Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, January 26, 2019
Sydney FC WLWWW 1
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Melbourne Victory WLWWD 2
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SYD011
MBV112
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Match Report

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Ola Toivonen stunner hands Victory 'Big Blue' win over Sydney FC

A stunning first-half strike from Ola Toivonen helped Melbourne Victory to a 2-1 win over Sydney FC in an entertaining Big Blue clash.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
4
47.3
Possession
52.7
12
SHOTS
9
5
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
409
Accurate Passes
451
492
Passes
549
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
2
16
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.1
53
Long Balls
52
22
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
18
16
Tackles
23
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
14
Interceptions
10
24
Effective Clearances
22
24
Clearances
22

Head to Head

SYD leads series 3-2

Lineups

MBV · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 6Leigh BroxhamCD-L
  3. 14Thomas DengCD-R
  4. 21Carl ValeriDM
  5. 3Corey BrownLB
  6. 2Storm RouxRB
  7. 10James TroisiAM
  8. 8Terry AntonisLM
  9. 15Raul BaenaRM
  10. 11Ola ToivonenCF-L
  11. 9Kosta BarbarousesCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Josh HopeSUB
  2. 7Kenjok AthiuSUB
  3. 1Matt ActonSUB
  4. 24Elvis KamsobaSUB
  5. 25Anthony LesiotisSUB

SYD · 4-2-2-2

  1. 1Andrew RedmayneG
  2. 3Ben WarlandCD-L
  3. 4Alex WilkinsonCD-R
  4. 7Michael ZulloLB
  5. 2Aaron CalverRB
  6. 13Brandon O'NeillCM-L
  7. 6Josh BrillanteCM-R
  8. 9Adam Le FondreCF-L
  9. 11Danny De SilvaCF-R
  10. 10Milos NinkovicAM-L
  11. 8Paulo RetreAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Alex CisakSUB
  2. 31Luke IvanovicSUB
  3. 25Joel KingSUB
  4. 24Cameron DevlinSUB
  5. 21Charles NgoySUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Sydney FC 0. Ola Toivonen (Melbourne Victory) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  2. 29' Aaron Calver (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 46' Adam Le Fondre (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 53' Substitution, Sydney FC. Luke Ivanovic replaces Daniel De Silva.
  5. 58' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Sydney FC 0. James Troisi (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Raúl Baena.
  6. 60' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Elvis Kamsoba replaces Raúl Baena.
  7. 63' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Sydney FC 1. Milos Ninkovic (Sydney FC) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top left corner.
  8. 70' Michael Zullo (Sydney FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 76' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Kenny Athiu replaces Ola Toivonen.
  10. 79' Substitution, Sydney FC. Charles Lokoli Ngoy replaces Paulo Retre.
  11. 88' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Anthony Lesiotis replaces Storm Roux because of an injury.
  12. 89' James Troisi (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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