ronald VargasRM
  9. 9Roy O'DonovanF
  10. 7Dimitrios PetratosLF
  11. 3Jason HoffmanRF

Substitutes

  1. 22Lachlan JacksonSUB
  2. 30Ivan NecevskiSUB
  3. 11Patricio RodríguezSUB
  4. 24Joe ChampnessSUB
  5. 16Nick CowburnSUB

MBV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 14Thomas DengCD-L
  3. 17James DonachieCD-R
  4. 6Leigh BroxhamLB
  5. 22Stefan NigroRB
  6. 10James TroisiAM
  7. 24Terry AntonisLM
  8. 21Carl ValeriRM
  9. 8Besart BerishaF
  10. 41Leroy GeorgeAM-L
  11. 9Kosta BarbarousesAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Jai InghamSUB
  2. 16Josh HopeSUB
  3. 7Kenjok AthiuSUB
  4. 1Matt ActonSUB
  5. 18Matías Gastón SánchezSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Newcastle Jets 0, Melbourne Victory 1. Kosta Barbarouses (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Donachie with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  2. 51' Daniel Georgievski (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 65' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Joseph Champness replaces Ronald Vargas.
  4. 74' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Patito Rodríguez replaces Daniel Georgievski.
  5. 77' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Matías Sánchez replaces Stefan Nigro.
  6. 90'+1' Jason Hoffman (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 90'+2' Matías Sánchez (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 90'+3' Roy O'Donovan (Newcastle Jets) is shown the red card.

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