Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, February 9, 2019
Perth Glory FC WDDWW 2
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Melbourne Victory WWDWW 1
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Match Report

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Perth Glory close on A-League Premiership with Melbourne Victory win

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
1
45.5
Possession
54.5
12
SHOTS
11
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
354
Accurate Passes
420
437
Passes
527
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
20
Crosses
22
0.2
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
77
26
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
11
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
13
28
Effective Clearances
25
28
Clearances
25

Head to Head

PER leads series 3-2

Lineups

MBV · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 6Leigh BroxhamCD-L
  3. 14Thomas DengCD-R
  4. 15Raul BaenaDM
  5. 3Corey BrownLB
  6. 2Storm RouxRB
  7. 10James TroisiAM
  8. 24Elvis KamsobaLM
  9. 8Terry AntonisRM
  10. 7Kenjok AthiuCF-L
  11. 9Kosta BarbarousesCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Keisuke HondaSUB
  2. 25Anthony LesiotisSUB
  3. 5Georg NiedermeierSUB
  4. 16Josh HopeSUB
  5. 1Matt ActonSUB

PER · 3-4-1-2

  1. 33Liam ReddyG
  2. 13Matthew SpiranovicCD
  3. 4Shane LowryCD-L
  4. 6Dino DjulbicCD-R
  5. 88Neil KilkennyCM-L
  6. 27JuandeCM-R
  7. 17Diego CastroAM
  8. 3Jason DavidsonLM
  9. 5Ivan FranjicRM
  10. 19Christopher IkonomidisCF-L
  11. 7Joel ChianeseCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Tando VelaphiSUB
  2. 22Fábio FerreiraSUB
  3. 9Andy KeoghSUB
  4. 23Scott NevilleSUB
  5. 20Jake BrimmerSUB

Timeline

  1. 39' Kenny Athiu (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 47' Terry Antonis (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 61' Goal! Melbourne Victory 0, Perth Glory 1. Neil Kilkenny (Perth Glory) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 62' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Keisuke Honda replaces Storm Roux.
  5. 62' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Georg Niedermeier replaces Kenny Athiu.
  6. 69' Goal! Melbourne Victory 0, Perth Glory 2. Diego Castro (Perth Glory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Chris Ikonomidis.
  7. 71' Raúl Baena (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  8. 75' Substitution, Perth Glory. Andy Keogh replaces Joel Chianese.
  9. 78' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Perth Glory 2. Kosta Barbarouses (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leigh Broxham.
  10. 81' Liam Reddy (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 83' Substitution, Perth Glory. Jake Brimmer replaces Chris Ikonomidis.
  12. 86' Substitution, Perth Glory. Scott Neville replaces Ivan Franjic.

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